hellanodicae

Updated: May 15, 2025

It was celebrated at the end of every four years, and the interval which elapsed between each celebration was called an Olympiad. The whole festival was under the management of the Eleans, who appointed some of their own number to preside as judges, under the name of the Hellanodicae. During the month in which it was celebrated all hostilities were suspended throughout Greece.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest