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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]
Greek Original:
*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).
Associated internet addresses:
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.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Added headword, keyword and links, modified translation, set status) on 20 June 2003@04:48:36.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 15 June 2004@04:13:32.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 7 October 2005@09:45:32.
David Whitehead on 27 November 2012@07:09:19.
Catharine Roth (upgraded links) on 30 November 2012@00:50:40.
David Whitehead (corrigendum) on 30 November 2012@03:01:38.
David Whitehead on 22 April 2016@05:41:07.

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