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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2105: Panathenaistai [ - -

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos or Lindos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Παναθηναϊσταί [ - -
ii. Full name (transliterated) Panathenaistai [ - -

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC - i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:Παναθηναϊσταί, Panathenaistai - The element Panathenaistai, as Blinkenberg notes (I.Lindos II, col. 797), derives from Panathenaia. However, there is little (other than the use of the Attic form) to support his inference that the Panathenaistai strateuomenoi/strateusamenoi were an association sent as a sacred embassy (theoria) to the Athenian Panathenaia, cf. C. Blinkenberg, Trihemiolia. Étude sur un type de navire rhodien. Lindiaka 7 (Copenhagen, 1938), 50. Indeed, there is evidence for a Panathenaia festival with competitions in Kamiros: Tit.Cam. nos. 106, l. 13; 110, l. 56; 159, l. 3.
Note The character of the association is greatly reminiscent of other associations described as κοινὸν, koinon, although the descriptive term has been lost due to erosion.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 15:497
AD 18 (1963) 7.11
ASAA 17-18 (1955-56) 175.29
Online Resources SEG 15:497
AD 18 (1963) 7.11

AGRW no. 14861
AGRW no. 15042
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of a cultic name element and the dedicatory-honourific context of the attested inscriptions make the private character of the association certain, although a descriptive term might be lacking.