Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ABOUT KNOWN MONUMENTS -- NEW MATERIAL -- MATERIAL FROM WALDMANN'S AND JÜTHNER'S JOURNEYS -- SOME CONCLUSIONS -- LIST OF PLATES -- Plates I-LVII.

Band 4.

Band 4.

Preliminary material /Eugene N. Lane -- COINS /Eugene N. Lane -- GEMS /Eugene N. Lane -- ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA TO VOLUME 1 /Eugene N. Lane -- PLATE /Eugene N. Lane.

Private associations organized around a common cult, profession, ethnic identity, neighbourhood or family were common throughout the Greco-Roman antiquity, offering opportunities for sociability, cultic activities, mutual support and a context in which to display and recognize virtuous achievement. This volume collects a representative selection of inscriptions from associations in Attica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace, published with English translations, brief explanatory notes, commentaries and full indices. This volume is essential for several areas of study: ancient patterns of social organization; the organization of diasporic communities in the ancient Mediterranean; models for the structure of early Christian groups; and forms of sociability, status-displays, and the vocabularies of virtue.

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MYSTIC CULT OF CYBELE IN CLASSICAL GREECE -- MYSTERIES IN THE HELLENIZED CULT OF CYBELE -- MYSTIC ASPECTS IN THE “PHRYGIAN” MYTHICAL-RITUAL CYCLE -- THE PROBLEM OF THE PHRYGIAN MYSTERIES -- SOTERIOLOGICAL PROSPECTS IN THE CULT OF CYBELE -- MYSTIC AND SOTERIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE TAUROBOLIUM -- CONCLUSION -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ADDENDUM -- INDEX.