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Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1511: ho thiasos ton Edyllion

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Voni, near ancient Kythroi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος τῶν Ἠδυλλίων (Ohnefalsch-Richter 1884: 137-8, no. 8, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos ton Edyllion

III. DATE

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

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Edyllioi: The ethnic may refer to a village near Voni and Kythroi. See Hermary 2004: 55.
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: Ohnefalsch-Richter 1884: 137-8, no. 8, ll. 1, 4-5, 6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Ohnefalsch-Richter 1884: 137-8, no. 8 (l. iii (?) BC)
Note More recent publications this inscription in Mitford 1961: 142 and Hermary 2004: 54-5.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication inscription. The inscription demonstrates that three (probably) different thiasoi successively conducted animal sacrifice to Apollon.
i.c. Physical format(s) A triangular stone block
ii. Source(s) provenance The sanctuary of Apollon in Voni, near ancient Kythroi.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The inscription was found at the sanctuary of Apollon in Voni, to the south of ancient Kythroi. For the votive sculptures and inscriptions found there, see Ohnefalsch-Richter 1884.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The ethnic in the name of the association, which was probably related to a village in this area, suggests that the association was one of the thiasoi consisting of Ptolemaic military settlers and their descendants. For these thiasoi, see Mitford 1961: 141-2, no. 39; Hermary 2004: 54-5; SEG 54: 1531.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association conducted animal sacrifice (to hiereon, l. 3) to Apollon in the fourth regnal year of a Ptolemaic ruler.
Deities worshipped Apollo

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B 301
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.
Ohnefalsch-Richter, M. (1884), ‘Mittheilungen aus Cypern: III. Heiligthum des Apollon bei Voni’, MDAI(A) 9: 127-39.

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.