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Geographical area |
Attica with Salamis
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| ii. |
Region |
Attica
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Site |
Eleusis
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Full name (original language) |
θιασῶται (SEG 24: 156, ll. 11, 13-4)
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Full name (transliterated) |
thiasotai
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Source(s) |
SEG 24: 156 (291-288 BC)
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Note |
The decree is written stoichedon.
Ed. pr. AD 23 (1968) A, 1-6.
Cf. SEG 32: 149 & 348. BE 1970, nos 260-61; 2004, no. 152.
IEleusis p. 2.
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Online Resources |
SEG 24: 156 and AGRW ID 23243
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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| i.b. |
Document(s) typology & language/script |
Fragmentary Greek honorary decree for a certain Paidikos because of his benevolence and generosity towards the group. It is followed by a list of members.
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Physical format(s) |
The right part of a marble base, inscribed on the front and the right side, measuring 0,24x0,30m.
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Source(s) provenance |
It was found west of the propylaia in Eleusis.
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Officials |
The office of treasurer (τ[αμίας], t[amias]) is restored in l. 1.
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Other staff |
In l. 9 the office of δεκαδάρχαι, dekadarchai is mentioned but it is not clear whether they are officials of the association.
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Treasury/Funds |
The restoration in ll. 5-6 ἔρ[ανος?], (er[anos?]) implies that there was a common fund. Probably this fund was deposited as παρακαταθήκη, parakatatheke.
The common treasury is described with the term κ[οινόν?] (k[oinon?], l. 16).
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Number |
The name of at least 23 members survive.
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Gender |
Men
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Note |
At least 23 names survive.
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Age |
Adults
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Status |
The status of the individuals whose names are preserved cannot be ascertained, see Aranoutoglou 2011.
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Worship |
The honoured individual had performed some ritual duties (τὰ ἱερὰ παραλαβὼν, ta hiera paralabon) including a sacrifice (ἔθυε, ethye), ll. 8-10.
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Deities worshipped |
Sacrifices were addressed to Ζεὺς Σωτὴρ (Zeus Soter) and Ὑγεία (Hygeia), l. 10.
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Honours/Other activities |
The association decided to honour Paidikos, for his zeal and benevolence, with a praise (ἐπαινέσαι, epainesai), a crown (στέφανος, stephanos) and with a ribbon (ταινιῶσαι αὐτὸν, tainiosai auton), and to provide him with money for a sacrifice ([καὶ] | [δοῦναι αὐτῶι ἐς θυσίαν], [kai] | [dounai auto es thysian]) , ll. 14-16, 18-19.
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Local interaction |
If dekadarchai in l. 8 are military officials then the inscription provides a very interesting testimony of interaction between an association and the wider society being at war.
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Comments |
The decree passed during the archonship of Aristion.
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Bibliography |
Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 69.
Arnaoutoglou, I. (2011), ‘‘Ils étaient dans la ville, mais tout à fait en dehors de la cité’. Status and identity in private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens’, in van Nijf, O., and Alston, R. (eds.), Political culture in the Greek city after the classical age. Leuven: 27-48.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 149-50.
Osborne, M. (2009), ‘The archons of Athens 300/299–228/7’, ZPE 171: 85.
Robert, L. (1969), ‘Inscriptions d'Athènes et de la Grèce centrale’, An.Ép. 14-23 no. 3. (= OMS 7, 720-29, Amsterdam)
Tracy, S. (2003), Athens and Macedon. Attic letter-cutters of 300 to 229 B.C.. Berkeley: 38.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.
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