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Geographical area |
Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
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Region |
Achaia
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Site |
Pellene
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Full name (original language) |
δαιταλεῖς (Rizakis 2008: 268-9 no. 194, l. 2)
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Full name (transliterated) |
daitaleis
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Name elements |
Other: | Δαιταλεύς is the banqueter (LSJ, s.v. δαιταλάομαι). ‘Δαιταλεῖς’ is the title of a comedy of Aristophanes, which is fragmentarily preserved. |
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Source(s) |
Rizakis 2008: 268-9 no. 194 (II-III AD)
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
A catalogue of the members of an association, in Greek.
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Physical format(s) |
A damaged plaque of grey poros
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Source(s) provenance |
Found at the south of the Acropolis hill, now lost.
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Officials |
γραμματεύς grammateus, [Ἐπὶ γραμμα]τέως Ὕμνου τοῦ [---] ([Epi gramma]teos Hymnou tou [---], l. 1).
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Eponymous officials |
The formulation of the date [Ἐπὶ γραμμα]τέως Ὕμνου τοῦ [---] (l. 1), shows that the grammateus was the eponymous official of the association.
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Number |
9 members, 1 grammateus
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Gender |
Men Women
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Note |
Four names are female, three male and two fragmentary.
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Comments |
The date is based on the lettering and the orthography of the names, see comments by Rizakis (2008: 269). Since the name of the association daitaleis means ‘banqueters’, it seems likely that certain common banquets of the association took place.
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Bibliography |
Orlandos, A. (1931), ‘Ἀνασκαφαι εν Πελλήνῃ’, PAAH 1931: 73-83 (SEG 11, 1274) Rizakis, A.D. (2008), Achaie III. Les cités Achéennes: Epigraphie et histoire. Athènes.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The daitaleis appear as an organized group with a grammateus who also served as an eponymous official. It included both, men and women. Their name indicates their habit of common banquets.
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