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ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
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English (LSJ)
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A ληνός 1) belonging to the wine-press; esp. 1 epith. of Dionysus, as god of the wine-press, D.S.3.63. 2 Λήναια (sc. ἱερά), τά, the Lenaea, an Athenian (also Rhodian, IG12(1).125) festival held in the month Ληναιών (i.e. Gamelion) in honour of Dionysus, at which there were dramatic contests, esp. of the Com. Poets, Ar.Ach.1155 (lyr.). 3 Λήναιον, τό, the Lenaeum, the place at Athens where the Lenaea were held, οὑπὶ Ληναίῳ ἀγών the Lenaean dramatic contest, opp. τὰ κατ' ἄστυ, ib.504, cf. Pl.Prt.327d, Lex ap. D.21.10; Διονύσια τὰ ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ SIG1029.9 (iv B.C.).
