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ANOLYMPIADES

Volume 17 · 102 words · 1810 Edition

in *Antiquity*, a name given by the Elians to those Olympic games which had been celebrated under the direction of the Pheceans and Arcadians. The Elians claimed the sole right of mana- ging the Olympic games, in which they sometimes met with competitors. The hundred and fourth Olympiad was celebrated by order of the Arcadians, by whom the Elians were at that time reduced very low; this, as well as those managed by the inhabitants of Pifa, they called ἀναγραφές, that is, "unlawful Olympiads;" and left them out of their annals, wherein the names of their victors and other occurrences were registered.