The ''theorodokoi'' (
Greek: , ) in
ancient Greece
Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of cu ...
were sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the ''
theoroi'' (θεωροί, "viewers") before the
Panhellenic games and festivals.
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A ''theorodokos'' was sometimes appointed by the community in which he lived but sometimes by the community that sent out the ''
theoroi''.
[ To have a favorable report from the theoroi visiting the host city for a festival or games, the city-state assigned an affluent person to be a theorodokos.][ This was because in most cases the theorodokos was to bear the cost of hosting the theoroi, and to have adequate accommodations for the theoroi, the theorodokoi needed sufficient personal wealth. To have the desired favorable report from a theoros, the theoros was offered gifts, food, and even money to cover the cost of their travel to the hosting city-state.]
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*{{cite journal, last=Raynor, first=Ben, title=''Theorodokoi'', ''Asylia'', and the Macedonian Cities, journal=Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, volume=56, year=2016, pages=225–262, url=https://www.academia.edu/25712263
External links
*List of Epidaurian Theorodokoi (ca. 365 BC)
Epigraphical Database
Ancient Greek titles
Panhellenic Games
Interstate relations in ancient Greece