callisteia

CALLISTEIA(καλλιστεῖα), contests for beauty, festivals celebrated in different parts of Greece. (Schol. ad Il. 9.128; Suidas, s. v.; Anth. Pal. 9.189; Athen. 13. p. 609.)

(καλλιστεῖα). Beauty shows; festivals celebrated in different parts of Greece. See Athenaeus, xiii. 609.