| i. | Geographical area | Central Greece |
| ii. | Region | West Lokris |
| iii. | Site | Physkos |
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CAPInv. 437: thiasos of Amandou
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Full name (original language) | θίασος Ἀμάνδου (IG IX.12.3 670, l. 2) |
| ii. | Full name (transliterated) | thiasos of Amandou |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | m. ii AD |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
| ii. | Name elements |
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| iii. | Descriptive terms |
θίασος, thiasos κοινόν, koinon |
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| Note |
thiasos: IG IX.12.3 670, l. 2 koinon: IG IX.12.3 670, ll. 4-5, 6, 12, 17, 20 |
V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) | IG IX.12.3 670 (m. ii AD) |
| Note |
Other editions: LSCG Suppl.: 318-20, no. 181 Jaccottet II no. 153 (erroneously placed with Asian inscriptions) GRA I no. 61 |
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| Online Resources | IG IX.12.3 670 | |
| i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Law, in Greek |
| i.c. | Physical format(s) | Limestone slab, 0.433 x 0.33-0.335 x 21, broken at the bottom |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance | Malandrino village, in the fence of E. Litra's house. |
VII. ORGANIZATION
| i. | Founder(s) | Possibly a person called Amandos, since the association is likely to be named after him. |
| Gender | Male | |
| vi. | Laws and rules |
A law that has been ratified in two meetings: a) The members had to pay an entrance fee of 14 oboloi (ll. 4-6) b) The association had to provide three lamps (ll. 6-7) c) A maenad is not to attack or abuse another maenad and similarly a boukolos is not to attack or abuse another boukolos, otherwise a fine is incurred or each utterance of 4 drachmas (ll. 7-13) d) If a member of the association is in the town and does not attend a meeting, then the same fine is incurred (ll. 13-15) e) Anyone who does not assemble on the mountain owes a fine of 5 drachmas (ll. 16-17) f) A maenad who does not attend the holy night owes a fine (ll. 17-19) g) The same fine is incurred by the boukolos (ll. 20-21) |
| viii. | Obligations |
The thiasos had to provide three lamps (ll. 6-7) All the members were obliged to to attend the synodoi of the association (l. 15), the oreibasia (ll. 16-17) and maenads the hiera night (ll. 17-19) |
VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS
| i. | Treasury/Funds |
Entrance fee (14 oboloi) (ll. 4-6) Various fines (ll. 7-21) |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
| ii. | Gender |
Men Women |
| Note | Maenads and herdsmen | |
| iii. | Age | Adults |
| Note | They were probably adult, since they pay fines. |
X. ACTIVITIES
| i. | Assemblies | synodoi are mentioned (ll. 3, 14) |
| ii. | Meetings and events |
oreibasia (l. 16) hiera night (ll. 17-18) |
| iii. | Worship | From the name of the members, it appears that the association worshiped Dionysos Bakcheios and Dionysos Tauros |
| Deities worshipped | Dionysos |
XII. NOTES
| iii. | Bibliography |
Beard, M., North, J., and Price, S. (2003), Religions of Rome: A Sourcebook. vols. 2. rev. edn. Cambridge: 291-2, no. 12.1c. Heinrich, A. (1978), ‘Greek Maenadism from Olympias to Messalina’, HSPh 82: 121-60, esp. 155-6. Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich. Kloppenborg, J.S., and Ascough, R.S. (2011), Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary. I. Attica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace. Göttingen. |
XIII. EVALUATION
| i. | Private association | Certain |
| Note |
It was called after the proper name of the founder (Amandos) and there is no evidence that the group has a public status Also, cf. Heinrich 1978: 155. |
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| ii. | Historical authenticity | The historical authenticity is indisputable because of the relevant inscription. |
