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Last Updated on 13 Mar 2017

Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 1771: to kynegon koinon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Inland Thrace
iii. Site Philippopolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κυνηγῶν κοινόν (IGBulg III.1 894, ll. 9-10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to kynegon koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:kynegoi
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IGBulg III.1 894, l. 10

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGBulg III.1 894 (ii - iii AD)
Online Resources IGBulg III.1 894
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary inscription in Greek, set up by the phyle Herakleis of Philippopolis to honor the koinon. A person, whose name is lost and titles only partially preserved, was also mentioned in the text before the koinon.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele (1.30 X 0.35)
ii. Source(s) provenance The stone is reported to have been found reused at Plovdiv's Turkish cemetery; present whereabouts unknown.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members κυνηγοί, kynegoi

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note To be surmised by the term kynegos.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The word κυνηγός, kynegos, means 'hunter' but in the Roman period it is often used in a gladiatorial context to denote a venator. In the case of IGBulg III.1 894, Pleket 1969: 293, n. 52 suggested that the word should be understood as denoting a group of young men associated to the city's gymnasium, due to the possible reference of a gymnasiarch in the first lines of the text. But the restitution πολιτάρχης, politarches, has also been suggested (see IGBulg V 5405). Mihailov (in the commentary to IGBulg) and Jones 1987: 272, on the other hand, opted for the second interpretation. Gladiatorial games are well-attested at Philippopolis.
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 76
iii. Bibliography Jones, N.F. (1987), Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study. Philadelphia.
Pleket, H.W. (1969), ‘Collegium Iuvenum Nemesiorum. A Note on Ancient Youth-Organisations’, Mnemosyne 22: 281-298.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The term koinon, though partially restored, points to a private association.