ἆθλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Att. contr. from Ep., Ion., Lyr. ἄεθλον (which alone is used by Hom. and Hdt., mostly also by Pi., once by <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>506</span> (lyr.)):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">prize of contest</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.413</span>,<span class="bibl">620</span>, etc., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.108</span>, al., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 1033</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>43</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν Ἀθήνηθεν ἄ</b>., inscr. on Attic prize amphorae, <span class="title">CIG</span>776, etc.; ἆ. μουσικῆς <span class="title">IG</span>2.814; in Prose, ἆθλα ἀρετῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.46</span>; ἁμαρτημάτων <span class="bibl">Lys.1.47</span>. Phrases: <b class="b3">ἄεθλα κεῖται</b> or <b class="b3">πρόκειται</b> [[prizes]] are offered, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.26</span>,<span class="bibl">9.101</span>; <b class="b3">ἆθλα προφαίνειν, προτιθέναι</b> offer [[prizes]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.23</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hier.</span>9.4</span>; τιθέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>834c</span>; <b class="b3">ἆθλα λαμβάνειν, φέρεσθαι</b> to win [[prizes]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>530a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἆθλον νίκης λαμβάνειν</b> <b class="b2">as the prize</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1296a30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.6.80</span>; ἆ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰ κοινά <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>; τὰ ἆθλα ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐστιν ὁ πόλεμος <span class="bibl">D.2.28</span>; ἆθλα πολέμου <span class="bibl">Id.4.5</span>; τῆς ἀρετῆς <span class="bibl">Id.20.107</span>; βέλτιον τοῖς δούλοις ἆ. προκεῖσθαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span></span><span class="bibl">1330a33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἆθλος]], [[contest]], only in pl., ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα <span class="bibl">Od.24.89</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Xenoph.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 1.3</span>: metaph., <b class="b2">conflict, struggle</b>, πολλῶν ἔλεξεν δυσοίστων πόνων ἆθλα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>508</span>; ἄεθλ' ἀγώνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>506</span>:—this usage is censured by <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Sol.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in pl., <b class="b2">place of combat</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>868a</span>, <span class="bibl">935b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Astrol., = [[κλῆρος]] (q. v.), Manil.<span class="bibl">3.162</span>.</span>