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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 848: hoi kynegoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria
iii. Site Mylasa

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ κυνηγοί (I.Mylasa 534, line 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi kynegoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 50 BC - 50 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:οἱ κυνηγοί, hoi kynegoi
Or at least "occupational", organisers of a hunt with dogs.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Mylasa 534 (ca. 50 BC - 50 AD)
Note Cf. Robert 1940: 179, no. 175, and esp. 329-30.
Online Resources PHI: Mylasa 253
Harland, AGRW no. 1056
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication of a statue in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large cylindrical marble base for a statue, probably also serving as an altar (the name of the honorand appears in the genitive).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members οἱ κυνηγοί, hoi kynegoi

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number A total of 18 members of the kynegoi are listed.
ii. Gender Men
Note The individuals are exclusively male.
iv. Status The individuals listed appear to be citizens of Mylasa for the most part, but 3 occur without paternal names, and one is a freedman listed alongside his patronus (προστάτης).
v. Relations At least 2 of the men are probably brothers (line 5: Διόδοτος Θεομνήστου, Ἔρως Θεομνήστου).

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events It seems that the dedication is made to commemorate a gladiatorial hunt, a venatio.
iii. Worship The venatio was performed in honour of a hero, whose statue base (and possible cultic altar) is here set up by the group.
Deities worshipped The local hero in question is the famous citizen of Mylasa, Gaius Iulius Hybreas, son of Leon the hero. See the comm. of Blümel at I. Mylasa 534 for further details about this individual.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For other inscriptions involving gladiators at Mylasa, see e.g. I. Mylasa 582 (synagonistai).
iii. Bibliography Robert, L. (1940), Les gladiateurs dans l'Orient grec, Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note This was definitely a private group and it worshipped a hero, but it is unclear if it truly constituted a durative association in any meaningful sense. More likely, the men in question formed a temporary association and wished to commemorate the occasion of a venatio by setting up this monument.