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οἶδα δὲ καὶ περὶ κάλλους γυναικῶν ἀγῶνά ποτε
διατεθέντα: περὶ οὗ ἱστορῶν Νικίας ἐν τοῖς Ἀρκαδικοῖς ῾FHG IV 463' 'διαθεῖναί φησιν αὐτὸν Κύψελον,
πόλιν κτίσαντα ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ περὶ τὸν Ἀλφειόν: εἰς ἣν
κατοικίσαντα Παρρασίων τινὰς τέμενος καὶ βωμὸν ἀναστῆσαι Δήμητρι Ἐλευσινίᾳ, ἧς ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ καὶ τὸν τοῦ
κάλλους ἀγῶνα ἐπιτελέσαι: καὶ νικῆσαι πρῶτον αὐτοῦ
τὴν γυναῖκα Ἡροδίκην. ἐπιτελεῖται δὲ καὶ μέχρι νῦν
ὁ ἀγὼν οὗτος, καὶ αἱ ἀγωνιζόμεναι γυναῖκες χρυσοφόροι ὀνομάζονται. Θεόφραστος δὲ ῾fr. 111' 'ἀγῶνα
κάλλους φησὶ γίνεσθαι παρὰ Ἠλείοις, καὶ τὴν κρίσιν
ἐπιτελεῖσθαι μετὰ σπουδῆς λαμβάνειν τε τοὺς νικήσαντας ἆθλα ὅπλα: ἅπερ ἀνατίθεσθαί φησιν Διονύσιος
ὁ Λευκτρικὸς τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ, τὸν δὲ νικήσαντα ταινιούμενον ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων καὶ πομπεύοντα ἕως τοῦ ἱεροῦ
παραγίνεσθαι. τὸν στέφανον δ᾽ αὐτοῖς δίδοσθαι μυρρίνης ἱστορεῖ Μυρσίλος ἐν Ἱστορικοῖς Παραδόξοις
῾FHG IV 460'.' ἐνιαχοῦ δέ φησιν ὁ αὐτὸς Θεόφραστος
῾fr. 112' 'καὶ κρίσεις γυναικῶν περὶ σωφροσύνης γίνεσθαι
καὶ οἰκονομίας, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς βαρβάροις: ἑτέρωθι δὲ
κάλλους, ὡς δέον καὶ τοῦτο τιμᾶσθαι, καθάπερ καὶ παρὰ
Τενεδίοις καὶ Λεσβίοις: ταύτην δὲ τύχης ἢ φύσεως
εἶναι τιμήν, δέον προκεῖσθαι σωφροσύνης. τὸ κάλλος
γὰρ οὕτως καλόν, εἰ δὲ μή, κίνδυνον ἔχον ἐπ᾽ ἀκολασίαν.'
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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