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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-34: hetaireiai

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) ἑταιρεῖαι (Isoc. 4.79 = Panegiricus)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) hetaireiai
ii. Reference context Isocrates invokes the golden age of Athens when even political clubs (ἑταιρεῖαι, hetaireiai) were formed on the basis of their usefulness to the polis and not to promote individual interests.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 380 BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Isoc. 4.79 = Panegiricus (380 BC)
Online Resources Isoc. 4.79
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Probably a Greek political pamphlet about the need of the Greeks to be united against their ancestral enemy, the Persians.

VIII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Aurenche, O. (1974), Les groupes d'Alcibiade, de Leogoras, et de Teucros. Remarques sur la vie politique athenienne en 415 avant J.C.. Paris.
Sartori, F. (1957), Le eterie nella vita politica ateniese del VI e V sec. a.C.. Rome.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Certain
Note It is clear that the associations referred to at this point are private, since their members, we are told, were taking into account the interests of their polis.
ii. Historical authenticity There is no doubt about the authenticity of the text.