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Last Updated on 26 Jan 2018

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-37: tetradistai

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) τετραδισταί (Men. Kol. Fr. 1)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) tetradistai
ii. Reference context Fragment from the lost comedy Kolax (Flatterer) by Menander.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iv BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Men. Kol. Fr. 1 (= Ath. 659d)
Note The reference is preserved in Ath. 659d.
Online Resources Ath. 659d
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Comedy, in Greek.

VII. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction According to the fragment, tetradistai were helped by a μάγειρος, mageiros (cook) during the festival of Pandemos Aphrodite.

VIII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Gomme, A., and Sandbach, F. (1973), Menander. A commentary. Oxford: 431.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford: 336.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Possible
Note It remains a distinct possibility that the individuals celebrating on the fourth day constitute an association.
ii. Historical authenticity There is no doubt about the genuiness of the fragment.