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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 691: orgeones

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Eleusis?

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (IG II3 (4) (1) 646, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Hell.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 646 (Hellenistic period)
Note Ed. pr. IG VII 33.
Other ed.: SEG 57: 416.
Online Resources IG VII 33
IG II3 (4) (1) 646 English translation
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication by four individuals to the gods.
ii. Source(s) provenance Byrne 2008 based on the prosopography suggests that the likeliest origin of the inscription may be Eleusis.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Four members are listed.
ii. Gender Men
Note The recorded four names of the members are male names.
Σάτυρος Φιλίππου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (43).
Φιλοκράτης Φιλίππου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (72).
Φωκιάδης Τεισίου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (2).
Καλλένικος Εὐθύμου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (2).
iii. Age Adults
v. Relations Σάτυρος Φιλίππου, Satyros Fikuppou, and Φιλοκράτης Φιλίππου, Filokrates Filippou, are probably brothers.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The restored reference to θεοί, theoi, (l. 1) may suggest worship by the group.
Deities worshipped gods, theoi

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B2
iii. Bibliography Byrne, S. (2008), ‘The dedication of the orgeones of Prospalta IG II2 2355’ in A. Matthaiou, and Ir. Polinskaya (eds.), Mikros Hieromnemon. Meletes eis mnemen Μ. Η. Jameson. Athens: 117-32.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It very likely that the four individuals belonged to an association of orgeones.