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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 470: mystai Koroseanoi neobachchoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Dorylaion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) μύσται Κοροσεανοὶ νεόβαχχοι (Haspels, Highlands of Phrygia: 354, no. 144, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) mystai Koroseanoi neobachchoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:mystai
Theophoric:neobachchoi
Topographical:Koroseanoi refers to a village.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Haspels, Highlands of Phrygia: 354, no. 144
Note See also:
Jaccottet II no. 79
Online Resources Haspels, Highlands of Phrygia: 354, no. 144
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar with reliefs on four sides
ii. Source(s) provenance Avdan

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The mystai dedicate the altar to Zeus Dionysos "for themselves and the village". On the scenes depicted on the altar, cf. Jaccottet 2003: 154-5.
Deities worshipped Zeus Dionysos

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On similar monuments from this area, see Jaccottet 2003: 158-60.

The designation neobakchoi seems to imply a comparison with at least one other group of bakchoi that either consists of old people (while the neobakchoi are young) or has the earlier foundation date.
iii. Bibliography Cole, S.G. (1991), ‘Dionysiac Mysteries in Phrygia in the Imperial Period’, EA 17: 41-9.
Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of them probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain