concept
Iselastic games
iselastic contests
also: iselastica
Prestige athletic festivals whose victors won the right of a ceremonial 'driving-in' (eiselasis) to their home city and a lifetime pension (obsonium); Trajan and Pliny dispute when the pension begins.
Reading notes
- The Letters §10.118.1 iselastic contests
Top-rank Greek games whose victors earned a ceremonial triumphal entry (eiselasis) into their home city and a state pension; Trajan had reclassified several.