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[164] ἑκατόμπεδον, not “ἑκατόμποδον” as some editors read, in deference to the supposed demands of analogy. “πεδ-” is the original weak stem (G. Meyer Gr. § 10, n. 3), as we see from “πεζός, ἀργυρόπεζα”, Lat. ped-, as well as from inscriptions and the best MS. tradition of Pindar and The Herod. temple at Athens which preceded the Parthenon was called the “ἑκατόμπεδον”.

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