Note 19 — Chapter VI · THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
W. B. (William Bernard) Hillis translation
In a solemn announcement of the Keryx as it seems: the latter acc. to Sopater διαίρ. ζητημ. (Walz, Rhet. Gr. viii, 118, 24 f.) δημοσίᾳ ἐπιτάττει τὴν σιωπήν at the commencement of the sacred ritual.