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|Definition=χθονία, χθόνιον, also χθόνιος, χθόνιον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1727 (lyr.), E.''Hipp.''1201, ''Hel.''345 (lyr.): ([[χθών]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[chthonian]], [[chthonic]], [[in the earth]], [[under the earth]], or [[beneath the earth]], [[θεός]], [[δαίμων]], Hes.''Th.'' 767, A.''Th.''522 (lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἄϊδα στόμα</b>, of the [[cavern]] at [[Taenarus]], Pi.''P.''4.43, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1727 (lyr.); χθονία [[λίμνη]] [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''902 (anap.); [[Ζεὺς χθόνιος]], of [[Hades]] or [[Pluto]], Hes.''Op.''465; <b class="b3">κτύπησε Ζεὺς χθόνιος</b>, of [[noise]] from [[beneath]] the [[earth]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1606; βροντήματα χθόνια [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''994; ἠχὼ χθόνιος ὡς βροντὴ Διός E.''Hipp.'' [[l.c.]], cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1750 (lyr.); <b class="b3">χθόνιοι θεοί</b> [[god]]s [[of the nether world]], opp. [[ὕπατος|ὕπατοι]], A.''Ag.''89 (anap.), etc.; χ. δαίμονες Id.''Pers.''628 (anap.); [[χθόνιοι]] alone, μᾶνις χθονίων Pi.''P.''4.159, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''641 (lyr.), ''Ch.'' 399 (lyr.), al., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''828c, 959d (but Ion. [[χθονίη]], ἡ, earlier name of [[Γῆ]], Pherecyd.Syr.1, cf. Dam.''Pr.''124bis; <b class="b3">χθόνιαι θεαί</b>, i.e. [[Demeter]] and [[Persephone]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.134, 7.153; of the [[Erinyes]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1568 (lyr.); <b class="b3">χθόνιος Ἅιδας, χθόνιος Ἅιδης</b>, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''237 (lyr.), ''Andr.''544 (anap.); χθόνιος [[Ἑρμῆς]], as [[conductor]] of the [[dead]], A.''Ch.''1, S.''El.''111 (anap.), ''Aj.''832, Ar.''Ra.'' 1145, Plu.''Arist.''21; χ. [[πορεία]], opp. [[οὐρανία]], Pl.''R.''619e; <b class="b3">χθονίᾳ φρενί</b>, of [[the dead]], Pi.''P.''5.101; χ. [[Ἑκάτη]] Ar.''Fr.''500 (anap.); [[χάρις ἡ χθονία]] = [[grace with the gods below]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1752 (lyr.); <b class="b3">χθονία φάμα</b> [[rumour]] that is [[hear]]d in the [[world]] [[below]], Id.''El.''1066 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sprung from the earth]], Τιτῆνες Hes.''Th.''697; of [[Echion]], one of the [[Theban]] [[γηγενεῖς]], E.''Ba.''541 (lyr.), cf. Paus.9.5.3, etc.; but also of [[mankind]], ὁ χθόνιος [[ἄνθρωπος]], opp. <b class="b3">ὁ ἐν οὐρανῷ . . λαχὼν τὴν ὑπόστασιν</b>, Procl. ''in Prm.''p.765 S. Adv. [[χθονίως]] = [[in an earthly manner]], opp. [[οὐρανίως]], Id.''Sacr.'' p.148 B.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[in the country]] or [[of the country]], [[θεοί]], [[ἡρῷσσαι]], E.''Hec.''79 (anap.), A.R.4.1322; [[native]], Ἄρεος . . πάγον . . ξυνῄδη χθόνιον ὄντα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''948; γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ' Ἐρεχθειδᾶν Id.''Aj.''202 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> of things, [[of the earth]], χθονία [[κόνις]] (sed leg. [[γαΐα]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]), A.''Th.''736 (codd., lyr.); opp. [[ἀέριος]], E.''Fr.''27.4 (lyr.); [[πρηστήρ]] χθόνιος Arist.''Mu.''395a10.—Poet. word, used once or twice in Pl. and in late Prose (v. supr.).