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Author: Sophia Zoumbaki

CAPInv. 582: hoi aleiphomenoi en anphoterois (l. amphoterois) tois gymnasiois

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
ii. Region Aigina
iii. Site Aigina

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἀλειφόμενοι ἐν ἀνφοτέροις τοῖς γυμνασίοις (IG IV2.2 974)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi aleiphomenoi en anphoterois (l. amphoterois) tois gymnasiois

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Topographical:en amphoterois tois gymnasiois

Other:aleiphomenoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IV2.2 971 (i AD)
IG IV2.2 974 (ii AD)
Note See also: Kontoleon 1902: no. 3.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script IG IV2.2 971: Funerary inscription of Moschos, son of Moschos.
IG IV2.2 974: Funerary inscription.
Both inscriptions are in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) IG IV2.2 971: A stele of Pentelic marble broken at its upper part. Below the funerary inscription of Moschos, there are three olive wreaths engraved.
IG IV2.2 974: A fragment of a marble stele. A part of a relief is preserved, which depicted two standing figures, a man and a woman.
ii. Source(s) provenance IG IV2.2 971: Aigina, in the town, near the old aqueduct.
IG IV2.2 974: Aigina

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects en amphoterois tois gymnasiois implies that there were two gymnasia in the town. The existence of two gymnasia in Aigina is apparently attested in a fragmentary honorary decree (IG IV2.2 752, l. 4: [– ἐν ἀμφοτέρ]οις τοῖς γυμνασ̣[ίοις – – –], [– en amphoter]ois tois gymnas[iois – – –]).

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association appears on two gravestones and thus confers funerary honours to the deceased.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction IG IV2.2 971 which is better preserved, the association is mentioned alongside the boule and the demos.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Kontoleon, A.E. (1902), ‘Inscriptions de la Grèce d’Europe’, REG 15: 132-43.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Although "those who anoint themselves with oil" in the two gymnasia of Aigina, give the impression of a loose collectivity, the fact that they appear in two funerary inscriptions as well as the fact that the aleiphomenoi – without closer definition – are attested in a further Aiginetan inscription (IG IV2.2 751), do not exclude the possibility that they had some organization as a private corporation.