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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[revel]], [[carousal]], [[merry-making]], εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. ''h.Merc.''481, cf. Thgn.829, 940; πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.21, cf. E.''Alc.''804, etc.; κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι B.10.12; δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι Pl.''Tht.''173d; ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. Id.''R.''573d; <b class="b3">ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι</b>, of a city, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.25; ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον Id.''Smp.''2.1; ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν Ar.''Pl.''1040; especially in honour of gods, <b class="b3">τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ… καὶ ὁ κ.</b> Lexap.D. 21.10, cf. ''IG''2.971, etc.; <b class="b3">κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι</b> Pratin.Lyr. 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου E.''Hel.''1469 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> concrete, [[band of revellers]], κ. εὐίου θεοῦ Id.''Ba.''1167 (lyr.); especially of the [[procession]] which celebrated a [[victor]] in games, Pi.''P.''5.22, etc.: generally, [[rout]], [[band]], κ. Ἐρινύων A.''Ag.''1189; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος E.''Ph.''791 (lyr.); κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος Id.''Supp.''390; [[band]] of hunters, Id.''Hipp.''55; of maidens, Id.''Tr.''1184; of doves, Id.''Ion'' 1197.<br><span class="bld">II</span> the [[ode]] sung at one of these [[festive]] [[procession]]s, Pi.''P.''8.20, 70, ''O.''4.10, B.8.103; μελιγαρύων τέκτονες κώμων Pi.''N.''3.5, cf. Ar.''Th.''104, 988 (both lyr.).