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θυσίη ... δημοτελής: offered by the kings; cf. 56 n.; Xen. Rep. Lac. xv. 2.

ἄρχεσθαι: sc. τοὺς νέμοντας, the attendants. For similar honours cf. Thuc. i. 25οὔτε Κορινθίῳ ἀνδρὶ προκαταρχόμενοι τῶν ἱερῶν” (Abbott).

δίπλησια. οὐχ ἵνα διπλάσια καταφάγοιεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦδε τιμῆσαι ἔχοιεν, εἴ τινα βούλοιντο (Xen. Rep. Lac. xv. 4). Xerxes (vii. 103. 1) distinctly alludes to this custom.

σπονδαρχίας: again a Homeric custom (Il. xii. 310 f.).

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