ἑκηβόλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἑκᾱβόλος, ον, (ἑκών, βάλλω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[attaining his aim]], epith. of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Il. 1.14</span>, al. ; also [[Ἑκηβόλος]] alone, ib. <span class="bibl">96</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">Pae.</span>9.38</span>, al. ; of Artemis, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>401</span> ; ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρες <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ion</span> 213</span> (lyr.) ; τόξα <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>711</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>628</span> ; σφενδόναι <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>1142</span> ; ἔθνος ὀϊστῶν <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>4.205</span> ; in later Prose, ἑ. βέλη <span class="bibl">Plb.13.3.4</span> ; μάχαι <span class="bibl">D.H. 10.16</span> ; ἑ. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Luc.</span>28</span> ; τὰ ἑ. <span class="bibl">Onos. 20.1</span> ; <b class="b3">τοξεύματα, ὅπλα</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">Tact.</span>2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Tact.</span>3.3</span> ; τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοι <span class="bibl">Agath.3.17</span> : Dor. Sup. ἑκαβολέστατος Archyt. ap. <span class="bibl">Iamb. <span class="title">Protr.</span>4</span>. Adv. -ιως, τοξεύειν <span class="bibl">Ath. 1.25d</span>. (Understood by later writers as [[far-shooting]] (ἑκάς).)</span>