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ἡμίθεος

ἡμίθεος, a half-god, demigod

ἡμί-θεος, Aeol. αἰμί- Alc. Supp. 8.13, Dor. ἁμί- Theoc. 18.18 codd., ἡμίσῐος Alcm. 23.7: ὁ:—
  • demigod, ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων θεῖον γένος, οἳ καλέονται ἡμίθεοι Hes. Op. 160, cf. h.Hom. 31.19, 32.19, Pi. P. 4.184, Pl. Ap. 28c, Isoc. 9.70, etc.; once in Hom. (if genuine), ἡμιθέων γένος ἀνδρῶν Il. 12.23.
    • II Pythag. name for five, Theol.Ar. 32.

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