Note 405 — Chapter XI · THE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS OF ATHENS

ἀδηφάγος, “eating its full,” appears to be a fanciful synonym for τέλειος, perhaps with a special reference to the cost of breeding race-horses. To those familiar with the ordinary type of horse existing in Greece to-day, there is a peculiar appropriateness about the word. In the Thesean inscription, I.G. ii. 445, λαμπρός has a similar meaning.