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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1630: oi syggenees Pleureadai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Aiolis
iii. Site Myrina (Birki & Öteki Tepe)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἰ συγγένεες Πλευρεάδαι (RA 11 [1888]: 384 no. 2 ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) oi syggenees Pleureadai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. ii (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:oi syggenees: relatives of an expanded and/or a fictive family.

Pleureadai ?: the term is otherwise unattested. It is uncertain whether it derives from the hero Pleuron or a toponym.
Topographical:Pleureadai ?: the term is otherwise unattested. It is uncertain whether it derives from the hero Pleuron or a toponym.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) RA 11 [1888]: 384 no. 2 (e. ii BC)
Online Resources RA 11 [1888]: 384 no. 2
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription. The text is written in the aeolic dialect (e.g. oi syggenees instead of hoi syggeneis).
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele. H. 73 x W. 36 cm
A relief representing a wreath is carved in the centre of the stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the cemetery of Myrina.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members συγγένεες, syggenees (l. 2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

v. Relations The term syggenees denotes kinship, though in this particular case kinship might be fictitious.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The syggenees Pleureadai honoured Heraios son of Diophantos with a wreath (l. 2: στεφάνοισιν). This honour is probably a posthumous one as suggested by the funerary nature of the inscription. A relief with a wreath is also carved in the stele.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography RA: Reinach, S. (1888) 'Chronique d'Orient', RA 11: 357-91.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The term syggeneis points to members of a private group, probably a kindred, fictive or real. The 'relatives' are further described as Pleureadai, a name otherwise unattested. It is uncertain whether Pleureadai would have stood for the name of a civic subdivision as to date nothing is known about the social organization of Myrina. The name Pleureadai rules out an ad hoc group of relatives.