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Last Updated on 11 Jun 2019

Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 90: to koinon ton ogdoiston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Euboea
iii. Site Eretria

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ὀγδοϊστῶν (SEG 50 [2000] 876, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton ogdoiston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:ὀγδοϊσταί: the association met or held celebrations on the eighth day of each month. According to the editor (Knoepfler 2000, 345-349) this was probably the sacred day of Poseidon.
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 50 [2000] 876 (m. ii BC)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Epitaph in Greek of Zoilos son of Theophilos erected by the koinon of the ogdoistai.
i.c. Physical format(s) Pedimental stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Eretria.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship See below XII.i.
iv. Honours/Other activities The koinon erects a funerary stele for Zoilos son of Theophilos.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Knoepfler (2000, 345-49) considers this inscription as evidence for the cult of Poseidon in Eretria.
iii. Bibliography Knoepfler, D. (2000), 'Poseidon à Mendè: un culte érétrien?, in Μύρτος. Μνήμη Ιουλίας Βοκοτοπούλου. Θεσσαλονίκη: 335-49.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of the term koinon followed by the name ogdoistai suggests a private association. Due to the nature of the evidence (funerary stele) we know next to nothing about its internal organization.