ἆθλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Att. contr. from Ep., Ion., Lyr. [[ἄεθλον]] (which alone is used by Hom. and Hdt., mostly also by Pi., once by S.''Tr.''506 (lyr.)):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[prize of contest]], Il.23.413,620, etc., Pi.''O.''9.108, al., A.''Supp.'' 1033, E.''Hel.''43; τῶν Ἀθήνηθεν ἆθλον, inscr. on Attic prize amphorae, ''CIG''776, etc.; ἆ. μουσικῆς ''IG''2.814; in Prose, ἆθλα ἀρετῆς Th.2.46; ἁμαρτημάτων Lys.1.47. Phrases: [[ἄεθλα κεῖται]] or [[ἄεθλα πρόκειται]] [[prize]]s are [[offer]]ed, Hdt.8.26,9.101; [[ἆθλα προφαίνειν]], [[ἆθλα προτιθέναι]] = [[offer prizes]], X.''Cyr.''2.1.23, ''Hier.''9.4; [[τιθέναι]] Pl.''Lg.''834c; [[ἆθλα λαμβάνειν]], [[ἆθλα φέρεσθαι]] to [[win prizes]], Pl.''R.''613c, ''Ion''530a, etc.; ἆθλον νίκης [[λαμβάνειν]] as the [[prize]], Arist.''Pol.''1296a30, cf. Th.6.80; ἆ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰ κοινά Th.3.82; τὰ ἆθλα ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐστιν ὁ [[πόλεμος]] D.2.28; ἆθλα πολέμου Id.4.5; τῆς ἀρετῆς Id.20.107; βέλτιον τοῖς δούλοις ἆ. προκεῖσθαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Arist.''Pol.''1330a33.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἆθλος]], [[contest]], only in plural, ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα Od.24.89, cf. Xenoph.2.5, Pi.''O.'' 1.3: metaph., [[conflict]], [[struggle]], πολλῶν ἔλεξεν δυσοίστων πόνων ἆθλα S.''Ph.''508; ἄεθλ' ἀγώνων Id.''Tr.''506:—this usage is censured by Luc. ''Sol.''2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in plural, [[place of combat]], Pl.''Lg.''868a, 935b.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Astrol., = [[κλῆρος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Manil.3.162.