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Headword:
*(ellanodi/kai
Adler number: epsilon,741
Translated headword: Hellanodikai
Vetting Status: high
Translation: At first the Eleans appointed a single Hellanodikes, then two, and eventually nine.[1] But Aristodemos of Elis [asserts] that the Hellanodikai who eventually held the contest were ten [in number], one from each tribe.[2]
Greek Original:*(ellanodi/kai: to\ me\n prw=ton e(/na kaqi/stwn *(ellanodi/khn oi( *)hlei=oi, ei)=ta du/o, teleutai=on de\ q#. *)aristo/dhmos de\ o( *)hlei=os tou\s teleutai/ous tiqe/ntas to\n a)gw=na i# ei)=nai *(ellanodi/kas, a)f' e(ka/sths fulh=s a#.
Notes:
See already
epsilon 740. The present entry derives from Harpokration s.v.
"The Olympic hellanodikai were appointed for a single festival from the leading families of Elis: they presided over the games, exercising disciplinary authority over the athletes, and over the banquet which ended the festival" (OCD(4) p.655).
[1] Harpok. assigns this material to
Aristotle (fr. 492 Rose).
[2] FGrH 414 F2. (In Harpok. the phrase reads one "to" each tribe.)
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 November 2000@07:12:25.
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