ἑδώλιον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A seat, mostly pl., abodes, πωλικά, νυμφικά, A.Th.455 (lyr.), Ch.71 (lyr.); ἀρχαιόπλουτα S.El.1393 (lyr.), cf. Fr. 566: Com. phrase, κριβάνων ἑ. Ar.Fr.155.    II ἑδώλια, τά, in a ship, a raised quarter-deck at the stern, Hdt.1.24, S.Aj.1277, E.Cyc. 238, Hel.1571, Lyc.296; expld. as rowers' benches by Hsch., Suid., Eust.153.35.    2 sg., step of the mast, Arist.Mech.851a40.    III in a theatre, semicircle of benches, Poll.4.132 (on the breathing, cf. EM317.9; ἐδ- in codd. of A.Th. l.c., E. ll.cc.).