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|Definition=ἡ, ([[πέμπω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[conduct]], [[escort]], θεῶν ὑπ' ἀμύμονι πομπῇ = [[under]] the [[god]]s' [[glorious]] [[escort]] Il.6.171; οὔτε θεῶν πομπῇ οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων Od.5.32; π. δόμεναι 9.518; πομπᾷ Διὸς ξενίου A.''Ag.''748 (lyr.); θείῃ π. [[χρεώμενος]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.62, cf.3.77; <b class="b3">οὐρία πομπή</b>, of a [[fair]] [[wind]], E.''IA'' 352 (troch.); also <b class="b3">ἀνταίαν πνεῦσαι π.</b> ib.1324 (lyr.): in plural, Ἀπολλωνίαις πομπαῖς Pi.''P.''5.91; Ζεφύροιο πομπαί Id.''N.''7.29; βασιλέως ὑπὸ πομπαῖς A.''Pers.''58 (anap.), etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> concrete, an [[escort]], ὑπ' εὔφρονι πομπᾷ Id.''Eu.''1034 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sending away]], [[sending home]], ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ περὶ πομπῆς μνησόμεθα Od.7.191, cf. 8.545, etc.; ὄφρα τάχιστα πομπῆς καὶ νόστοιο τύχῃς 6.290; τεῦχε δὲ πομπήν 10.18, cf. Pi.''P.''4.164; πομπᾶς [[ἁγεμών]] E.''Rh.''229 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[mission]], <b class="b3">θεοῦ τινος πομπῇ</b> sent by…, of a [[dream]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.16.β, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 383a; <b class="b3">κατὰ σημείων πομπάς</b> ib.382e: simply, [[sending]], ξύλων Th.4.108.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[solemn procession]], Διονύσῳ πομπὴν ἐποιοῦντο Heraclit.15; ὑπὸ πομπῆς [[in procession]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.45; σὺν πομπῇ Id.7.197; πομπὴν [[πέμπειν]] Id.5.56, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''849, Th.6.56; <b class="b3">τὰς π. πέμπειν, πομπεῦσαι</b> D.4.26, ''IG''22.1028.14; <b class="b3">τῆς π., ὅπως ἂν ὡς κάλλιστα</b> [[πεμφθῇ]] ib.12.84.26; τινι in [[honour]] of a [[god]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''248; <b class="b3">μήλων κνισάεσσα πομπά</b> the [[flesh]] of [[sheep]] for [[sacrifice]] carried in [[procession]], Pi.''O.''7.80.<br><span class="bld">b</span> at [[Rome]], [[triumphal]] [[procession]], Plb.6.39.9, etc.: generally, <b class="b3">τείνειν π.</b> [[lead]] a [[long]] [[procession]], of a [[military]] [[expedition]], A.''Th.''613.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[pomp]], [[parade]], π. καὶ ῥημάτων [[ἀγλαϊσμός]] Pl.''Ax.''369d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> personified, on a [[vase]], ''AJA''30.424.