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Last Updated on 27 Feb 2017

Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1504: ho thiasos ton epigonon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Morfou, near ancient Soloi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος τῶν ἐπιγόνων (Mitford 1961: 134-6, no. 35, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos ton epigonon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iii (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:epigonoi probably signify the descendants of military settlers in the area. See Mitford 1961: 134-6, no. 35; Hermary 2004: 54-5.
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: Mitford 1961: 134-6, no. 35, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Mitford 1961: 134-6, no. 35 (l. iii (?) BC)
Note Other publications: SEG 20: 293
Online Resources SEG 20: 293 and AGRW 20871
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A Greek honorific inscription set up by the association on behalf of Theodoros, son of Demetrios, and his family members.
i.c. Physical format(s) A rectangular plaque
ii. Source(s) provenance Purchased at Morfou, now in Cyprus Museum in Nicosia.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status epigonoi probably signify the descendants of military settlers in the area. See Mitford 1961: 134-6, no. 35; Hermary 2004: 54-5. They may also have inherited their ancestors' religious traditions (SEG 54: 1531).

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Mitford 1961: 134-6, no. 35 demonstrates that the association honoured Theodoros, son of Demetrios, his wife and his two sons. Theodoros was a citizen of the Pamphylian Arsinoe and the Ptolemaic commander of Charadros, located on the coast of 'Rough' Cilicia.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad Through the honours granted (see above X.iv), the association interacted with a Ptolemaic commander from Asia Minor.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Hermary, A. (2004), ‘Autour de Golgoi: Les cités de la Mesaoria à l’époque hellénistique et sous l’Empire’, CCEC 34: 47-68.
Mitford, T.B. (1961), ‘Further Contributions to the Epigraphy of Cyprus’, AJA 65: 93-151.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed (thiasos) and the character of the document point to the fact that this was a private association.