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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1620: hoi tou propatoros theou Dionysou Koreseitou sakephoroi mystai philosebastoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Ephesos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ τοῦ προπάτορος θεοῦ Διονύσου Κορησείτου σακηφόροι μύσται φιλοσέβαστοι (I.Eph(esos) 293, ll. 4-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi tou propatoros theou Dionysou Koreseitou sakephoroi mystai philosebastoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 180 - 192 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms οἱ σακηφόροι μύσ[ται], hoi sakephoroi mys[tai] (I.Eph(esos) 1250, l. 1)
ii. Name elements
Cultic:mystai
sakephoroi - the term relates to the humble dress worn by the members during ceremonies; cf. Jaccottet 2003: 242.
Theophoric:Dionysos Koreseites
Other:The loyalty to Rome is emphasized via the attribute philosebastoi (I.Eph(esos) 293, l. 7).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 293 (180 - 192 AD)
I.Eph(esos) 1250 (180 - 192 AD)
Note See also:
Jaccottet II no. 142
Jaccottet II no. 143
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 293
I.Eph(esos) 1250
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script I.Eph(esos) 293 is an honorific decree for Commodus.
I.Eph(esos) 1250 is a fragment from an unclear context.

In Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) I.Eph(esos) 1250: Upper part of a white marble base
ii. Source(s) provenance I.Eph(esos) 293 is from an apsidal building near the baptismal font of John.
I.Eph(esos) 1250 was built into a wall at the Northern Agora.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἱερατεύοντες, hierateuontes: I.Eph(esos) 293, l. 8. The plural shows that there must have been at least two priests, but the names have been erased and replaced with only one name, M. Aur. Menemachou, who was archiereus and prytanis of Ephesus.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The god is linked to the Koressos quarter, on which see Engelmann 1997.
Deities worshipped Dionysos Koreseites
iv. Honours/Other activities Commodus is honored (I.Eph(esos) 293) as Neos Dionysos.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Engelmann, H. (1997), ‘Der Koressos, ein ephesisches Stadtviertel’, ZPE 115: 131-5.
Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain