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Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1484: ho thiasos ton presbyteron

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Troulloi, ca. 12km north of Larnaka (ancient Kition).

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος τῶν πρεσβυτέρων (I.Kition 2002, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos ton presbyteron

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. iii (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:presbyteroi probably signify the members of an age-group in the gymnasium (I.Kition 2002), or the veterans of a military body (SEG 54: 1531).
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: I.Kition 2002, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Kition 2002 (s. iii (?) BC)
Note See also: Hermanry 2004: 62, no. Tr. 2
Online Resources I.Kition 2002 and AGRW ID 20664
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script I.Kition 2002 is a dedication inscription in Greek. Themison, son of Pasiphilos, dedicated the mask of Dionysos, on behalf of the association of the elders, or in a shrine of the association (SEG 47: 1870).
i.c. Physical format(s) A rectangular plaque
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Troulloi, ca. 12km north of Larnaka (ancient Kition), now in the Larnaka District Museum. For Troulloi, see Hermary 2004: 53-4.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The desiccant is a man.
iii. Age Elders
iv. Status The members of the association may have been those soldiers stationed around this area or veterans (SEG 54: 1531) who formed an association for athletic activities (I.Kition 2002). For Hellenistic thiasoi in the Mesaoria, see Hermary 2004: 54-5.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship I.Kition 2002 testifies to the dedication of the mask of Dionysos on behalf of the association. Nicolaou 1992: 260-1, no. 13 has proposed that the dedication was set up in a local rustic sanctuary (for a possible shrine of the association (see SEG 47: 1870). For the mask of Dionysos, see SEG 42: 1312.
Deities worshipped Dionysos (?)

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Hermary, A. (2004), ‘Autour de Golgoi: Les cités de la Mesaoria à l’époque hellénistique et sous l’Empire’, CCEC 34: 47-68.
Nicolaou, I. (1992), ‘Inscriptiones Cypriae Alphabeticae XXXI, 1991’, RDAC: 257-62.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term θίασος (thiasos) attests to a private association.