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Geographical area |
Western Asia Minor
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Region |
Phrygia
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Site |
Area of Akmoneia
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Full name (original language) |
οἱ μύσται τοῦ ἱεροῦ α' θι[άσ]ου (MAMA VI 239, ll. 3-4)
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Full name (transliterated) |
hoi mystai tou hierou a' thi[as]ou
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Name elements |
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Descriptive terms |
θίασος, thiasos
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Note |
thiasos: MAMA VI 239, l. 4
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Source(s) |
MAMA VI 239 (i - iii AD)
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Note |
See also: Jaccottet II no. 84
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Online Resources |
MAMA VI 239
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Dedicatory inscription, greek
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Physical format(s) |
Marble stele
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Source(s) provenance |
Susuz-Keui
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References to buildings/objects |
ἐξέδρα, exedra (l. 7) διαιτή, diaite (l. 8)
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Worship |
The mystai have dedicated to Dionysos Kathegemon an exedra with an accompanying room.
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Deities worshipped |
Dionysos Kathegemon
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Comments |
No other thiasoi are known from the area of Akmoneia, but the numeral in this association’s name seems to suggest that there was at least one more. Cf. Ziebarth 1900: 512: "Es gab demnach in Akmonia mehrere θίασοι von μύστσαι".
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Poland concordance |
Poland B *426
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Bibliography |
Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich. Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig: 172. Ramsay, W.M. (1897), The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia, Vol. I.2. Oxford: 644, no. 546. Ziebarth, E. (1900), ‘Zu den griechischen Vereinsinschriften’, RhM 55: 501-19.
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Private association |
Probable
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Note |
The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
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Historical authenticity |
Certain
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