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Last Updated on 29 Aug 2019

Author: Francesco Guizzi

CAPInv. 962: ho thiasos ton Priapistan

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Crete
iii. Site Gortyn

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος τῶν Πριαπιστᾶν (I.Cret. IV 266, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos ton Priapistan

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Priapistai
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: I.Cret. IV 266, ll. 1, 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Cret. IV 266 (i BC)
Online Resources I.Cret. IV 266
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek of an honorary statue to the gods of the thiasos.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Ἀπολλώνιον Ἑρμία τῶ Σωτάδα

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honoured Apollonios one of its members on a dedication to the gods, for what he has done for the association: φιλαγαθίας ἕνεκεν ἇς πεποίηται εἰς τὸν θίασον, philagathias heneken has pepoietai eis ton thiason.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association derives its name from the god Priapus and has clear cultic character. Its definition as thiasos, along with its religious connotation, prove its private nature.