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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 879: synodos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος (IG II2 1341, frg. b, l. 10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. i BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 1341 (m. i BC)
Note Ed. pr.: IG III 56
Other publications: Lueders no. 79 (frg. b)
Online Resources IG II2 1341
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek decree
i.c. Physical format(s) Two joining fragments of a marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Found on the Acropolis in Athens, now in the National Museum (according to IG).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income There is a puzzling reference to income, [πρό]σοδος, [pro]sodos in frg. a, l. 7.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Reference in the text to Ἀπόλλων, Apollon (frg. b, ll. 1, 8) and
Μοῦσες, Mouses (frg. b, l. 8) may suggest worship by the group.
Deities worshipped Apollo and the Muses, Apollon, Mouses (?)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The group probably should be identified with a group similar to the technitai of Dionysus.
ii. Poland concordance Poland Δ6
iii. Bibliography Pakkanen, P. (1996), Interpreting early Hellenistic religion. A study based on the mystery cult of Demeter and the cult of Isis. Helsinki.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The ascription of the document to a group similar to koinon peri ton Dionyson techniton is based on the term synodos, as well as the reference to Apollon and the Muses.