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Headword:
*)olumpia/s
Adler number: omicron,214
Translated headword: Olympiad
Vetting Status: high
Translation: This is what the Greeks call the competition held every four years, because of the day which comes from the three seasons of the year in each four-year period of the cycles of the sun.[1]
The first Olympiad was established in the time of Solomon, for a (?)universal festival of Zeus.[2]
Greek Original:*)olumpia/s: ou(/tw kalei=tai par' *(/ellhsin o( kata\ te/ssara e)/th suntelou/menos a)gw/n, dia\ th\n kata\ tetraeti/an tw=n tou= h(li/ou dro/mwn e)k tw=n kat' e)/tos w(rw=n triw=n sunteloume/nhn h(me/ran. e)te/qh de\ prw/th *)olumpia\s e)pi\ *solomw=ntos, ei)s e(orth\n kosmikh\n tou= *dio/s.
Notes:
See also
omicron 215.
[1] George the Monk,
Chronicon 306.8-11. It is far from clear what he means, especially by 'three' seasons; perhaps the number is corrupt.
[2] Source unknown. (For Solomon see
sigma 772,
sigma 773,
sigma 774. The traditional date of the first Olympiad is 776 BCE, considerably later than any plausible date for Solomon.)
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 November 2009@22:23:36.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 29 November 2009@04:22:34.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 25 June 2013@03:32:31.
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