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Geographical area |
Central Greece
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Region |
Boiotia
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Site |
Tanagra
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Full name (original language) |
τὺ σ̣ουνθύ̣τη̣ τὺ μάγ̣ιρυ̣ (Marchand 2015: no. 5, l. 4)
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Full name (transliterated) |
ty sounthyte ty magiry (l. hoi synthytai hoi mageiroi)
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Name elements |
Professional: | mageiroi: cooks, butchers, perhaps sacrificers |
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Descriptive terms |
συνθύται, synthytai
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Note |
synthytai: Marchand 2015: no. 5, l. 4
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Source(s) |
Marchand 2015: no. 5 (ii - i BC)
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Note |
This is a new reading of an inscription published in the 19th century already and wrongly assigned to Athenaistai: IG VII 687 (Roesch 1982: 131, no. 12; AGRW 31c).
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Online Resources |
Only the old reading is available online: IG VII 687 AGRW ID# 4501
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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i.b. |
Document(s) typology & language/script |
Funerary inscription in the Boiotian dialect erected by the association for its deceased member Hippomachos.
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Physical format(s) |
Funerary stele of beige marble heavily worn. Traces of two rosettes.
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Source(s) provenance |
Tanagra
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Realty |
The mageiroi may have owned burial grounds at Tanagra.
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Gender |
Men
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Note |
Only one member is known, Hippomachos, buried by the association.
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Honours/Other activities |
Burial of deceased members
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Comments |
This is the first association of mageiroi in the Greek world. The closest parallels are a τέχνη τῶν μακελλαρίων, techne ton makellarion at Perinthus (see CAPInv 532), and the Onitadai of Miletus (see CAPInv 1046). See Marchand 2015. Their roles could have been multiple: mageiroi were butchers, cooks, and performed sacrifices (see Rankin 1907 and Berthiaume 1982).
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Bibliography |
Berthiaume, G. (1982), Les rôles du mágeiros. Étude sur la boucherie, la cuisine et le sacrifice dans la Grèce ancienne. Leiden. Marchand, F. (2015), ‘The Associations of Tanagra: Epigraphic Practice and Regional Context’, Chiron 45: 239-66. Rankin E.M. (1907), The Rôle of the Μάγειροι in the Life of the Ancient Greeks as Depicted in Greek Literature and Inscriptions. Chicago. Roesch, P. (1982), Etudes béotiennes. Paris.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The mention of synthytai leaves no doubt that this is a private association.
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