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|Definition=εος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fence]], [[enclosure]] (πᾶν ὅσον ἂν ἕνεκα κωλύσεως εἴργῃ τι περιέχον Pl.''Sph.''220b) round gardens and vineyards, Od.7.113, Il. 5.90, 18.564; esp. round the court-yards of houses, Od.21.238 (pl.), al.; ὑπὲρ ἕρκος [[ὑπερθορεῖν]] Sol.4.29, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.134: pl., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1274; also, the place [[enclose]]d, [[courtyard]], στὰς μέσῳ ἕρκεϊ Il.16.231, cf. Od.8.57 (pl.), etc.; <b class="b3">Κίσσιον ἕρκος</b>, i.e. [[Susa]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''17(anap.); <b class="b3">ποῖον γαίας ἕρκος</b>; [[what]] [[city]]? E.''Heracl.''441; <b class="b3">ἕρκος ἱερόν</b> = [[sacred]] [[enclosure]], S.''Tr.''607; [[shell]] of the [[pinna]], Plu.2.980b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[wall for defence]], ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ Il.15.567; ἕρκος..ἐκ ναυηγίων περιεβάλοντο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.191, cf. 9.99.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[periphrasis]], <b class="b3">ἕρκος ὀδόντων</b> the [[fence]] (consisting) of the [[teeth]], mostly in phrase, [[ποῖόν σε ἔπος φύγεν ἕρκος ὀδόντων]]; = what a [[word]] has escaped the [[barrier]] of your [[teeth]] Il.4.350, cf. Sol.27.1; ἀμείψεται ἕρκος ὀδόντων Il.9.409, Od.10.328; <b class="b3">κάρχαρον ἕρκος</b>, without ὀδόντων, Opp.''H.''1.506; <b class="b3">ἀγγέων ἕρκεσι</b>, = [[ἄγγεσι]], Pi.''N.''10.36; <b class="b3">μέλαν ἕρκος ἅλμας</b>, i.e. the [[sea]], Id.''Dith. Oxy.''1.16, cf. ''P.''2.80 (= [[ἐπιφάνεια]], Sch.); <b class="b3">σφραγῖδος ἕρκος</b>, i.e. a [[seal]], S.''Tr.''615.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[defence]], <b class="b3">ἕρκος ἀκόντων</b>, of a [[shield]], a [[defence]] [[against]] [[javelin]]s, Il.15.646; ἕρκος βελέων 5.316; <b class="b3">ἕρκος ἰωχμοῖο</b>, of the [[lion]]'s [[skin]], Theoc.25.279; ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν [[κῦμα]] θαλάσσας A. ''Pers.''89 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of persons, <b class="b3">ἕρκος Ἀχαιῶν</b>, of [[Ajax]], Il.3.229; of [[Achilles]], Pi.''Pae.''6.85; of soldiers, <b class="b3">ἕρκος πολέμοιο</b> = a [[defence against]] [[war]], Il.4.299; of [[Achilles]], ἕρκος Ἀχαιοῖσιν..πολέμοιο 1.284; of [[Clytaemnestra]], γαίας μονόφρουρον ἕρκος A.''Ag.''257(lyr.): abs., Pi.''P.''5.113, etc.<br><span class="bld">5</span> a [[net]], [[toil]]s, for [[bird]]s, Od.22.469: mostly in plural, σπίζ' ὅπως ἐν ἕρκεσιν S.''Fr.''431, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''528(anap.), Pherecr.209, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''617b24; for deer, Pi.''N.''3.51; [[coil]]s of a [[lasso]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.85: metaph., τῆς Δίκης ἐν ἕρκεσιν A.''Ag.''1611, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''60, E.''Med.''986(lyr.); λέκτρων ἔχεσθαι φιλτάτοις ἐν ἕρκεσι Id.''Ba.''958, cf. ''Hymn.Is.''158; <b class="b3">χρυσοδέτοις ἕρκεσιν..γυναικῶν</b>, of [[Eriphyle]]'s [[necklace]], S.''El.''838(lyr.).