[284] θῆκε γυναῖκα ἄγεσθαι ἀμύμονα ἔργ᾽ εἰδυῖαν Il. 23. 263, where the woman and a tripod together make up the first prize. The beaten candidate in the wrestlingmatch, ib. 704, 705, is to receive a female slave, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐπίστατο ἔργα, τίον δέ ἑ τεσσαράβοιον. Gossrau has a quaint note: “Non ex nostro more id donum iudicandum est. Americanus homo non mirabitur, si haec legit.”
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