Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spectators Description An account of the resource Information on female spectators. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Source Type Physical type of source Literary source Commentary The letters of Aischines are later forgeries. This letter praises the otherwise unknown Cleocrates by exalting his ancestors, including the female protagonist of this anecdote, whose name is not mentioned by the author. The same anecdote is also transmitted, though with several minor and major differences, by Pausanias 5.6.7-8, 6.7.2; Scholion to Pindar, Olympian 7.1; Flavius Philostratus, De Gymnastica 17; Claudius Aelianus, Varia Historia 10.1; Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 7.133; Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.15.12 ext. 4. Translation Now it seems to me necessary to tell you this story, for it is worthy of being heard, even if it does not feature Cleocrates. It is said that an old woman once came into the stadium at Olympia, and she stood with the men and watched the competitors. But when the Hellanodicae confronted her because she had dared to come into the stadium, she answered: “To what other woman has the god granted (the opportunity) to proclaim that she has both a father and three brothers as Olympic champions as well as bringing a son to Olympia?” Translation used translation by Alexander Meeus for the Cynisca project Text Any textual data included in the document δοκεῖ οὖν μοι ἀνάγκη εἶναι διηγήσασθαί σοι τὸ διήγημα τοῦτο· ἄξιον γὰρ ἀκοῦσαι, εἰ καὶ μὴ προσῆκον Κλεοκράτει. λέγεται γὰρ γυνή ποτε πρεσβῦτις Ὀλυμπίασι παρελθοῦσα εἰς τὸ στάδιον ἑστάνει τε ἅμα τοῖς ἀνδράσι καὶ θεᾶσθαι τοὺς ἀγωνιζομένους, ἐπιστάντων δὲ αὐτῇ τῶν Ἑλλανοδικῶν, ὅτι ἐτόλμησε παρελθεῖν εἰς τὸ στάδιον, ἀποκρίνασθαι ‘τίνι γὰρ ἄλλῃ γυναικὶ τοῦτο δέδωκε καυχήσασθαι οὕτως ὁ θεὸς, ὅτι καὶ πατέρα καὶ τρεῖς ἀδελφοὺς Ὀλυμπιονίκας ἔχει καὶ υἱὸν ἐπ᾿ Ὀλύμπια ἄγει;’ Edition used Friedrich Franke (ed.), Aeschinis orationes, Leipzig 1887. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pseudo-Aeschines, Epistulae 4.5: Pherenike/ Callipateira breaking the Olympic ban Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2nd/3rd century CE (?) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pseudo-Aeschines Callipateira Olympia Olympic games Pherenice spectators