ὕμνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hymn, ode, in praise</b> of gods or heroes (καί τι ἦν εἶδος ῳδῆς εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς, ὄνομα δὲ ὕμνοι ἐπεκαλοῦντο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>700b</span>; ὕμνους θεοῖς καὶ ἐγκώμια τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>607a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1448b27</span>), once in Hom., ἀοιδῆς ὕμνος <span class="bibl">Od.8.429</span> (folld. by Demodocus' song of the Wooden Horse, <span class="bibl">499</span> sqq.); ὕμνῳ νικήσαντα φέρειν τρίποδ' <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>657</span>; ἀνδρῶν τε παλαιῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν ὕμνον ἀείδουσιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>161</span>; freq. in Pi., <b class="b3">ὕμνος πολύφατος, ἐπικώμιος</b>, etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>1.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>8.50</span>, al.; Θήρωνος Ὀλυμπιονίκαν ὕμνον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>3.3</span>; and in B., ὑφάνας ὕμνον <span class="bibl">5.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.11</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὕμνοι θεῶν</b> <b class="b2">to</b> or <b class="b2">in honour of</b> the gods, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>801d</span>; τιμῶν θεὰν ὕμνοισιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>56</span>; τοὺς χοροὺς . . καὶ τοὺς ὕ. τῷ θεῷ ποιεῖτε <span class="bibl">D.21.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>177a</span>; <b class="b3">ὕμνοι Δαυείδ</b> <b class="b2">psalms</b> of David, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ch.</span>7.6</span>; ψαλμοὶ καὶ ὕ. καὶ ᾠδαί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>5.19</span>: in Trag. also of <b class="b2">mournful songs</b>, addressed to gods or heroes, τὸν δυσκέλαδον ὕ. Ἐρινύος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>868</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>620</span>, <span class="bibl">625</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>475</span> (lyr.); ὕ. ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρμικτος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>331</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">306</span>; ἐν ἀλύροις κλέοντες ὕμνοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>447</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὕ. Ἅιδου</b>, of one whose songs are death, Phryn. Com.69 (lyr.).—On <b class="b3">ὕμνοι</b> of various kinds v. Men.Rh.p.333 S.; ὁ κυρίως ὕ. πρὸς κιθάραν ᾔδετο ἑστώτων Procl.<span class="title">Chr.</span>ap.<span class="bibl">Phot.<span class="title">Bibl.</span>p.320</span> B., cf. Did. ap. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>777.9</span>. [Most commonly ῡ, but only by position; ῠ proved by <b class="b3">εὔῠμνος</b> (q.v.), ῠμνῳδεῖ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>990</span> (lyr.), ῠμνήσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>72</span> (lyr.).]</span>