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Aïklon

(ἄϊκλον, αἶκλον, or ἄϊκνον, αἶκνον). (1) A meal in general. Thus Alcman uses συναίκλιαι for συνδείπνια.

(2) The chief dish or course in a meal. The dessert, or after-course, was called ἐπάϊκλον.

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