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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1372: NEAKOLLITAI Dionysia[s]tai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Smyrna (?)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ΝΕΑΚΟΛΛΙΤΑΙ Διονυσια[σ]ταί (I.Smyrna II.2: 352-3, no. III, ll. 11-12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) NEAKOLLITAI Dionysia[s]tai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 (?) - 30 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Dionysiastai
Topographical:The enigmatic NEAKOLLITAI might be better understood as Νεακωμῆται, Neakometai; this would point to a village.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Smyrna II.2: 352-3, no. III (150 (?) - 30 (?) BC)
Note See also:
Jaccottet II no. 124
Online Resources I.Smyrna II.2: 352-3, no. III
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary epigram, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele of blue-gray marble
ii. Source(s) provenance Possibly Smyrna (seen by Keil in Izmir)

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Dionysos
iv. Honours/Other activities The relationship of the association to the deceased is unclear, as the group as such is not mentioned in the epigram. However, the group appears to have set up the monument, presumably to honour a benefactor who may also have been a member of the association (Jaccottet 2003: 218).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The term Dionysiastai normally refers to private associations.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain