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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1874: syggeneis toi apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site city of Kos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συγγενεῖς τοὶ ἀπὸ Ὀνασικλεῦς τοῦ Χαρικλείτου (IG XII 4.2 1029 ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) syggeneis toi apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:syggeneis: relatives of an expanded and/or a fictive family.
Personal:toi apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII 4.2 1029 (i BC)
Note PH 124
Maillot 2013: no. 62
Online Resources Paton-Hicks 124
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary inscription in Greek of the syggeneis apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou for Kynnida daughter of Eukleitos, wife of Onasikles.
i.c. Physical format(s) Base of while marble broken on the left. W. 57cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the city of Kos in the neighbourhood called Aspa.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) ἀπὸ Ὀνασικλεῦς τοῦ Χαρικλείτου (apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou ll. 1-2): Onasikles the son of Charikleitos was the founder of a familial group.
Gender Male

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The name συγγενεῖς ἀπὸ Ὀνασικλεῦς τοῦ Χαρικλείτου (syggeneis apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou ll. 1-2) suggests that membership was open to the descendants of the male line of Oansikles.
v. Relations The honorand, Kynnida, is the wife of the founder of the group.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Dedication to theois l. 3
Deities worshipped theoi
iv. Honours/Other activities The group honoured the wife of the founder (most likely with a statue as suggested by the shape of the stone).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Maillot, S. (2013), 'Les associations à Cos', in P. Hamon and P. Fröhlich (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques. Geneva: 199-226.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The term syggeneis stands for members of a familial group, whose male line of descent is made apparent in the name of the group: apo Onasikleus tou Charikleitou. Although the private character of the group is unquestioned, its durability eludes us.