καλλιστεῖον

A. offering of what is fairest, E. IT 23: pl., name of a festival and beauty-contest at Lesbos, Sch.Il. 9.129: in pl. also, the fairest prize, τὰ πρῶτα κ. ἀριστεύσας στρατοῦ S. Aj. 435 (cf. Sch.); τῶν φαλύρων τὰ κ. SIG 56.9 (Argos, v B. C.); so in sg., IG 12(9).189.36 (Eretria, iv B. C.), 207.19 (ibid., iii B. C.).

II. beautyprize, of the apple of Paris, Luc. DDeor. 20.1.