The work edited by John Kloppenborg and Richard Ascough, Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary ( Volume 1. Attica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace), is the first volume of a project, which idea appeared as a result of a reading seminar of Greek texts at the University of Toronto. The corpus is not only a collection of the epigraphic heritage of the presented regions, but it present the importance of the phratriai, the associations and other guilds or clubs in the world of polis.
The second volume will appear next year: Associations in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook, Philip Harland, Richard Ascough and John S. Kloppenborg. Baylor University Press / de Gruyter, forthcoming in 2012 (here)
About the book: "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 (loc. cit.)
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