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Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

Note 324 — Chapter IX · THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL

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Quoted in Julian, p. 318:

Ἄρχει μὲν Ἀγων, τῶν καλλίστων

Αθλων ταμίας. καιρὸς δε καλεῖ

μηκέτι μέλλειν. ἀλλὰ κλύοντες

τὰν ἁμετέραν κάρυκα βοάν....

Ιτ’ ἐς ἀντίπαλον ἴστασθε κρίσιν

Νίκης δε τέλος Ζηνὶ μελήσει.

A similar proclamation closed the proceedings, vide Lucian, Demonax, 65. Cp. Clio, 1904, pp. 141, 142.

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