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title: Eupatridae Ancestry
title_greek: Εὐπατριδῶν πάτρια
author: Historical Fragments  Anonymous
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period: Hellenistic
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domain: History
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# Eupatridae Ancestry

*Εὐπατριδῶν πάτρια*

**Author:** Historical Fragments  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `mmg-aw` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/anon-hist-frag-eupatridae-mmg-aw)

## Text

### 3b,356,F 1*

ATHEN. 9, 78 p. 409 F—410 B: ἐκάλουν δ’ ἀπόνιπτρον τὸ ἀπόνιμμα τῶν χειρῶν καὶ τῶν ποδῶν· Ἀριστοφάνης (Ach. 616) ... ἴσως δὲ καὶ τὴν λεκάνην οὕτως ἔλεγον, ἐν ὧι τρόπωι καὶ χειρόνιπτρον. ἰδίως δὲ καλεῖται παρ’ Ἀθηναίοις ἀπόνιμμα ἐπὶ τῶν εἰς τιμὴν τοῖς νεκροῖς γινομένων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τοὺς ἐναγεῖς καθαιρόντων, ὡς καὶ Κλείδημος ἐν τῶι ἐπιγραφομένωι Ἐξηγητικῶι (323 F 14) ... παρέθετο ταῦτα καὶ Δωρόθεο ς , φάσκων καὶ ἐν τοῖς τῶν εὐπατριδῶν πατρίοις τάδε γεγράφθαι περὶ τῆς τῶν ἱκετῶν καθάρσεω ς · « ἔπειτα ἀπονιψάμενος αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οἱ σπλαγχνεύοντε ς , ὕδωρ λαβὼν κάθαιρ ε · ἀπόνιζε τὸ αἷμα τοῦ καθαιρομένο υ , καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀπόνιμμα ἀνακινήσας εἰς ταὐτὸ ἔγχε ε» .

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