ὑμέναιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ, (Ὑμήν) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the wedding</b> or <b class="b2">bridal song</b>, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, <span class="bibl">Il.18.493</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>274</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>707</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1036</span> (lyr., s. v.l.): pl., παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>922</span> (anap.), etc.: Aeol. ὐμήνᾰος Sapph.91, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>418.7 (Cyrene): a form ὑμήναιος in <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.43</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[wedding]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>422</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1475</span> (lyr.): pl., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 813</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>123</span> (lyr.), Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.68K. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[Ὑμήν]], [[Hymen]], the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι' ἄναζ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>314</span>; <b class="b3">Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι' Ὑμήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">331</span>; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναι' ὦ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1335</span>; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναι' ὦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1736</span>,<span class="bibl">1742</span>; Dor. Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε <span class="bibl">Theoc.18.58</span>; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.341</span>.</span>