ἆθλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, contr. from Ep. and Ion. [[ἄεθλος]], which alone is used by Hom. (except in Od.8.160), and mostly by Hdt. and Pi.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[contest]] either in [[war]] or [[sport]], esp. [[contest for a prize]], Hom.; [[νικᾶν]] τοιῷδ' ἐπ' ἀέθλῳ (for the [[arm]]s of [[Achilles]]) Od. 11.548; ἄεθλος πρόκειται a [[task]] is set one, Hdt.1.126; ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄ. ὑποκείσεται Pi.O.1.84; ἄεθλον προτιθέναι to set it, Hdt.7.197; ἆθλοι Πυθικοί = Pythian games, ἆθλοι Δελφικοί = Delphian games, Delphic games, S.El.49,682; [[toil]], Pi.P.4.165; [[Ἡρακλέους ἆθλοι]] = [[labours of Heracles]], D.S.4.11, etc.: metaph., [[conflict]], [[struggle]], [[ordeal]], Alc.33, A.Pr.702, 752, S.Ant.856.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἆθλον]] ''1'', Theoc.8.11sqq.—On the proper difference of [[ἆθλον]] and [[ἆθλος]] v. [[ἆθλον]] ''ΙΙ''. (For [[ἄϝεθλος]], [[ἄϝεθλον]], as in IG5(2).75.)