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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-23: orgeones

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) ὀργεῶνες (Din. Fr. 13.2 = Against Dionysios)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) orgeones
ii. Reference context It is preserved as a gloss over the word in Dikon onomata 191, 27, 29.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. iv BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Din. Fr. 13.2 = Against Dionysios(s. iv BC)
Note Preserved through a scholion in Dikon Onomata 191, 27: ὀργεῶνές εἰσι οἱ κοινωνοῦντες ἀλλήλοις θεῶν <ἢ> ἡρώων ἐν ἱεροῖς καὶ κοινῆ θυηπολοῦντες, ὡς Δείναρχος λέγει ἐν τῶ Κατὰ Διονυσίου, orgeones eisi hoi koinonountes allelois theon <e> heroon en hierois kai koine thuepolountes, hos Deinarchos legei en to Kata Dionusiou. The passage is preserved in the following lexica: Harpoer. ο. 90; Ph. ο. 344; Lex. Seg. ο. 191.
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Explanatory gloss in a lexicon, in Greek.

VIII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 34-5.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Probable
Note Orgeones are epigraphically attested as private cult associations in Athens.
ii. Historical authenticity There is no doubt about the authenticity of the testimony.