ἆθλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, contr. from Ep. and Ion. ἄεθλος, which alone is used by Hom. (except in <span class="bibl">Od.8.160</span>), and mostly by Hdt. and Pi.:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[contest]] either in war or sport, esp. [[contest for a prize]], Hom.; <b class="b3">νικᾶν τοιῷδ' ἐπ' ἀέθλῳ</b> (for the arms of Achilles) <span class="bibl">Od. 11.548</span>; <b class="b3">ἄεθλος πρόκειται</b> [[a task]] is set one, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.126</span>; ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄ. ὑποκείσεται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.84</span>; <b class="b3">ἄεθλον προτιθέναι</b> to set it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.197</span>; <b class="b3">ἆθλοι Πυθικοί, Δελφικοί</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>49</span>,<span class="bibl">682</span>; [[toil]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.165</span>; of the labours of Heracles, <span class="bibl">D.S.4.11</span>, etc.: metaph., [[conflict]], [[struggle]], [[ordeal]], <span class="bibl">Alc.33</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>702</span>, <span class="bibl">752</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>856</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἆθλον]] ''1'', <span class="bibl">Theoc.8.11s</span>qq.—On the proper difference of [[ἆθλον]] and [[ἆθλος]] v. [[ἆθλον]] ''ΙΙ''. (For <b class="b3">ἄϝεθλος, ἄϝεθλον</b>, as in <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).75.)</span>