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|Definition=(parox.), ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wearing a crown]] or [[wreath]], θίασοι E.''Ba.''531 (lyr.); [[χοροί]] prob. in B.18.51; ἵπποι Theoc. 16.47; <b class="b3">σ. ἀγών</b>, = [[στεφανίτης]], a contest [[in which the prize was a crown]], Hdt.5.102, And.4.2; hence [[Ἀλφειέ]], Διὸς σ. ὕδωρ ''AP''9.362; σ. ὧραι ''Scol.''3; νίκη ''APl.''4.62.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[στεφανηφόρος]], ὁ, title of certain magistrates in Greek states [[who had the right of wearing crowns]] when in office, as the Archons at Athens, σ. ἀρχή Aeschin.1.19; compared with the Roman [[flamen]] by D.H.2.64, cf. Ath.5.215b, 12.533e; freq. in Inscrr., Φοίβου σ. ἱρεύς ''IG''14.1020 (Rome), cf. ''CIG'' 2671, al. (Iasus), ''SIG''169.2, al. (ibid., iv B.C.), ''OGI''213.35 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.), al.; and of women, ''IG''12(8).526.7 (Thasos); <b class="b3">ὁ ἄρχων τὴν σ. ἀρχήν</b> ib. 12(5).821.6 (Tenos, ii B.C.); στεφανηφόρος Κλεοπάτρας θεᾶς ''PRein.''10.6 (ii B.C.); σ. ἐξηγητεία ''PRyl.''77.34 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δραχμαὶ Στεφανηφόρου</b>, i.e. officially minted, the Athenian mint being attached to a temple of the hero [[Σ]]., ''IG''22.1013.31, 1028.30 (ii B.C.), cf. Antipho ''Frr.''36, 44: also <b class="b3">δραχμὰς στεφανηφόρους</b> [[with a wreath on the reverse]], ''JHS''54.142 (Delos, ii B.C.).