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Author: Claudia Antonetti

CAPInv. 1101: hoi technitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Greece with the Ionian Islands
ii. Region Corcyra
iii. Site Corcyra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ τεχνῖται (IG IX.12.4 798, l. 4 et passim)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi technitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:technitai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX.12.4 798 (b. 229 BC)
Note Ed.pr.: IG IX.1 694
Online Resources IG IX.1 694
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script IG IX.12.4 798 is a compendious Greek inscription. It consists of: (1) a foundation act (ll. 1-38), the donation (dosis) of Aristomenes and Psylla of 120 Corinthian mines to the polis (to be lent to interest) for the remuneration of theatre actors (ll. 19-25); (2) a decree (dogma) of the boule of Corcyra about the administration of the money received (ll. 39-146). Cf. Pappas 1996 and Migeotte 2010. The first copy of the (lost) inscription (ed. pr.) contains many mistakes: cf. SEG 61: 409.
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone stele. No details: lost.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members τεχνῖται technitai (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 4, 6, 16, 24, 26-27, 29, 31-32, 35, 41, 80, 83, 88, 90, 91, 108, 130, 133, 136-137)
αὐληταί, auletai (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 20, 85)
τραγωιδοί, tragoidoi (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 21, 86)
κωμοιδοί, komoidoi (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 21, 86)
For details, see field VIII.iii: Income, below.
iv. Officials ἐργολάβοι, ergolaboi (IG IX.12.4 798, l. 32)
viii. Obligations Payments will not be made ​​if the artists will not travel to Corcyra.
See field VIII.iii: Income, below.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income According to the donation (ll. 20-24) and the decree (ll. 82-89), the artists will be paid for a total of 50 mines: 3 auletai, 3 tragodoi, 3 komodoi. In addition, they will receive allowances accommodation and subsistence (siteresia).
iv. Endowments

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note It is supposed that members were only male.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events Biennial theatrical agones at the Dionysia in Corcyra (ll. 27, 135).
iii. Worship A festival of Dionysos (Dionysia) is founded in Corcyra (ll. 16-17). Migeotte 2010: 64 thinks that the polis wanted to revitalize an existing festival.
Deities worshipped Dionysos

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Interaction with the officials of the polis: agonothetes (ll. 16, 23, 81, 87, 94); archontes (ll. 22, 80). Cf. Aneziri 2007: 81, n. 63. The male donor, Aristomenes, is the eponymous prytanis of Corcyra and the female donor, Psylla, probably his wife: cf. Migeotte 2010: 63.
ii. Interaction abroad The technitai came from outside Corcyra. However, their exact origin is unknown.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Migeotte 2010 estimates that the investment plan voted by the polis (loans of the amount initially donated) were to last five years. The interest rate is supposed to be 16%.
iii. Bibliography Aneziri, S. (2007), ‘The Organisation of Music Contests in the Hellenistic Period and Artists' Participation’, in P. Wilson (ed.), The Greek Theatre and Festivals. Oxford: 67-84.
Migeotte, L. (2010), ‘La fondation d'Aristoménès et Psylla à Corcyre: dispositions administratives et financières’, Studi ellenistici 24: 63-9.
Pappas, T.G. (1996), Θεατρικές παραστάσεις στην αρχαία Κέρκυρα. Ίδρυση των Διονυσίων. Athens.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The activity of the Dionysian technitai elsewhere as a private association is well known.