πελώριος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(also τελώριος ([[quod vide|q.v.]])), ον, fem. (not in Hom.) -ιος <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span> 179</span>, -ίη <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1682</span>: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[πέλωρος]], freq. in Hom., mostly of gods, [[Ἀΐδης]], [[Ἄρης]], <span class="bibl">Il.5.395</span>, <span class="bibl">7.208</span>; or heroes, as [[Αἴας]], [[Ἕκτωρ]], [[Ἀχιλεύς]], <span class="bibl">3.229</span>, <span class="bibl">11.820</span>, <span class="bibl">21.527</span>; Ὠρίων <span class="bibl">Od. 11.572</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ π</b>., of Polyphemus, <span class="bibl">9.187</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.3.166</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span> 7.15</span>; also of things, [[ἔγχος]], [[τεύχεα]], <span class="bibl">Il.8.424</span>, <span class="bibl">10.439</span>; λᾶας <span class="bibl">Od.11.594</span>; κύματα <span class="bibl">3.290</span>; ἅρπη <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span> 179</span>; κλέος <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span> 10(11).21</span>: rare in Trag. (only lyr.), <b class="b3">γᾶς π. τέρας</b>, of a dragon, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1248</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὰ πρὶν π</b>. [[the mighty things]], or [[mighty ones]], of old, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 151</span> (lyr.); used by Com. in mockheroicstyle, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 321</span>; in exaggerated language, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span> 1408b13</span>: in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Ath. 3.84e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> π. (sc. [[ἱερά]]), τά, [[a harvest-festival]], celebratcd in honour of Zeus in Thessaly, <span class="bibl">Bato Sinop.4</span>; [[Πελώριος]], [[epithet]] of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Q.S. 11.273</span>.</span>