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Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 821: koinon toun Heraklei<o>daoun

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Thessaly. Pelasgiotis.
iii. Site City of Atrax

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κοινὸν τοῦν Ἡρακλει<ο>δάουν (SEG 34: 487, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) koinon toun Heraklei<o>daoun

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms κοινὸν τοῦν Ἡρακλειστάουν (SEG 38: 436, l. 2)


(second reading in SEG 38: 436, l. 2, after Tziafalias 1979: 226, no. 20). It must be noticed that the reading Ἡρακλειστάων, Herakleistaon that has been attributed to Tziafalias (1979: 226, no. 20) by Mili (2015: 347) is erroneous.
ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Heracles (god)
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: SEG 34: 487, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 34: 487 (l. iii BC)
Note See also:
Tziafalias 1984: 201, no. 69
SEG 38: 436
BE 1988: no. 707
Online Resources SEG 34: 487
SEG 38: 436
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script SEG 34: 487 is a dedicatory inscription. It gives the name of the honoured divinity (l. 1) and the dedicator (koinon toun Heraklei<o>daoun, l. 2), followed by the name, patronymic and function of a priest (ll. 3-4). Ten names and patronymics are listed after the name of the priest (ll. 5-14).
i.c. Physical format(s) Large pedimental stele of white marble bearing three intact akroteria (Heinz 1997: 75, n. 791, no. cat. 237, fig. 46).
ii. Source(s) provenance SEG 34: 487: city of Atrax (now in Larisa, Inv. no. 78/60)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The site of Ancient Atrax has delivered public architecture (acropolis, remains of sanctuaries and a theatre, fortification walls), as well as a rich record of public and private inscriptions, including decrees, votives, inscribed tombstones, etc (Decourt, Nielsen, Helly et al. 2004: 692).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members SEG 34: 487 lists ten names of male members of this koinon.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number SEG 34: 487 lists ten names of members.
ii. Gender Men
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The koinon dedicates the stele to its homonymous divinity.
Deities worshipped Herakles

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction SEG 34: 487 gives the name of a priest (ll. 3-4). We do not know if this is a priest of the association or the eponymous priest of the city of Atrax.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Decourt, J.-C., and Tziafalias, A. (2001), ‘Une liste civique à Crannon: La stèle dite des Ménandridai’, ZPE 137: 139-52.
Decourt, J.-C., Nielsen, Th.H., Helly, Br. et al. (2004), ‘Thessalia and adjacent regions’, in M.H. Hansen and Th.H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Oxford: 676-731.
Heinz, M. (1998), Thessalische Votivstelen. Bochum.
Mili, M. (2015), Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford: 347.
Tziafalias, A. (1979), ‘Άτραξ’, AD 34: 212-29, esp. 226, no. 20.
Tziafalias, A. (1984), ‘Επιγραφές από τη θεσσαλική πόλη Άτραγα’, Thessaliko Hemerologio 6: 177-208, esp. 201.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The use of the term koinon and the use of the theophoric name suggest that this collectivity is probably a private association. According to Decourt and Tziafalias (2001: 147) this koinon was in every probability a 'collège', despite of the fact that the first editor has associated the presence of the patronymics with a civic collectivity, namely a phratry (see Tziafalias 1979: 226). Mili 2015: 347 notes that 'the nature of the group is uncertain'.
ii. Historical authenticity The relevant inscription (SEG 34: 487) renders the historical authenticity of this association certain.