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Ἑλλανοδίκαι · Hellanodikai, Greek judges (ε 740) · Suda

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Near ε740

ε736they were Lakono-crazy
ε737their deeds shone out
ε738Hellanikos, Hellanicus
ε739Hellanikos, Hellanicus
ε740Hellanodikai, Greek judges
ε741Hellanodikai
ε742olive-gatherers
ε743olive-gatherers
ε744to drive

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε740

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Ἑλλανοδίκαι

Hellanodikai, Greek judges

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 29 words

Translation

[Meaning] the judges who presided at the [sc. Olympic] games.¹
Eunapius [writes]: "Thus even at that time Gainas the greatest Hellanodikes was presiding over the destruction of the Romans."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑλλανοδίκαι· οἱ κριταὶ οἱ καθήμενοι εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας. Εὐνάπιος· οὕτω καὶ τότε ὁ μέγιστος Ἑλλανοδίκης Γαϊνᾶς τὸν Ῥωμαϊκὸν ὄλεθρον ἠθλοθέτει.

Betacode

*(ellanodi/kai: oi( kritai\ oi( kaqh/menoi ei)s tou\s a)gw=nas. *eu)na/pios: ou(/tw kai\ to/te o( me/gistos *(ellanodi/khs *gai+na=s to\n *(rwmai+ko\n o)/leqron h)qloqe/tei.

Notes (1)

[1] See also epsilon 741. The headword is a Doric form, used also in Attic; the Attic-Ionic dialect form is e(llhnodi/kai, and the Elean is e(llanozi/kai. See LSJ s.v.
2Eunapius fr.79 FHG (4.49); again eta 154; and for Gainas see also pi 1939, esp. the note on him there. Given who he was, and the context generally, both Hellanodikes and the verb a)qloqetei=n are ironic metaphors.

Linked from1 entry

ε741ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikaiAt first the Eleans appointed a single Hellanodikes, then two, and eventually nine. But Aristodemos of Elis [asserts] that the Hellanodikai who eventually held the contest were ten [in number], one from each tribe.

Neighbouring entries

ε738ἙλλάνικοςHellanikos, Hellanicus ε739ἙλλάνικοςHellanikos, Hellanicus ε740ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikai, Greek judges ε741ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikai ε742Ἐλαολόγοιolive-gatherers

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Dec 2015

14 Dec 2015tweaked tr; expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
20 Jul 2006another x-ref — David Whitehead
20 Jul 2006another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Jul 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑλλανοδίκαι (Adler number epsilon 740), trans. Catharine Roth, 18 Jul 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/740

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗