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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1330: paideuton synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Smyrna

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) παιδευτῶν σύνοδος (I.Smyrna 215, l. 10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) paideuton synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:paideutai
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Smyrna 215, l. 10

Boeckh (CIG 3376) had separated παιδευτῶν, paideuton and συνόδου, synodou with a comma.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Smyrna 215 (1 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
Note Other editions:
CIG 3376
Online Resources I.Smyrna 215
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble plate
ii. Source(s) provenance Smyrna

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects μνημεῖον, mnemeion (ll. 2-3)

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association of teachers is mentioned alongside the gerousia (ll. 8-9) and the "neoi of the Mimnermeion" (l. 9); all these institutions had honoured the deceased P. Petronius Achaikos with golden crowns.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association of teachers was certainly connected with a gymnasium, as it appears alongside the gerousia and the neoi. The Mimnermeion was probably the gymnasium of the neoi (Ziebarth 1914: 52); one would expect the teachers to be connected with this gymnasium rather than with the old men.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Ziebarth, E. (1914), Aus dem griechischen Schulwesen. Eudemos von Milet und Verwandtes. 2nd. ed. Leipzig, Berlin.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Gerousia and neoi are normally regarded as public institutions and are not recorded in the CAP Inventory. The case of the paideutai is less clear: They were also tied to the gymnasium, but it is possible that their association was of a private rather than a public character.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain