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Last Updated on 24 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 727: hoi hetairoi Hekata[iou]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Phoenicia
iii. Site Sidon

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἑταῖροι Ἑκατα[ίου] (RA 3 (1904): 236, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi hetairoi Hekata[iou]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hetairoi + personal name

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) RA 3 (1904): 234-6 (ii - i BC)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Memorial inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele with painting, showing a soldier
ii. Source(s) provenance Sidon

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The hetairoi who commemorate Hekataios son of Menogenes from Thyateira were certainly fellow-soldiers.
ii. Poland concordance Poland B *451E
iii. Bibliography Perdrizet, P. (1904), ‘Syriaca’, RA 3: 234-6.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Discarded
Note Nothing suggests a form of organization apart from what would be expected of military units; the qualification ("the comrades of Hekataios") makes it clear that this group was tied together not by organizational bonds, but by military comradeship.