• The theoroi (Ancient Greek: θεωροί or θεαροί) in ancient Greece were sacred ambassadors, messengers sent out by the state which was about to organize...
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  • Greece were sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the theoroi (θεωροί, "viewers") before the Panhellenic games and festivals. A theorodokos...
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    literature in the 5th century BC, in the partially preserved satyr play Theoroi by Aeschylus. There is earlier evidence from the images of athletes on...
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    League, building a new religious and political center at Melia. Delegates (theoroi) of the league gathered to celebrate the Panionia, a religious festival...
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    Inscription with the name of Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, c. 50 BC, from the Passage of the Theoroi in Thasos....
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    θεαροδόκοι; sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the theoroi (θεωροί, "viewers") before the Panhellenic games and festivals), listing...
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    for the games began six months prior. Nine citizens from Delphi, called theoroi, were sent to all Greek cities to announce the beginning of the games in...
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    year 356/5 BCE to host theoroi of Epidaurus and also in another entry dated in the period 331/0-313 BCE to receive the theoroi of Nemea. It was a member...
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    such as Δικτυουλκοί, Diktyoulkoí, 'Net-Haulers', Θεωροὶ ἢ Ἰσθμιασταί, Theōroì ē Isthmiastaí, 'Spectators or Competitors at the Isthmian Games', and Ἰχνευταί...
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  • Hereditary Provincial Theorodokoi Greek Administrative Appointed Diplomatic Theoroi Greek Administrative Appointed? Diplomatic The Most Honourable British...
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  • two theorodokoi of Ascheion were named around 230-220 BCE to host the theoroi of Delphi. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Mogens Herman Hansen...
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    Greek-speaking city. Byllis received sacred ancient Greek envoys, known as theoroi, during the early 2nd century BC, which only cities that were considered...
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  • appointment of a theorodokos of Phylea, about the year 356/5 BCE to welcome the theoroi of Epidaurus. Its exact location is unknown, although by the order it occupies...
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    Koinon Epirus. Amantia received sacred ancient Greek envoys, known as theoroi, around the early 2nd century BC, which only cities that were considered...
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    listing Greek cities and tribes to which the major hellenic sanctuaries sent theoroi to... only Greeks were allowed to, participate in the pan-Hellenic games...
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    democracies. Officials included damiourgoi (a political role) as well as theoroi (a religious one) and polemarchoi (military). In 385 the Spartans forcibly...
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  • Olympic Games Hermogenes of Xanthos Running in Ancient Greece Theorodokoi Theoroi "Ancient Olympic Games | Greece, History, Events, Running, & Facts | Britannica"...
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  • were the most important: they were proclaimed by heralds (spondophoroi or theoroi), who visited the different states of Greece for the purpose. The suspension...
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  • appointment of a theorodokos of Acripus, about the year 356/5 BCE to welcome the theoroi of Epidaurus. Its exact location is unknown, although by the order it occupies...
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  • of a theorodokos of Therminea, about the year 356/5 BCE to welcome the theoroi of Epidaurus. Its exact location is unknown, although by the order it occupies...
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    Bouthrotos was the centre of an independent state which was visited by the theoroi Andrew M. Burnett, Michel Amandry, Pere Pau Ripollès, Roman provincial...
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    appointment of theorodokos of Torybeia, about the year 356/5 BCE to receive the theoroi of Epidaurus and also an inscription dated to around 330 BCE to accommodate...
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    ancient Greek world (20 m in diameter), may have served to welcome the theoroi, sacred ambassadors delegated by cities and associations to attend the...
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  • and 3rd centuries BCE, among which are a record of theorodokoi receiving theoroi of Nemea dated to 331/0–313 BCE, an inscription in the sanctuary of Asclepius...
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  • journey, and the luggage-mules for the ambassadors from Paerisades and the theoroi from Argos whom the king has sent to see the sights of the Arsinoite nome...
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    region of Chaonia appears as a place visited by the theoroi, in an Epidaurian list of theorodokoi. Theoroi were sent by the major Panhellenic sanctuaries throughout...
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    appointment of the town's theorodokos in circa 356/355 BCE to receive the theoroi of Epidaurus. Also, the town's name also appears in a 4th-century BC funerary...
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  • participated in the Panhellenic sacrifices and contests, it is obvious that the theoroi visited only communities which considered themselves and were considered...
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  • entitled The Samothracian Mysteries and the Samothracian Gods: Initiates, Theoroi, and Worshippers. After graduating, she became Assistant Professor of Classics...
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  • for their members. In addition, they sent their own sacred ambassadors (theoroi), as their official representatives, to major festivals. They appointed...
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