στησίχορος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[establishing]] or [[leading]] [[χοροί]]:—hence as pr. n., Στησίχορος, Dor. Στᾱσ-, ὁ, the Lyric poet <span class="title">Stesichorus</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>243a</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">οὐδὲ τὰ τρία Στησιχόρου</b> (i.e. strophe, antistrophos, epode) [[γνῶναι]], of illiterate persons, <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.14</span>:—Adj. Στησιχόρειος, ον, Plu.2.1135c, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[a throw of the dice which showed eight pips]], said to be named from the eight-sided monument of the poet at Himera, <span class="bibl">Poll. 9.100</span>.</span>