κῶμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">revel, carousal, merry-making</b>, εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>481</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.829</span>, <span class="bibl">940</span>; πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>804</span>, etc.; κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι <span class="bibl">B.10.12</span>; δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173d</span>; ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>573d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι</b>, of a city, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.25</span>; ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.1</span>; ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1040</span>; esp. in honour of gods, <b class="b3">τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ… καὶ ὁ κ</b>. Lexap.<span class="bibl">D. 21.10</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>2.971, etc.; <b class="b3">κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι</b> Pratin.Lyr. 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1469</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> concrete, [[band of revellers]], κ. εὐίου θεοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1167</span> (lyr.); esp. of the [[procession]] which celebrated a victor in games, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.22</span>, etc.: generally, [[rout]], [[band]], κ. Ἐρινύων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1189</span>; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>791</span> (lyr.); κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>390</span>; [[band]] of hunters, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>55</span>; of maidens, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1184</span>; of doves, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1197</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[the ode sung]] at one of these festive processions, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.20</span>, <span class="bibl">70</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>4.10</span>, <span class="bibl">B.8.103</span>; μελιγαρύων τέκτονες κώμων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>104</span>, <span class="bibl">988</span> (both lyr.).</span>