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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. GR-75: hoi peri ton Dionyson technitai

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνῖται (Plb. XVI 21.8)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) hoi peri ton Dionyson technitai
ii. Reference context Polybius informs us that Tlepolemus, regent of Ptolemy V and in control of the finances of Egypt, spent large amounts of royal money on the technitai of Dionysus, among others.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 202 BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Plb. XVI 21.8
Note Other publications: Le Guen I 18
Online Resources Plb. XVI 21.8
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek, Histories.

VIII. NOTES

i. Comments The passage is unclear about the precise identity and localisation of the technitai in question and refers to them in a general way. They were however presumably active in Egypt and specifically at Alexandria, but it is uncertain whether they were organised as one or more branches of the technitai.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Certain
Note The terminology used (technitai) makes it certain that we have here a private association.