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Last Updated on 02 Mar 2017

Author: Paschalis Paschidis

CAPInv. 761: hoi peri ton Heroa

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Mygdonia
iii. Site Thessalonike

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἥρωα (IG X.2.1 821, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri ton Heroa

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:The association is named after the Hero worshiped. It is noteworthy that the formula οἱ περὶ τὸν, hoi peri ton, usually refers to the association's leader, not to the deity worshiped.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG X.2.1 821 (ii-iii AD)
Online Resources IG X.2.1 821
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A Greek funerary inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Altar

VII. ORGANIZATION

ix. Privileges The association paid in part for the funerary monument of one of its members; the rest of the cost was covered by a relative of the deceased.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Nigdelis, P.M. (2010), ‘Voluntary Associations in Roman Thessalonike: in Search of Identity and Support in a Cosmopolitan Society’, in L. Nasrallah, Ch. Bakirtzis and S. Friesen (eds.), From Roman to Early Christian Thessalonike: Studies in Religion and Archaeology. Cambridge Mass., London: 13-47, esp. 18 and no. 22.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note As is often the case in Roman Macedonia, a leader and a vague collective term are the only elements that may point to a private cultic association.