ἥλιος: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=ὁ, Ep. ἠέλιος, as always in Hom. (exc. in the late passage <span class="bibl">Od.8.271</span>) and Hes., cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Alim.</span>42</span>: Dor. ἀέλιος [ᾱ] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.144</span>, <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Cer.</span>92</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>89</span>, and lyr. in Trag., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>809</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>175</span>, al., but ἅλιος [ᾱ], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>96</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>395</span> (ᾰέλιος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>835</span>): Cret. ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀ<b class="b3">ϝ-</b>), Hsch.: Aeol. ἀέλιος Sapph.79(= <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oxy.</span>1787</span><span class="title">Fr.</span>1.25), <span class="title">Supp.</span>25.7; ἄλιος Sapph.69 (s.v.l.): Arc. ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).4.12 (Tegea, iv B.C.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sun</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.7.421</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο</b> to see <b class="b2">the light of life, live</b>, <span class="bibl">18.61</span>, etc.; ὑπ' ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι <span class="bibl">4.44</span>; γυνὴ . . ἀρίστη τῶν ὑφ' ἡλίῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>151</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκέτ' ἔστιν ὑφ' ἁλίῳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">395</span>; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.102</span>; οἱ ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ἥλιον ἄνθρωποι <span class="bibl">D.18.270</span>; τριῶν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥ. μεγίστων ἡγεμονιῶν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>30</span>: prov., οὐδ' ὁ ἥ. εἴσεται <span class="bibl">Hld.7.21</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ὅμοιος</b>) a pale reflection, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>5.15D. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> to determine the cardinal points, <b class="b3">πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε</b> towards the <span class="title">East</span>, opp. <b class="b3">πρὸς ζόφον</b>: εἴτ' ἐπὶ δεξί' ἴωσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, εἴτ' ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ τοί γε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα <span class="bibl">Il. 12.239</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.9.26</span>; ὅσοι ναίουσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, ἠδ' ὅσσοι μετόπισθε ποτὶ ζόφον <span class="bibl">13.240</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πρὸς ἑσπέρην</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.58</span>; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα <span class="bibl">Id.4.40</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες</b> the <b class="b2">eastern . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.7.70</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">day</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 424</span>; <b class="b2">a day</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Alim.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>652</span>(pl.), Ps.-Luc.<span class="title">Philopatr.</span> 4,26, etc.; later, <b class="b2">year</b>, <span class="bibl">Herod.10.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">sunshine, sun's heat</b>, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>116e</span>; ἥ. πολύς <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>35</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Herm.</span>25</span>; <b class="b3">πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν</b>, of a sunburnt person, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ind.</span>3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>9</span>: pl., <b class="b2">sunbeams</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>22</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>16.17</span>; <b class="b2">hot sunny days</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.87</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., <b class="b2">sunshine, brightness</b>, ψυχῆς Plu.2.994e, cf. <span class="bibl">Artem.2.36</span>, etc.; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον <span class="title">IG</span>14.1188; of Ptol. VI, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>15.33</span>; <b class="b3">νέος Ἥ</b>., of Nero and Caligula, <span class="title">SIG</span>814.34, 798.3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., <b class="b2">Helios, the sun-god</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.271</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">νὴ τὸν Ἥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span> 108</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον</b>, in manumission-formula, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>48.6</span>, <span class="bibl">49.8</span> (i A.D.), <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).412 (Aetolia), <span class="title">IPE</span>2.54.10(iii A.D.); [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Artem.2.36</span>; identified with Apollo, <span class="title">Carm.Pop.</span>12, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>781.11</span>; with Dionysus, <span class="bibl">D.Chr.31.11</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">Ἡλίου ἀστήρ</b>, of the planet <span class="title">Saturn</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>987c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.2.30</span>, Theo Sm. p.130H. (I.-E. <b class="b2">sāwelios</b>, cf. Cret. <b class="b3">ἀβέλιος</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">sáulė</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">sōl</b>.) </span>

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