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οἱ δὲ παλαιοὶ τοὺς πρὸς ταῖς ὑπηρεσίαις ταύταις κήρυκας ἐκάλουν. Ὅμηρος:

κήρυκες δ᾽ ἀνὰ ἄστυ φέρον θεῶν ὅρκια πιστά,
ἄρνε δύω καὶ οἶνον ἐύφρονα, καρπὸν ἀρούρης,
ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ: φέρε δὲ κρητῆρα φαεινὸν
κῆρυξ Ἰδαῖος ἠδὲ χρύσεια κύπελλα.

καὶ πάλιν ῾268':'
ἀτὰρ κήρυκες ἀγαυοὶ
ὅρκια πιστὰ θεῶν σύναγον, κρητῆρι δὲ οἶνον
μίσγον, ἀτὰρ βασιλεῦσιν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας: ἔχευαν.
Κλείδημος δὲ ῾FHG I 359' 'τοὺς μαγείρους κήρυκάς φησι καλεῖσθαι. καὶ τὴν Ἥβην δέ τινες ἀνέπλασαν οἰνοχοοῦσαν αὐτοῖς, ἴσως διὰ τὸ ἡβητήρια καλεῖσθαι τὰ συμπόσια. Κλεινοῦς δὲ τῆς οἰνοχόου Πτολεμαίου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐπίκλην δὲ Φιλαδέλφου, μνημονεύει Πτολεμαῖος ὁ τοῦ Ἀγησάρχου ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ τῶν περὶ Φιλοπάτορα ἱστοριῶν ῾FHG III 67'.' Πολύβιος δὲ ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν ἱστοριῶν ῾c. 11' 'καὶ ἀνδριάντας αὐτῆς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἑστάναι φησὶ κατὰ πολλὰ μέρη τῆς πόλεως μονοχίτωνας, ῥυτὸν κρατοῦντας ἐν ταῖς χερσίν.'

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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