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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 121: [he peripo]l[i]stike megale s[yn]odos t[on] apo [tes oi]koumenes peri ton Dionyson kai Autokratora Kaisara Titon Ailion Hadrianon Antoninon Sebaston Eusebe [t]e[ch]n[e]iton hieronikon stephaneiton kai ton touton synagoniston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Laodikeia by the Lykos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἡ περιπο]λ[ι]στικὴ μεγάλη σ[ύν]οδος τ[ῶν] ἀπὸ [τῆς οἰ]κουμένης περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον καὶ Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Τίτον Αἴλιον Ἁδριανὸν Ἀντωνῖνον Σεβαστὸν Εὐσεβῆ [τ]ε[χ]ν[ε]ιτῶν ἱερονικῶν στεφανειτῶν καὶ τῶν τούτων συναγωνιστῶν (I.Laodikeia am Lykos 65A, ll. 0-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [he peripo]l[i]stike megale s[yn]odos t[on] apo [tes oi]koumenes peri ton Dionyson kai Autokratora Kaisara Titon Ailion Hadrianon Antoninon Sebaston Eusebe [t]e[ch]n[e]iton hieronikon stephaneiton kai ton touton synagoniston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 138 - 161 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:The Emperor Hadrion
Professional:τεχνεῖται, techneitai
συναγωνισταί, synagonistai
Status-related:ἡ περιπολιστικὴ μεγάλη σύνοδος, he peripolistike megale synodos; ἱερονικῶν στεφανειτῶν, hieronikon stephaneiton
Theophoric:Διόνυσος, Dionysos
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Laodikeia am Lykos 65A, l. 1

The term designates the worldwide-association of Dionysiac artists, not a local association.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Laodikeia am Lykos 65A (138 - 161 AD)
Online Resources I.Laodikeia am Lykos 65A
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Decree by the association. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Very fragmentary inscription, the main content of which is lost.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the street with columns in Laodikeia.

VII. ORGANIZATION

v. Other staff
Known voting practice The decree has been voted for by the association (ἐπιψηφισ[αμένου], epipsephis[amenou], ll. 6-7).

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Dionysos

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad The synodos was a world-wide association, so interaction abroad can be surmised.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Corsten (I.Laodikeia am Lykos) follows the view that τεχνεῖται, techneitai (l. 4), ἱερονῖκαι, hieronikai (ll. 4-5), στεφανεῖται, stephaneitai (l. 5) and συναγωνισταί, synagonistai (ll. 5-6) refer to four different professional groups inside the σύνοδος, synodos. Aneziri 2003: 328-31 generally regards ἱερονῖκαι, hieronikai and στεφανεῖται, stephaneitai, as adjectives referring to τεχνεῖται, techneitai.
iii. Bibliography Aneziri, S. (2003), Die Vereine der dionysischen Techniten im Kontext der hellenistischen Gesellschaft. Stuttgart.
Corsten, Th. (1997), Die Inschriften von Laodikeia am Lykos I. Bonn.
Ritti, T., and Baysal, H. (2008), Denizli-Hierapolis Arkeoloji Müzesi. Yunanca ve Latince Yazılı Eserlerin Kataloğu. Napoli: no. 17.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The Dionysiac artists were a special phenomenon, at times acting as a separate state. They can nevertheless be labelled a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain