ὑμέναιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ, ([[Ὑμήν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[wedding]] or [[bridal]] [[song]], sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, Il.18.493, Hes.''Sc.''274, A.''Ag.''707 (lyr.), E.''IA''1036 (lyr., [[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]): pl., παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων Pi.''P.''3.17, cf. E.''Alc.''922 (anap.), etc.: Aeol. ὐμήνᾰος Sapph.91, ''Epigr.Gr.''418.7 (Cyrene): a form ὑμήναιος in Call. ''Aet.''3.1.43.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[wedding]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''422, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 1475 (lyr.): pl., S.''Ant.'' 813 (lyr.), E.''IA''123 (lyr.), Phld.''Mus.''p.68K.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[Ὑμήν]], [[Hymen]], the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι' ἄναζ E.''Tr.''314; <b class="b3">Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι' Ὑμήν</b> ib.331; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναι' ὦ Ar.''Pax''1335; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναι' ὦ Id.''Av.''1736,1742; Dor. Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε Theoc.18.58; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων Opp.''C.''1.341.