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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.
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.
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