A case in point is a passage from Aristotle (F 347.15 ed. Moreover, the expression ek diadokhēs can mean ‘taking turns’ in contexts where it is used together with allēlois ‘with each other’. There is another example in Aristotle’s Physics (5.227a28–29): καὶ οἷον ἡ λαμπὰς ἐκ διαδοχῆς φορὰ ἐχομένη, συνεχὴς δ’ οὔ ‘and just as the torch race by relay is locomotion that is consecutive but not continuous …’. Semitelos), where the three Graiai are said to share one eye and one tooth, using them ek diadokhēs ‘in relay’, that is, by taking turns. We find an example of the second sense in the scholia for Pindar’s Pythian 12 (25 ed. We find an example of the first sense in the scholia for Pindar’s Olympian 6 (158a), where Hieron is said to have inherited a priesthood ek diadokhēs ‘in succession’ from one of his ancestors.
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