Πυθιάς: Difference between revisions

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