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Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1214: to koinon toun ENI(---)astaoun toun per (Har)modion Hageisippei(on)

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τοῦν ΕΝΙ[-2-3 l.-]αστάουν τοῦν περ [Ἁρ]μοδίον Ἁγεισίππει[ον]
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon toun ENI(---)astaoun toun per (Har)modion Hageisippei(on)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Those around (the priest) Harmodios, son of Hageisippos
Theophoric:If the problematic fragmentary term of the ENI(---)astaoun could be differently reconstructed (the i from ENI could be also a n and likewise the missing letters could support a reading ENNODIASTAOUN), we could have a group named after the Thessalian Goddess Ennodia.
iii. Descriptive terms koinon

Eni(---)astai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Atrax 109.
Note Courtesy of the editors-members of HISOMA Laboratory, Lyon.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Collective dedication in Greek to un unknown deity, by a priest and members of the koinon around him.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone stele of gray marble bearing the votive inscription on the upper part (I.Atrax 109, with photo).
ii. Source(s) provenance Ancient city of Atrax. Now in the Museum of Larisa, inv. no ΑΕΜΛ 2004/6.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The site of Ancient Atrax has delivered public architecture (acropolis, remains of sanctuaries and a theatre, fortification walls), as well as a rich record of public and private inscriptions, including decrees, votives, inscribed tombstones, etc (Decourt, Nielsen, Helly et al. 2004: 692; I.Atrax in print).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership The priest Harmodios, the son of Hageisippos, might have been the leader of the koinon, as implied by the expression toun per (Har)modion Hagisippei(on).
Eponymous office The priest Harmodios, the son of Hageisippos, might have been an eponymous official (priest) of the city of Atrax.
iii. Members Eleven persons known by name and patronymic (the leader? and ten members).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Eleven persons known by name and patronymic (the leader? and ten members).
ii. Gender Men
iv. Status Most of the names of the members of the koinon (Harmodios, Dikaios, Simoun, Damastas) are already reported in Atrax. The priest Harmodios, the son of Hageisippos, is most probably the leader of the koinon. One of the members, Simoun son of Dikaios, is already known from a public decree issued by the city of Gonnoi, where he is honoured as one of the three judges from Atrax. It seems that the members are exclusively citizens of Atrax.
v. Relations The listed members of the koinon -included the priest/leader?- belong to four different families; one of them -Simoun, the son of Dikaios- is listed alone, without any obvious familial relation to other members.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The koinon dedicates a votive stele.
Deities worshipped Unknown deity.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Bouchon, R., Darmezin, L., Decourt, J.-C., Helly, Br., Lucas, G., and Tziafalias A., (in print), Inscriptions d'Atrax en Pélasgiotide (Thessalie), (Etudes épigraphiques de l'Ecole Française d'Athènes). Athens/Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The use of the term koinon, the presence of the priest in the centre of the organisation of the group, as well as the presence of eleven members of four families in the group indicates the probable presence of a private association of low intensity (a cultic one?).
ii. Historical authenticity The presence of the inscription renders the historical authenticity of the group certain.