ἑδώλιον
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
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.).
