θεράπων: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[waiting]]-man, [[attendant]], Od., etc.; differing from [[δοῦλος]], as implying [[free]] [[service]]; and in Hom. a [[companion]] in [[arms]], [[though]] [[inferior]] in [[rank]]; as [[Patroclus]] is the [[companion]] or [[esquire]] of [[Achilles]]; [[Meriones]] of [[Idomeneus]], Il.; so the [[charioteer]] is [[ἡνίοχος]] [[θεράπων]]; kings were Διὸς θεράποντες; warriors θεράποντες [[Ἄρηος]], etc.:—c. dat., [[οἶκος]] ξένοισι [[θεράπων]] [[devoted]] to the [[service]] of its guests, Pind.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[later]], [[simply]], a [[servant]], Hdt.:—in [[Chios]], θεράποντες was the [[name]] for [[their]] slaves, Thuc.