ε2843Ἐπώνυμοι
Eponyms
Citizens and foreigners whose excellence made them suitable used to be honoured [sc. in classical Athens] with bronze statues; and one subset of these gave their names[s] to the tribes. They say that this is how it was…
Ἐπώνυμοι· οἱ κατ' ἀρετὴν διαπρέποντες ἀστοὶ καὶ ξένοι χαλκαῖς εἰκόσιν ἐτιμῶντο· ὑφ' ὧν ἐνίων καὶ ταῖς φυλαῖς ἐτίθει ὀνό- ματα. φασὶ δ' ἐκεῖθεν πρῶτον δόξαι τὰς φυλὰς ἐξηγήσασθαι·…