χρηστήριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[an oracle]], i. e., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[the seat of an oracle]], such as Delphi, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>81</span>,<span class="bibl">214</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.47</span>, al., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>667</span>, etc.; τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖσι χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.15</span>; χρᾶσθαι χρηστηρίοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.47</span>,<span class="bibl">53</span>, al.: distd. fr. the [[νηός]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.19</span>: sts. in pl. for sg., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>748</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>194</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[oracular response]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.63</span>,<span class="bibl">69</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th. 1.25</span>, <span class="bibl">2.54</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>964</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>604</span>, <span class="bibl">1331</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>532</span> (troch.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[an offering for the oracle]], made by those consulting it: generally, [[sacrificial victim]], χ. θέσθαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.70</span>; χ. παρέχειν <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.33; χρηστήρια θεοῖσιν ἔρδειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>230</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>450</span>; χ. πέπτωκε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 419</span>: metaph., [[victim]], [[sacrifice]], σφάγια . . κείνου χρηστήρια τἀνδρός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>220</span> (anap.).</span>