Contest stephanite
In ancient Greece, a contest is known as stephanite (in Greek old στεφανίτης / stephanítês ) when its winner is rewarded for a simple crown (in Greek στέφανος / stéphanos ), which can be various materials, but generally foliage of a tree (oak, olive-tree, pine, bay-tree) or of a plant symbolically associated with the worship of the divinity in the honor of which the festival is celebrated.
The contests stephanites constitute the most prestigious category of these demonstrations, one also calls them crowned contests: it is the case for example Olympic Games, Jeux Pythiques, Jeux Néméens and Isthmian Jeux. The hellenistic Period then Roman, whereas the contests multiply, much reaches the statute of contest stephanite: thus of Asclépieia of Épidaure or Sôtèiria of Delphes (in the middle of third century BC), of Amphiaraia d' Oropos (at 1st century a. J. - C.) or of Éleuthèria of the Confederation thessalienne (at the end of the 3rd century).
The contests stephanites are opposed to the contests known as “chrématites”, “sets of themes” or “thématites”, where the rewards obtained are valuable articles or money sums.
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