of Mitylene, the best of the old Greek logographers, lived and wrote in the fifth century B.C. His exact era is not known; but the best authorities place the date of his birth in B.C. 496, and of his death in B.C. 411. Nothing is known of his personal history except that he died at Perperene, a town of Mysia, opposite the island of Lesbos. His works, which were very numerous, and are frequently alluded to in the classics, are only known to us from the fragments that still survive. They seem to have comprised treatises on mythology, history, and chronology. Of these the most important were his *Athēs*, or History of Attica from the remotest times; his *Eōlica, Persica*, and *Junonis Sacerdotēs*. This last-mentioned work is a History of Argos arranged chronologically according to the succession of the priestesses of Juno in the great temple in that city. It contains, however, besides mere dates, a number of traditions and historical events which were afterwards turned to account by Thucydides. Hellanicus was the first Greek who can be said to have even tried to rise above the method of the old logographers, and his success is very partial. His histories are not so much separate works as detached and isolated fragments of the same work, which he had not the skill to work up into an harmonious whole. Thucydides censures his chronology as incorrect. The fragments of Hellanicus have been published by Sturz, Leipzig, 1787; and again in 1826 in the *Museum Criticum*; and in Müller's *Fragmenta Historicor. Graec.*.

Hellanodice, in Grecian Antiquity, the chief judges at the Olympic games. They were chosen by lot from the whole body of the Elean people, to whom the entire management of the festival belonged. They were originally only two in number, but were afterwards increased to nine, three of whom superintended the horse-races, three the pentathlon, and three the other sports. A tenth judge was next added, and in the 103d olympiad, when the Elean phyle were twelve in number, the judges were next increased to twelve, one being chosen from each phyle. In the war between the Eleans and the Arcadians (104th olymp.) the former lost a considerable extent of territory, and the hellanodice were reduced from twelve to eight. A few years afterwards, however, their number was increased to ten, and remained unchanged till the time of Pausanias, from whom most of our information on the subject of these umpires is derived. For ten months before the games began the hellanodice were trained in their duties by certain Elean magistrates entitled nomophylaces. Their duties, which only lasted over one festival, consisted in seeing that the laws were strictly observed by the competitors and others who took part in the games, in adjudging the prizes, and awarding them to the victors. The hellanodice were held in high esteem in virtue of their office, and were allowed to wear a handsome uniform. The best seats at the games were also reserved for them. All the details of the arrangements were controlled by them.