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Last Updated on 21 Feb 2017

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 244: orgeones

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (IG II2 2947, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 212 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2947 (212 (?) BC)
Note Ed. pr. An.Ép 1905, 251 no. 14.
Cf. SEG 55: 724.BE 1950, no. 71.
Online Resources IG II2 2947 and AGRW ID 23135
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorary inscription for Asklapon, son of Asklapon of Maroneia.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble fragment, measuring 0,20x0,225m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the area of Elaion, Athens. Now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 8114.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Ἀσκλάπων Ἀσκλάπωνος Μαρωνίτης, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (14).
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Foreigner.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The use of the present tense of the verb 'to crown' (στεφανοῦσιν, stephanousin, l. 1) suggests that the text may have been part of an honorary decree.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A6B
iii. Bibliography Ferguson, W. (1944), ‘The Attic orgeones’, HThR 37: 61-140 esp. 94.
Ferguson, W. (1949), ‘Orgeonika’, in Commemorative studies in honor of Th. Leslie Shear. Princeton: 130-63, esp. 162-3.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris: 265.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 151.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford.
Tracy, S. (1990), Attic letter-cutters of 229 to 86 B.C.. Berkeley: 70.


XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.