καλλιστεῖον,τό, (καλλιστεύω)
A. offering of what is fairest, E. IT 23 : pl., name of a festival andbeauty-contestat 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 .