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καλλιστεῖον

καλλιστεῖον, the prize of beauty

καλλιστεῖον, τό, (καλλιστεύω)
  • offering of what is fairest, E. IT 23: pl., name of a festival and beauty-contest at Lesbos, Sch. Il. 9.129: in pl. also, the fairest prize, τὰ πρῶτα κ. ἀριστεύσας στρατοῦ S. Aj. 435 (cf. Sch.); τῶν φαλύρων τὰ κ. SIG 56.9 (Argos, v B. C.); so in sg., IG 12(9).189.36 (Eretria, iv B. C.), 207.19 (ibid., iii B. C.).
    • II beauty-prize, of the apple of Paris, Luc. Dear.Iud. [DDeor. 20.]1.

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