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Last Updated on 23 May 2019

Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1805: Simmidai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Thessaly. Tetras of Pelasgiotis.
iii. Site Atrax

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Σιμμίδαι (unpublished; mentioned in Chrysostomou 1998: 236, n. 918)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Simmidai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:One of the magistrates (tagoi) mentioned in the inscription bears the personal name Simmidas (Decourt and Tziafalias 2001: 147).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Chrysostomou 1998: 236, n. 918 (iv BC)
Note See also:
GHW 5738
Decourt and Tziafalias 2001: 147
Mili 2015: 348
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Votive inscription in Greek to Zeus Thaulios on behalf of the Simmidai (twenty members) and most probably the magistrates (tagoi) of the group.
i.c. Physical format(s) Monumental marble pedimental stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Sanctuary of Zeus Thaulios, in the vicinity of the western cemetery of Atrax.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains Another marble votive stele to Zeus Thaulios was found in the same area (SEG 34: 490; cf. Chrysostomou 1998: 236, n. 919).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership The inscription mentions the magistrates of the group named tagoi.
iii. Members The inscription mentions twenty members listed by their names without patronyme.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The group dedicates a stele.
Deities worshipped Zeus Thaulios

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Chrysostomou, P. (1998), Η Θεσσαλική Θεά Εν(ν)οδία ή Φεραία Θεά. Athens.
Decourt, J.-C., and Tziafalias, A. (2001), ‘Une liste civique à Crannon: La stèle dite des Ménandridai’, ZPE 137: 139-52.
Mili, M. (2015), Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The character of the group remains an open issue. It has been argued that the absence of patronymics in the listed members puts forward the possibility of having a religious association; however, the fact that one of the tagoi bears the homonyme to the group name Simmidas could point to a genos (Decourt and Tziafalias 2001: 147).