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Last Updated on 27 Feb 2017

Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1824: hoi apo gymnasio[u]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Larnaka (ancient Kition)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἀπὸ γυμνασίο[υ] (I.Kition 2014, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi apo gymnasio[u]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 246 (?) - 221 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Topographical:gymnasion of Kition

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Kition 2014 (246 (?) - 221 (?) BC)
Note See also:SEG 54: 1537; SEG 55: 1528
Online Resources I.Kition 2014
SEG 54: 1537
SEG 55: 1528
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek statue base of Ptolemy III Euergetes set up by the association.
i.c. Physical format(s) Statue base
ii. Source(s) provenance The garden of Saparilla, Larnaka (ancient Kition).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership The association possibly honoured Ptolemy III Euergetes as its leader, προστάτης (prostates). See I.Kition 2014, l. 2.
iii. Members The members of the association, generically called οἱ ἀπὸ γυμνασίου, hoi apo gymnasiou, consisted of the members of the gymnasion of Kition.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The expression hoi apo gymnasiou and the nature of the gymnasium suggest that the members were men.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association set up an honorific statue of Ptolemy III Euergetes, possibly as its leader, προστάτης (prostates). See I.Kition 2014, l. 2.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad The association honoured Ptolemy III Euergetes, the Ptolemaic king ruling from 246 BC to 221 BC.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland N *70

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Although the association lacks a descriptive term, it is probable that the members of the gymnasion formed an association.