φᾶρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, later also φάρος [v. sub fin.]:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">a large piece of cloth, web</b>, φάρε' ἔνεικε Καλυψὼ... ἱστία ποιήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Od.5.258</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1082</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> commonly, <b class="b2">a wide cloak</b> or <b class="b2">mantle</b> without sleeves, <b class="b3">μαλακὸν δ' ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα . . περὶ δὲ μέγα βάλλετο φ</b>. (of a man) <span class="bibl">Il.2.43</span>; πορφύρεον μέγα φ. ἔχων ἐν χειρί <span class="bibl">8.221</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.15.61</span>, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.Syr.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.109</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1221</span> (lyr., pl.); also worn by women, <span class="bibl">Od.5.230</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>198</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>11</span>, etc.; drawn over the head, μέγα φ. ἑλὼν . . κὰκ κεφαλῆς εἴρυσσε <span class="bibl">Od.8.84</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>286</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>890</span>; used as a <b class="b2">shroud</b> or <b class="b2">pall</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.353</span>, <span class="bibl">24.580</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>916</span>; <b class="b3">πύματον φ</b>. my last <b class="b2">rag</b>, Pl.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>12; εἰς ὅ κε φ. ἐκτελέσω . . Λαέρτῃ ἥρωϊ ταφήϊον <span class="bibl">Od.2.97</span>, <span class="bibl">24.132</span>; also of <b class="b2">bed-spread</b>, δεμνίοις . . στρωτὰ βάλλουσαν φάρη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>916</span>: <b class="b3">ἀναιδείας φ</b>. (expld. by Hsch. from <span class="bibl">Il.2.262</span>), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>291</span>.—Ep., Trag. (for Ar. l. c. is paratrag. and <span class="bibl">Philetaer.19</span> is corrupt), and twice in Hdt. (Corinthian acc. to <span class="title">AB</span>1096). [ᾱ in Hom. and mostly in later Ep.; φᾰρέεσσι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>198</span> codd., <span class="bibl">A.R.3.863</span>. A. has ᾱ always; S. has ᾰ in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>916</span>, <span class="title">Frr.</span>360, 373, 586, and never certainly ᾱ; E. has both ᾱ, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">El.</span>191</span>, <span class="title">Hec.</span> l. c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>149</span> (all lyr.), al., and ᾰ, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>414</span> (s. v. l.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>831</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>840</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hipp.</span>133</span> (all lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>286</span>, cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.942</span>.]</span>