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Last Updated on 15 Mar 2017

Author: Jessica Piccinini

CAPInv. 1053: Grex Ionici pantomimi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Calabria
iii. Site Strongoli (ancient Petelia)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Grex Ionici pantomimi (SEG 54: 961, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Grex Ionici pantomimi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:Pantomimes
iii. Descriptive terms grex
Note grex: SEG 54: 961, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 54: 961 (i AD)
Online Resources SEG 54: 961
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script SEG 54: 961 is a bilingual funerary epigram (Latin and Greek) for a five-year old boy Celadio/Kelados by the grex.
i.c. Physical format(s) SEG 54: 961: rectangular stone block (cf. Lazzarini 2004: 363-72)
ii. Source(s) provenance SEG 54: 961: found built into a modern wall in the necropolis 'Silica della Regina', also called 'Fondo Castello', in Strongoli (ancient Petelia).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains Funerary stone
ii. References to buildings/objects Likely related to a monument dedicated by the grex (Cadario 2009: 31-2).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Certainly men, according to the gender of Ionici (l. 1) and Celadio/Kelados (ll. 1, 5).
iii. Age Children
Adults

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Very likely Celadio/Keladios was a singer in the troupe (Cadario 2009: 31-2).
iii. Bibliography Cadario M. (2009), ‘L'immagine di una vedette del pantomimo: l'altare funebre di Teocritus Pylades (CIL V 5889) tra Lodi e Milano’, Stratagemmi, Prospettive teatrali 9: 11-62.
Garelli M.-H. (2007), Danser le mythe. La pantomime et sa réception dans la culture antique. Louvain, Paris.
Lazzarini, M.L. (2004), ‘Pantomimi a Petelia’, ArchClass 55: 363-72.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of the term grex as group led by a single individual confirms the existence of an association of pantomimes.