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στεφανηφόρος

στεφανηφόρος, wearing a crown

στεφᾰνηφόρ-ος (parox.), ον,
  • wearing a crown or wreath, θίασοι E. Ba. 531 (lyr.); χοροί prob. in B. 18.51; ἵπποι Theoc. 16.47; σ. ἀγών,= στεφανίτης, a contest in which the prize was a crown, Hdt. 5.102, And. 4.2; hence Ἀλφειέ, Διὸς σ. ὕδωρ AP 9.362; σ. ὧραι Scol. 3; νίκη APl. 16.62.
    • II στεφανηφόρος, ὁ, title of certain magistrates in Greek states who had the right of wearing crowns when in office, as the Archons at Athens, σ. ἀρχή Aeschin. 1.19; compared with the Roman flamen by D.H. 2.64, cf. Ath. 5.215b, 12.533e; freq. in Inscrr., Φοίβου σ. ἱρεύς IG 14.1020 (Rome), cf. CIG 2671, al. (Iasus), SIG 169.2, al. (ibid., iv B.C.), OGI 213.35 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.), al.; and of women, IG 12(8).526.7 (Thasos); ὁ ἄρχων τὴν σ. ἀρχήν ib. 12(5).821.6 (Tenos, ii B.C.); στεφανηφόρος Κλεοπάτρας θεᾶς PRein. 10.6 (ii B.C.); σ. ἐξηγητεία PRyl. 77.34 (ii A.D.).
    • III δραχμαὶ Στεφανηφόρου, i.e. officially minted, the Athenian mint being attached to a temple of the hero Σ., IG 2(2).1013.31, 1028.30 (ii B.C.), cf. Antipho Frr. 36, 44: also δραχμὰς στεφανηφόρους with a wreath on the reverse, JHS 54.142 (Delos, ii B.C.).

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