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Last Updated on 13 Jan 2019

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1515: synodos amimetobion

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Alexandria (L00)
iii. Site Alexandria

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος ἀμιμητοβίων (Plu. Ant. 28.2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos amimetobion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 41 - 31 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms ἡ τῶν ἀμιμητοβίων σύνοδος, he ton amimetobion synodos (Plu. Ant. 71.3)
ii. Name elements
Other:amimetobioi 'Inimitable Livers'
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: Plu. Ant. 28.2 and 71.3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Plu. Ant. 28.2 and 71.3
Online Resources Plu. Ant. 28
Plu. Ant. 71
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek, Plutarch's Life of Antony.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Queen Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony.
Gender Male Female

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note Given the fact that the synodos was founded by the Queen of Egypt and Mark Antony and gathered their friends and courtiers, it was presumably open to men and women.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The synodos was mainly involved in banquets, which were regular (allegedly held daily): καθ᾿ ἡμέραν εἱστίων ἀλλήλους kath' hemeran eistion allelous (Plu. Ant. 28.2).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Cleopatra and Mark Antony dissolved the synodos after the defeat at Actium (31 BC) and founded another synodos instead (Plu. Ant. 71.3; cf. CAPinv. 1516).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used and the character of the proceedings makes it certain that the synodos here was a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity One may wonder the truth of Plutarch's statements and the actual existence of such a club.