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Last Updated on 21 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1766: he hiera thymelike synodos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἱερὰ θυμελικὴ σύνοδος (I.Erythrai 60, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hiera thymelike synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 124 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:hiera and thymelike emphasize the elevated status of the group.
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Erythrai 60, ll. 2-3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Erythrai 60 (124 AD)
Online Resources I.Erythrai 60
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary decree, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Round statue base
ii. Source(s) provenance Erythrai

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association joins the city in honoring an agonothetes (ll. 5-6).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The Dionysiac artists were assembled in private associations that co-operated with cities on their own terms.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain