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Geographical area |
Egypt
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Nome |
Alexandria (L00)
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Site |
Alexandria
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Full reference (original language) |
θίασοι παντοδαποί (Ath. 198e)
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Full reference (transliterated) |
thiasoi pantodapoi
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Reference context |
In the account of Ptolemy II Philadelphus' procession in honour of his father Ptolemy I Soter, as recorded by Callixeinus of Rhodes (FGrH 627 F 2) and transmitted in Athenaeus' The Learned Banqueters, we learn that the colossal statue of the god Dionysus was accompanied by priests and priestesses, by initiates to Dionysus, and by thiasoi pantodapoi, carrying winnowing fans.
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Date(s)
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279 (?) / 278 (?) BC
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Descriptive terms |
θίασος, thiasos
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Source(s) |
Ath. 198e
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Note |
FGrH 627 F 2
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Online Resources |
Ath. 198e
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Source type(s) |
Literary source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Account in Greek of Ptolemy II Philadelphus' procession in honour of his father Ptolemy I Soter, as recorded by Callixeinus of Rhodes (FGrH 627 F 2) and transmitted in Athenaeus' The Learned Banqueters (Deipnosophistae).
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Comments |
On the question of the date of Ptolemy II's procession, cf. Thompson 2000: 381-388.
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Bibliography |
Thompson, D. J. (2000), 'Philadelphus' procession: dynastic power in a mediterranean context', in L. Mooren (ed.), Politics, administration and society in the Hellenistic and Roman World. Proceedings of the international colloquium, Bertinoro 19-24 July 1997, Leuven: 365-88.
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Private associations |
Possible
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Note |
It is possible that the term thiasoi refers to proper private associations, in honour of Dionysus or which at any rate had a particular connection with that deity. However, one cannot exclude the possibility that the term refers generally to Dionysiac groups of faithful, not formally organised as private associations.
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