ἥλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, Ep. [[ἠέλιος]], as always in Hom. (exc. in the late passage Od.8.271) and Hes., cf. Hp.''Alim.''42: Dor. [[ἀέλιος]] [ᾱ] Pi.''P.''4.144, Call. ''Cer.''92, ''Lav.Pall.''89, and lyr. in Trag., S.''Ant.''809, E.''Ph.''175, al., but [[ἅλιος]] [ᾱ], S.''Tr.''96, E.''Alc.''395 ([[ἀέλιος]] S.''Tr.''835): Cret. [[ἀβέλιος]] (i.e. ἀ<b class="b3">ϝ-</b>), Hsch.: Aeol. [[ἀέλιος]] Sapph.79(= ''Oxy.''1787''Fr.''1.25), ''Supp.''25.7; [[ἄλιος]] Sapph.69 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]): Arc. ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) ''IG''5(2).4.12 (Tegea, iv B.C.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sun]], Il.7.421, etc.; [[ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο]] to [[see the light of life]], [[live]], 18.61, etc.; ὑπ' ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι 4.44; γυνὴ . . ἀρίστη τῶν ὑφ' ἡλίῳ E.''Alc.''151; <b class="b3">οὐκέτ' ἔστιν ὑφ' ἁλίῳ</b> ib.395; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι Th.2.102; οἱ ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ἥλιον ἄνθρωποι D.18.270; τριῶν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥ. μεγίστων ἡγεμονιῶν Plu.''Luc.''30: [[proverb|prov.]], οὐδ' ὁ ἥλιος εἴσεται Hld.7.21; [[ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὅμοιος]]) like the [[moon]] to the sun, a [[pale]] [[reflection]], ''Com.Adesp.''5.15D.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to determine the [[cardinal]] [[point]]s, [[πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε]] = [[towards the East]], opp. <b class="b3">πρὸς ζόφον</b>: εἴτ' ἐπὶ δεξί' ἴωσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, εἴτ' ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ τοί γε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα Il. 12.239, cf. Od.9.26; ὅσοι ναίουσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, ἠδ' ὅσσοι μετόπισθε ποτὶ ζόφον 13.240; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πρὸς ἑσπέρην</b>, Hdt.7.58; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα Id.4.40; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες</b> the [[eastern]] . ., Id.7.70.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[day]], S.''El.'' 424; a [[day]], Pi.''O.''13.37, Hp.''Alim.''42, E.''Hel.''652(pl.), Ps.-Luc.''Philopatr.'' 4,26, etc.; later, [[year]], Herod.10.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[sunshine]], [[sun's heat]], ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν Pl.''Phd.''116e; ἥ. πολύς Luc.''Nav.''35, cf.''Herm.''25; <b class="b3">πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν</b>, of a [[sunburnt]] person, Id.''Ind.''3, cf. ''Rh.Pr.''9: pl., [[sunbeam]]s, Thphr.''Sign.''22, Ael.''NA''16.17; [[hot sunny days]], Th.7.87.<br><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., [[sunshine]], [[brightness]], ψυχῆς Plu.2.994e, cf. Artem.2.36, etc.; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον ''IG''14.1188; of Ptol. VI, ''UPZ''15.33; <b class="b3">νέος Ἥλιος</b>, of [[Nero]] and [[Caligula]], ''SIG''814.34, 798.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., [[Ἥλιος]] = [[Helios]], the [[sun-god]], Od.8.271, etc.; <b class="b3">νὴ τὸν Ἥλιον</b> Men.''Sam.'' 108; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον</b>, in [[manumission]]-[[formula]], ''POxy.''48.6, 49.8 (i A.D.), ''IG''9(1).412 (Aetolia), ''IPE''2.54.10(iii A.D.); [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ Artem.2.36; identified with [[Apollo]], ''Carm.Pop.''12, E.''Fr.''781.11; with [[Dionysus]], D.Chr.31.11, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[Ἡλίου ἀστήρ]], of the [[planet]] [[Saturn]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Pl.''Epin.''987c, cf. D.S.2.30, Theo Sm. p.130H. (I.-E. sāwelios, cf. Cret. [[ἀβέλιος]], Lith. sáulė, Lat. [[sol]].)