πυρφόρος

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Transliteration A: pyrphóros Transliteration B: pyrphoros Transliteration C: pyrforos Beta Code: purfo/ros

English (LSJ)

(parox.), ον,

   A fire-bearing, esp. of lightning, π. κεραυνός Pi.N.10.71, A.Th.444, S.OC1658; ἀστραπαί Id.OT200 (lyr.); Διὸς ἔγχος Ar.Av.1749 (lyr.); πυρφόρος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ Id.Th.1050 (lyr.).    b π. οἰστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them, so that they may set fire to woodwork, Th.2.75, Arr.An.2.21.3; τοῖς μὲν π . . . τοῖς δ' ἄλλοις βέλεσι D.S.20.96; οἱ π. ibid.; πυρφόρα, τά, ib. 88; πυρφόρος, ὁ, engine for throwing fire, fire-dart, Plb.21.7.1 (dub.), Jul.Or.2.62d.    II in special senses,    1 epith. of several divinities, as of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, S.Ph.1198 (anap.); of Demeter, prob. in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, E.Supp.260; similarly π. θεαί of Demeter and Persephone, IG4.666.9 (Lerna), E.Ph.687 (lyr.); π. Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας S.OT 206 (lyr.); Προμηθεὺς π. the Fire-bringer, title of a satyric play of A., cf.S.OC55; also of Capaneus, A.Th.432, S.Ant.135 (lyr.); of Eros, AP5.87 (Rufin.); but, θεὸς π. the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever, S.OT27.    2 bearer of sacred fire in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. IG3.693; of the Syrian Goddess, Luc. Syr.D.42.    b πυρφόρος, ὁ, in the Spartan army, the priest who kept the sacrificial fire, which was never allowed to go out, X.Lac.13.2: hence prov. of a total defeat, ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον . . περιγενέσθαι Hdt.8.6, cf. D.C.39.45; οὐκ ἔσται π. (v.l. πυροφόρος) τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ LXX Ob.18.    3 π. ἡ ἐκ Δελφῶν bearer of sacred fire from Delphi, SIG711 D 22 (ii B.C.), cf. 728I (i B.C.); Φοίβου πυρφόροι IG4.666.15 (Lerna); also in a Bacchic thiasos, AJA37.253 (Latium, ii A.D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 825] Feuer tragend, bringend; κεραυνός, Blitz, Pind. N. 10, 71, wie Aesch. Spt. 425; Soph. O. C. 1654 O. R. 200; ἀνήρ, Aesch. Spt. 414; bei Soph. Ant. 135 heißt Kapaneus so, der die Fackel schwang; auch ἀστεροπητής, Zeus, Phil. 1183; und Prometheus, O. C. 55; aber auch von der Pest, O. R. 27; von Fackeln, τὰς πυρφόρους Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας, O. R. 206; θεά, Demeter, Eur. Suppl. 260; ἀστήρ, Ar. Th. 1050; ἔγχος Διός, Av. 1745. – Im Heere der Lacedämonier hieß so der Priester, der das ewige Opferfeuer im Brand erhielt, Xen. Lac. 13, 2 (vgl. Poll. 1, 14. 8, 116); dah. sprichwörtlich von einer gänzlichen Niederlage ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι, Her. 8, 6. – Von einer Maschine, mit welcher Feuer auf die feindlichen Schiffe geschleudert wird, Pol. 21, 5, 1; auch ὀϊστοί, Thuc. 2, 75, Brandpfeile, die zünden, wohin sie treffen; – ἀγγεῖον, ein Feuermaterie enthaltendes Gefäß, Poll. 10, 104.