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Headword: *)epimelhth\s tw=n musthri/wn
Adler number: epsilon,2468
Translated headword: superintendent of the Mysteries
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Amongst Athenians the so-called king [sc. archon] first supervises the Mysteries, together with the superintendents whom the people used to elect. There were 4:[1] 2 from all Athenians, one from [the] Eumolpidai and one from [the] Kerykes.[2]
Greek Original:
*)epimelhth\s tw=n musthri/wn: para\ *)aqhnai/ois o( lego/menos basileu\s prw=ton me\n musthri/wn e)pimelei=tai meta\ tw=n e)pimelhtw=n, ou(\s o( dh=mos e)xeiroto/nei. d# de\ h)=san #22b# me\n e)c *)aqhnai/wn a(pa/ntwn, ei(=s de\ e)c *eu)molpidw=n kai\ ei(=s e)k *khru/kwn.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting in the first instance on Demosthenes 21.171, and proceeding to quote ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.1.
[1] This explanatory phrase is the Suda's own.
[2] Aristocratic families. For the Eumolpidai see epsilon 3584 (and cf. epsilon 3585); for the Kerykes, kappa 1542.
Reference:
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) 55-72
Keywords: definition; law; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 November 2000@07:37:44.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 3 July 2003@19:27:07.
David Whitehead (modified translation; added x-refs, keyword, bibliography) on 4 July 2003@03:19:41.
David Whitehead (typo) on 2 May 2004@11:39:04.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 7 July 2011@09:28:04.
David Whitehead (typo) on 16 October 2012@06:27:37.
David Whitehead on 29 January 2016@07:44:38.

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