i. | Geographical area | Attica with Salamis |
ii. | Region | Attica |
iii. | Site | Athens |
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CAPInv. 275: koinon thiasoton
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
i. | Full name (original language) | κοινὸν θιασωτῶν (IG II2 2343, l. 1) |
ii. | Full name (transliterated) | koinon thiasoton |
III. DATE
i. | Date(s) | f. iv BC |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
ii. | Name elements |
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iii. | Descriptive terms | κοινόν, koinon | ||
Note | koinon: IG II2 2343, l. 1 |
V. SOURCES
i. | Source(s) | IG II2 2343 (f. iv BC) |
Note |
Ed. pr. IG II 986b. Other publications: Michel no. 1547; Gill 1991, 41-42 no. 12; GRA I 1. Cf. SEG 33: 161; SEG 39: 192, 236bis; SEG 42: 143. BE 1987, no. 573. |
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Online Resources | IG II2 2343 and AGRW ID 3444 | |
i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | List of members, in Greek. |
i.c. | Physical format(s) | Cultic table with three oval depressions, measuring 0,64x1,40m. The text is written on the edges and between the depressions. |
ii. | Source(s) provenance | Found in Athens (perhaps from a sanctuary of Herakles in Kydathenaion, Lind 1985), now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 10652. |
VII. ORGANIZATION
iv. | Officials | Priest, (ἱερεύς, hiereus, l. 1). |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
ii. | Gender | Men |
Note | Sixteen names of men are inscribed. | |
iii. | Age | Adults |
iv. | Status |
Citizen: 1 Citizen (probable): 15 Dow 1969, Griffith 1974, Welsh 1983, Storey 1989: 549 and Lind 1990: 134 suggest that certain members of the group may be identified with persons appearing in Aristophanic comedies. |
X. ACTIVITIES
iii. | Worship | The presence of the priest of Heracles (l. 1) may suggest worship by the group. |
Deities worshipped | Ἡρακλῆς, Herakles, l. 1 |
XII. NOTES
ii. | Poland concordance | Poland A11 |
iii. | Bibliography |
Dow, St. (1969), ‘Some Athenians in Aristophanes’, AJA 73: 234-5. Ferguson, W. (1910), ‘The Athenian phratries’, CPh 5: 272. Griffith, J. (1974), ‘Amphitheos and anthropos in Aristophanes’, Hermes 102: 367-9. Humphreys, S. (1990), ‘Phrateres in Alopeke and the Salaminioi’, ZPE 83: 243-8. Kloppenborg, J. and Ascough, R. (eds.) (2011), Greco-Roman associations: Texts, translations, and commentary, I. Attica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace. Berlin. Lambert, S. (1999), ‘IG II2 2345, thiasoi of Herakles and the Salaminioi again’, ZPE 125: 93-110. Lind, H. (1985), ‘Neues aus Kydathen: Beobachtungenzum Hintergrund der ‘Daitaleis’ und der ‘Ritter’ des Aristophanes’, MH 42: 249-61. Lind, H. (1990), Der Gerber Kleon in der "Rittern" des Aristophanes. Studien zur Demagogenkomoedie. Frankfurt. Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford, 334. Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig. Storey, I. (1989), ‘Aristophanes, Clouds 1158-62: A prosopographical note’, CQ 39: 549-50. Welsh, D. (1983), ‘IG II2 2343, Philonides and Aristophanes’ Banqueters', CQ 33: 51-55. |
XIII. EVALUATION
i. | Private association | Possible |
Note | Although it has been argued that the koinon thiasoton was part of a phratry (Poland 1909, 18-19; Lambert 1999, 125 n.42; GRA I 1), the use of the expression koinon thiasoton instead of personal name + thiasos suggests the possibility that the cult table was dedicated by some members of a private koinon of Herakles worshippers. |