Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

At each new moon and each seventh day of the first part of the month, a full-grown victim for Apollo's temple, a bushel of barley-meal, and a Laconian quart[*](The content of a “Laconian teta/rth“ is uncertain; for the date, see How and Wells ad loc.) of wine are given to each from the public store, and chief seats are set apart for them at the games.