ἀντήλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀντήλιον, ([[ἀντί]], [[ἥλιος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[opposite the sun]], i.e. [[looking east]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 805, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 1550; <b class="b3">δαίμονες ἀντήλιοι</b> statues of gods [[which stood in the sun]] before the house-door, A.''Ag.''519, cf. E.''Fr.''538.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the moon, [[reflecting the sun's rays]], AB403 (ἀνθ-), cf. Suid.: hence metaph., [[imitation]], [[reflection]], Theopomp.Hist.367 (ἀνθ-).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἀντήλια]], τά, = [[παρήλια]], [[parhelia]], Suid., cf. Men.511.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[screen]]s or [[parasol]]s, Eust.1281.3; also, [[blinker]]s on [[horse]]s' [[bridle]]s, Poll.10.54 (ἀνθ-), Eust.1562.39.—The Ion. form [[ἀντήλιος]] is always used in Trag.; [[ἀνθήλιος]] first in Theopomp. [[l.c.]], cf. Ph.1.656, ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''3.6.