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α1037ἌκτιαAktia, Actia… Harpokration s.v., an entry generated in the first instance by Hyperides fr. 155 Jensen (contextless); hence it can presumably be inferred that Athens had one. The Callimachus reference is fr. 403 Pfeiffer.Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἄκτια

Aktia, Actia

An ancient [sc. athletic] contest, as Callimachus makes clear in his [treatise] On contests.

Ἄκτια· ἀγὼν παλαιὸς, ὡς Καλλίμαχος ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν Ἀγώνων δῆλον ποιεῖ.