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|Definition=ἡ, fem. of [[σωτήρ]], Pi.''O.''13.54, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.156, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 528, ''Heracl.''588, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''960c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. as [[epithet]] of [[protecting]] [[goddess]]es, of [[Τύχα]], Pi.''O.''12.2 (cf. [[σωτήρ]] 1.2); of [[Θέμις]], ib.8.21; of [[Εὐνομία]], ib.9.16; of [[Athena]], Lycurg.17, ''IG''22.676.12; of [[Artemis]], ''AP'' 6.267 (Diotim.), ''IG''22.4695; of [[Hecate]], ''CIG''(add.) 3827q (Cotiaeum); of [[Rhea]], ib.4695 (Egypt), etc.; ἡ [[Σώτειρα]] abs., of [[Demeter]], Ar.''Ra.''379 (lyr.), Arist.''Rh.''1419a3; of [[Kore]], ''SIG''1158.5 (Cyzicus, iii B.C.); of [[Artemis]], ''IG''22.1343.24,40, etc.; of [[Cleopatra]] II or III, ''PTheb.Bank'' 11.2, ''OGI''739.8 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> an [[antidote]], Gal. ap. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], Paul. Aeg.3.45, 7.11.23.