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title: On the Arcadian Beauty Contest
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Nicias of Nicaea
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# On the Arcadian Beauty Contest

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Nicias of Nicaea

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## Text

### 1.(t)

ΑΡΚΑΔΙΚΑ.

### 1.(t)

Athenaeus XIII: Οἶδα δὲ καὶ περὶ κάλλους γυναικῶν ἀγῶνά ποτε διατεθέντα· περὶ οὗ ἱστορῶν Νικίας ἐν τοῖς Ἀρκαδικοῖς 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 χρυ σοφόροι ὀνομάζονται.

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