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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 247: orgeones

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (SEG 22: 122, l. 1; SEG 22: 123)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iv - iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:The name orgeones suggests a cultic function.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 22: 122 (l. iv BC)
SEG 22: 123 (iii BC)
Note Ed. pr. Éph.Arch. 1840: 322 no. 388 (ΑΡΜΑ 5, 406 no. 2653).
Other publications: IG ii2 1246. Gill and Dow 1965, 110-4 (SEG 22: 122-3); Gill 1991, 70 no. 56. Malouchou 2019, 76-82 no. 3.
Cf. BE 1966, no. 146.
Online Resources SEG 22.122 and ARGW ID 23252
SEG 22.123
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek honorary (?) decrees of a cult association.
i.c. Physical format(s) A cultic table 153cm long.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found in the outskirts of central Athens (in the area between Epeirou, Liossion and Acharnon str.) in 1840, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 3822.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events It is worth pointing out the phrase ἐν τῶι θιάσωι (en toi thiasoi) in SEG 22: 122, l. 5. It was interpreted (Poland 1909: 17; Ferguson 1944: 93; Malouchou 2019: 79-80) as reference to the group, but I think it is more likely to denote the meeting place of the group (Arnaoutoglou 2003: 64-65).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
Dow, St., and Gill, D. (1965), ‘The Greek cult table’, AJA 69: 69-114.
Ferguson, W. (1944), ‘The Attic orgeones’, HThR 37: 61-140.
Gill, D. (1991), Greek cult tables. New York.
Lambert, S. (1993), The phratries of Attica. Ann Arbor: 87-88.
Malouchou, G. (2019), 'To Herakleion ton Mesogeion; hoi epigraphikes marturies', in Matthaiou, Ang. P. and V. N. Bardani (eds) Stephanoi stephanos. Meletes eis mnemen Stephanou N. Koumanoudi (1931-1987). Athenai: 67-97.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 151.
Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Despite its fragmentary state, the association is most probably a private one because of its name.