ἑκατόμπους: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=ποδος, ὁ, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hundred-footed</b>: in <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>718</span> (lyr.), <b class="b3">ἑκατόμποδες Νηρηΐδες</b>, some take it literally to mean <b class="b2">the</b> <span class="bibl">50</span> <span class="title">Nereids</span> (the number assigned to them by <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>264</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).6</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>174</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>427</span>), others <b class="b2">the</b> <span class="bibl">100</span> <span class="title">Nereids</span> (<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span> 116e</span>), others merely to express a notion of <b class="b2">multitude</b>.</span>

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