Ἐπιστάτις
chairwoman, lady president
Translated by David Whitehead11 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Feminine.1 A particular office, established to advise on war or peace or something else. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "Timokleia in the chair, Lusilla as secretary".2
And Sophocles [writes]: "to presidents of flocks". That is, to the dogs.3
Dio Coccianus says: "the elephants, vexed by the towers, would no longer tolerate even the drivers themselves".4
And Sophocles [writes]: "to presidents of flocks". That is, to the dogs.3
Dio Coccianus says: "the elephants, vexed by the towers, would no longer tolerate even the drivers themselves".4