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Last Updated on 24 May 2019

Author: Fabienne Marchand

CAPInv. 934: Aphrodisiast[e] (l. Aphrodisiastai)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Boiotia
iii. Site Tanagra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀφροδισιαστ[ή] (SEG 26: 614, l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Aphrodisiast[e] (l. Aphrodisiastai)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Aphrodite

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 26: 614 (ii BC)
Note See also:
Herkenrath 1906: 434 (editio princeps)
Fossey 1971: 242
Roesch 1982: 123, no. 3
Pirenne-Delforge 1994: 287
GRA I no. 59
Marchand 2015: no. 6
AGRW
Online Resources SEG 26: 614
AGRW ID# 3985
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in the Boiotian dialect
i.c. Physical format(s) Rectangular stele of white marble with pediment and acroteria in relief.
ii. Source(s) provenance Modern Vathy, in the territory of Tanagra close to Aulis

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association may have owned burial grounds

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Only one male member of this association is known.
iii. Age Adults
Note The member of the Aphrodisiastai is also an archer, and therefore must be considered as an adult.
iv. Status Probably a citizen given that the deceased was also an archer.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Burial of their members

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The Aphrodisiastai join the Aristiastai (see CAPInv. 988) and the archers to bury their common member (see CAPInv. 932)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Given that there is a definite article and that it is not reiterated between the Aristiastai and the Aphrodisiastai (τὺ σουνθούτη τὺ Ἀριστ[ι]αστὴ κὴ Ἀφροδισιαστ[ή], ty sounthoute ty Arist[i]aste ke Aphrodisiast[e], ll. 2-4), it could be argued that the Aristiastai and Aphrodisiastai were one single association. However, the Aristiastai bury one of their members by themselves (see CAPInv. 988). See Marchand (2015) for a detailed discussion of this question.
iii. Bibliography Fossey, J.M. (1971), ‘A Propos of an Inscription of Vathy’, AAA 4: 240-5.
Fraser, P. (1977), Rhodian Funerary Monuments. Oxford: 149, n. 333 with addendum 170.
Herkenrath, E. (1906), ‘Inschrift aus Vathy’, MDAI(A) 31: 434-6.
Marchand, F. (2015), ‘The Associations of Tanagra: Epigraphic Practice and Regional Context’, Chiron 45: 239-66.
Pirenne-Delforge, V. (1994), L'Aphrodite grecque. Liège.
Roesch, P. (1982), Etudes béotiennes. Paris.
Roller, D. (1989), Sources and Documents on Tanagra in Boiotia. Amsterdam.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The theophoric name terminating in -astai points to a private association.