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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1682: hoi Diastai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Teos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ Διασταί (SEG 2: 609, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi Diastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 300 (?) - 30 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Zeus

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 2: 609 (300 (?) - 30 (?) BC)
Note See also:
Boulay 2013: 259
Online Resources SEG 2: 609
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription, adorned with three crowns, Greek.
ii. Source(s) provenance From a private house in Sığacık

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Associations for Zeus are rare; Poland 1909: 177 could still note that not a single attestation for Διασταί, Diastai as the name of an association was known. Demangel and Laumonier 1922: 342 note the exceptionality and argue that it may be explained through the strong tradition of associational life in Teos and the existence of a festival for Zeus (the Dia).
Deities worshipped Zeus
iv. Honours/Other activities The association commemorates several members, including a woman, of one family.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Boulay, Th. (2013), ‘Les « groupes de référence » au sein du corps civique de Téos’, in P. Fröhlich, and P. Hamon (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. – IIe siècle apr. J.-C.), Genève: 251-75.
Demangel, R., and Laumonier, A. (1922), ‘Inscriptions d’Ionie’, BCH 46: 307-55.
Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig.
Suys, V. (2005), ‘Les associations cultuelles dans la cité aux époques hellénistique et impériale’, in V. Dasen, and M. Pierart (eds.), Ἰδίᾳ καὶ δημοσίᾳ. Les cadres "privés" et "publics" de la religion grecque antique, Liège: 203-18.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Nothing is known about this association beyond the mere name. In Teos, associations were more closely linked to the "société civique" than in most other cities (Suys 2005: 207; Boulay 2013). In this case, however, nothing suggests that the association was not a private one.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain