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Ὀλυμπιονίκης ἀπῄει. ἐπεὶ δὲ Ἠλεῖοι θύσειαν, ἔδει
μὲν καὶ τοὺς ἁπάντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων θύειν θεωρούς,
ὡς δὲ μὴ ἀργῶς ἡ πρόσοδος αὐτῶν γίγνοιτο, ἔτρεχον
οἱ δρομεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ βωμοῦ στάδιον, οἷον καλοῦντες
τὸ Ἑλληνικόν, καὶ πάλιν ἐς ταὐτὸν ὑπέστρεφον οἷον
ἀγγέλλοντες, ὅτι δὴ ἀφίξοιτο ἡ Ἑλλὰς χαίρουσα:
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν περὶ διαύλου.
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