Πυθιάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, pecul. fem. of <b class="b3">Πύθιος, Π. βοά</b> a song <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[to Apollo]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 490</span>; νίκη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>807c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱέρεια]]), = [[Πυθία]], [[the Pythian priestess]], Plu.2.295d; <b class="b3">Πυθιὰς προφῆτις</b>, one of the dramatis personae in A.<b class="b2">Eu.</b>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἑορτή]]), [[the celebration of the Pythian Games]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.32</span>, <span class="bibl">5.21</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>14.747 (Naples); <b class="b3">ἁ Πυθιὰς ἁ ἱαρἀ, ἁ ἱερομηνία ἁ Πυθιάς</b>, ib.22.1126.38,44. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[νίκη]]), [[Pythian victory]], ἐνίκησε… Πυθιάδας ἕξ <span class="bibl">Paus.6.14.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.7.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πομπή]]), [[sacred mission]] from Athens [[to Delphi]], <span class="bibl">Ephor.31</span> J., dub. in <span class="title">SIG</span> 296 (Delph., iv B.C.): leg. [[Πυθαΐς]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὁδός]]), [[sacred way from Delphi]] to Tempe, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.1</span>.</span>