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|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[four-wheeled wagon]], drawn by mules, ἡμίονοι ἕλκον [[τετράκυκλος|τετράκυκλον]] ἀπήνην Il.24.324, cf. Od.6.57 with 69,72,73,82; much the same as [[ἅμαξα]], cf. Il.24.266 with 324, Od.6.72 with 73: of a [[racing car]], drawn by [[mule]]s, ἡμιόνοις ξεστᾷ τ' ἀπήνᾳ Pi.''P.''4.94, cf. ''O.'' 5.3, Arist.''Fr.''568; ἦν γὰρ δὴ ἀπήνη.. ἡμιόνους ἀνθ' ἵππων ἔχουσα Paus. 5.9.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later, any [[car]] or [[chariot]], A.''Ag.''906, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''753; <b class="b3">ἀπήνη πωλική</b> ib.803; [[war chariot]], Str.4.5.2; cf. [[καπάνα]].<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., any [[conveyance]], [[ναΐα]] ἀπήνη = [[ship]], [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1123; πλωταῖς ἀπήνῃσι ''Lyr.Adesp.''117 (= ''Trag.Adesp.''142); <b class="b3">τετραβάμονος ὡς ὑπ' ἀπήνας</b>, of the [[Trojan horse]], E.''Tr.''517 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., like [[ζεῦγος]], [[pair]], e.g. of brothers, ἀ. [[ὁμόπτερος]] Id.''Ph.''329 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> in plural, [[ἀπῆναι]], αἱ = the [[alae nasi]], Poll.2.80.