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Headword:
*ei)sith/ria
Adler number: epsiloniota,273
Translated headword: Inauguration, Eisiteria
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A festival day [sc. in classical
Athens] in which all those in office presented themselves used to be called this. The Athenians' custom was to make this day the first of the year.[1]
Demosthenes in the [speech]
Concerning the Mismanaged Embassy [writes]: "the council [...] made the Inauguration sacrifices. Joining in the feast and participating were the generals and virtually all the office-holders".[2]
*ei)sith/ria: h(me/ra e(orth=s, e)n h(=| oi( e)n th=| a)rxh=| pa/ntes proi+a=sin, ou(/tws e)kalei=to. tau/thn de\ th\n h(me/ran prw/thn tou= e)/tous *)aqhnai=oi nenomi/kasi. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| peri\ th=s parapresbei/as: h( boulh\ ta\ ei)sith/ria e)/qusen. sunestia/qhsan de\ kai\ tw=n e)koinw/nhsan oi( strathgoi\ kai\ sxedo\n ei)pei=n ai( a)rxai\ pa=sai.
Notes:
[1] Hekatombaion 1, presumably; cf. (implicit) P.J.
Rhodes,
The Athenian Boule (Oxford 1972) 132.
[2] An approximation of
Demosthenes 19.190 (web address 1), cf. 21.114 (web address 2).
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: chronology; constitution; daily life; definition; ethics; food; history; law; military affairs; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 May 2003@05:06:14.
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