Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 57

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ταῦτα μὲν τὰ ἐμπολέμια, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα τὰ εἰρηναῖα κατὰ τάδε σφι δέδοται. ἢν θυσίη τις δημοτελὴς ποιέηται, πρώτους ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἵζειν τοὺς βασιλέας, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτων πρῶτον ἄρχεσθαι διπλήσια νέμοντας ἑκατέρῳ τὰ πάντα ἢ τοῖσι ἄλλοισι δαιτυμόνεσι, καὶ σπονδαρχίας εἶναι τούτων καὶ τῶν τυθέντων τὰ δέρματα. [2] νεομηνίας δὲ πάσας καὶ ἑβδόμας ἱσταμένου τοῦ μηνὸς δίδοσθαι ἐκ τοῦ δημοσίου ἱρήιον τέλεον ἑκατέρῳ ἐς Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ μέδιμνον ἀλφίτων καὶ οἴνου τετάρτην Λακωνικήν, καὶ ἐν τοῖσι ἀγῶσι πᾶσι προεδρίας ἐξαιρέτους. καὶ προξείνους ἀποδεικνύναι τούτοισι προσκεῖσθαι τοὺς ἂν ἐθέλωσι τῶν ἀστῶν, καὶ Πυθίους αἱρέεσθαι δύο ἑκάτερον. οἱ δὲ Πύθιοι εἰσὶ θεοπρόποι ἐς Δελφούς, σιτεόμενοι μετὰ τῶν βασιλέων τὰ δημόσια. [3] μὴ ἐλθοῦσι δὲ τοῖσι βασιλεῦσι ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἀποπέμπεσθαί σφι ἐς τὰ οἰκία ἀλφίτων τε δύο χοίνικας ἑκατέρῳ καὶ οἴνου κοτύλην, παρεοῦσι δὲ διπλήσια πάντα δίδοσθαι: τὠυτὸ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ πρὸς ἰδιωτέων κληθέντας ἐπὶ δεῖπνον τιμᾶσθαι. [4] τὰς δὲ μαντηίας τὰς γινομένας τούτους φυλάσσειν, συνειδέναι δὲ καὶ τοὺς Πυθίους. δικάζειν δὲ μούνους τοὺς βασιλέας τοσάδε μοῦνα, πατρούχου τε παρθένου πέρι, ἐς τὸν ἱκνέεται ἔχειν, ἢν μή περ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὴν ἐγγυήσῃ, καὶ ὁδῶν δημοσιέων πέρι: [5] καὶ ἤν τις θετὸν παῖδα ποιέεσθαι ἐθέλῃ, βασιλέων ἐναντίον ποιέεσθαι. καὶ παρίζειν βουλεύουσι τοῖσι γέρουσι ἐοῦσι δυῶν δέουσι τριήκοντα: ἢν δὲ μὴ ἔλθωσι, τοὺς μάλιστά σφι τῶν γερόντων προσήκοντας ἔχειν τὰ τῶν βασιλέων γέρεα, δύο ψήφους τιθεμένους, τρίτην δὲ τὴν ἑωυτῶν.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Commentary references to this page (3):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 280
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER XVI
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.20
Cross-references to this page (9):
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), BIDIAEI
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), COSMI
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), E´PHORI
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), EPICLE´RUS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), GEROU´SIA
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), HOSPI´TIUM
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), PY´THII
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), TELOS
- Smith's Bio, Hebdoma'getes
Cross-references in notes to this page (2):
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 7.103
- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 1.20
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (27):
- LSJ, Πύθι^ος
- LSJ, δημο-τελής
- LSJ, βουλ-εύω
- LSJ, διπλ-άσιος
- LSJ, ἕβδομος
- LSJ, ἑβδομ-α_γέτης
- LSJ, ἐγγυ^άω
- LSJ, ἐμπολέμ-ιος
- LSJ, εἰρηναῖος
- LSJ, γέρων
- LSJ, ἵστημι
- LSJ, ἵζω
- LSJ, ἱερεῖον
- LSJ, κοτύλ-η
- LSJ, νουμην-ία
- LSJ, παρίζω
- LSJ, πατροῦχος
- LSJ, περ
- LSJ, ποιέω
- LSJ, πρόξενος
- LSJ, πρόσκειμαι
- LSJ, προεδρ-ία
- LSJ, θετός
- LSJ, σπονδ-αρχία
- LSJ, σύνοιδα
- LSJ, τέταρτος
- LSJ, ψῆφος

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