Πυθιάς
ἄλλαι μὲν βουλαὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλα δὲ Θεὸς κελεύει → man proposes, God disposes | men's wishes are different from what God orders | man's will is often different than God's decisions
English (LSJ)
άδος, pecul. fem. of Πύθιος, Π. βοά a song
A to Apollo, S.Fr. 490; νίκη Pl.Lg.807c. II as Subst., 1 (sc. ἱέρεια), = Πυθία, the Pythian priestess, Plu.2.295d; Π. προφῆτις, one of the dramatis personae in A.Eu.. 2 (sc. ἑορτή), the celebration of the Pythian games, Pi.P.1.32, 5.21, IG14.747 (Naples); ἁ Πυθιὰς ἁ ἱαρἀ, ἁ ἱερομηνία ἁ Πυθιάς, ib.22.1126.38,44. 3 (sc. νίκη), Pythian victory, ἐνίκησε . . Πυθιάδας ἕξ Paus.6.14.10, cf. 10.7.4. 4 (sc. πομπή), sacred mission from Athens to Delphi, Ephor.31 J., dub. in SIG 296 (Delph., iv B.C.): leg. Πυθαΐς. 5 (sc. ὁδός), sacred way from Delphi to Tempe, Ael.VH3.1.
