Ἡράκλεια
Herakles-festival, Heracles-festival
Translated by David Whitehead24 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Though there are many Herakles-festivals throughout Attica, Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aeschines mentions either the one in Marathon or the one in Kynosarges.1 For these are the ones Athenians used to hold in highest esteem.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡράκλεια· πολλῶν ὄντων τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν Ἡρακλείων, Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατ' Αἰσχίνου ἤτοι τῶν ἐν Μαραθῶνι ἢ τῶν ἐν Κυνοσάργει μνημονεύει. ταῦτα γὰρ διὰ τιμῆς μάλιστα ἦγον Ἀθηναῖοι.