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|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[appearance]], [[coming into light]] or [[coming into view]], τῆς [[ἡμέρα]]ς = [[daybreak]], [[dawn]], Plb.3.94.3; in [[war]], [[sudden]] [[appearance]] of an [[enemy]], Aen.Tact.31.8, Plb.1.54.2, Ascl.Tact.12.10(pl.), Onos.22.3(pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> especially of [[deity|deities]] [[appear]]ing to a [[worshipper]], [[manifestation]], D.H.2.68, Plu.Them.30; [[advent]], D.S.2.47; τὰς ὑπ' αὐτῆς (sc. [[Ἄρτεμις|Ἀρτέμιδος]]) γενομένας ἐναργεῖς ἐ. SIG867.35 (Ephesus,ii A.D.); a [[manifestation]] of [[divine]] [[power]], τὰς ἐπιφανείας τᾶς Παρθένου Klio16.204 (Chersonesus, iii B.C.), cf.LXX 2 Ma.15.27, D.S.1.25.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the [[first coming]] of [[Christ]], 2 Ep.Ti.1.10; the [[second coming]], 1 Ep.Ti.6.14,al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of the [[accession]] of [[Caligula]], Inscr.Cos391.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[appearance]], [[aspect]], [[οἰκετικός|οἰκετικὴ]] ἐπιφάνεια Myro 2 J.; κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν, distinguished fr. κατὰ τὴν [[ἐπίφασις|ἐπίφασιν]], Plb.25.3.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[visible surface]] of a [[body]], [[superficies]], Democr.155 (pl.), Arist.Cat.5a2, Metaph.1002a4, Ph.209a8, Sens.439a31, Euc.1 Deff.,Ph.Bel.70.27, Damian.Opt. 11; ἡ κατὰ [[πρόσωπον]] ἐπιφάνεια = the [[front]], Plb.1.22.10; κατὰ τὰς ἐπιφανείας [[μάχεσθαι]] = to [[fight]] in [[front]], Id.3.116.10; ἐπιφάνεια ἡ ἐκ δεξιῶν Arr.Tact.21.3; αἱ τρεῖς ἐπιφάνειαι τῆς πόλεως = the [[three]] [[visible]] [[side]]s of the [[city]], Plb.4.70.9; the [[surface]] or [[skin]] of the [[body]], D.S.3.29, Pap. in AJP24.327, Gal.16.530, etc.; μυδῶντα τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Luc.Philops.11; τῆς [[ἔνδον]] ἐπιφανείας τῶν [[ἔντερα|ἐντέρων]] Gal.18(1).2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[outward show]], [[fame]], [[distinction]], esp. arising from something [[unexpected]], Pl. Alc.1.124c; ἐπιφάνειαν [[ποιεῖν]] = to [[create]] a [[sensation]], Is.7.13: in plural, Isoc.6.104, D.S.19.1; τὰ πρὸς ἐπιφάνειαν καὶ [[δόξα]]ν ἀνήκοντα OGI763.19 (Milet., ii B.C.), cf. Arr.Epict.3.22.29.<br><br><span class="bld">ἐπιφάνεια</span> (sc. [[ἱερά]]), τά,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sacrifice]]s [[celebrate|celebrating]] the [[appearance]] (of the [[dead]]), [[sacrifice]]s in [[celebration]] of an ἐπιφάνεια, Δημήτριος τὰ ἐπιφάνεια τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ θύων Caryst.10.