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ἆθλον

ἆθλον, ἆθλον, ἄθλου, τό, prize

ἆθλον, τό, Att. contr. from Ep., Ion., Lyr. ἄεθλον (which alone is used by Hom. and Hdt., mostly also by Pi., once by S. Tr. 506 (lyr.)):—
  • prize of contest, Il. 23.413, 620, etc., Pi. O. 9.108, al., A. Supp. 1033, E. Hel. 43; τῶν Ἀθήνηθεν ἄ., inscr. on Attic prize amphorae, CIG 776, etc.; ἆ. μουσικῆς IG 2.814; in Prose, ἆθλα ἀρετῆς Th. 2.46; ἁμαρτημάτων Lys. 1.47. Phrases: ἄεθλα κεῖται or πρόκειται prizes are offered, Hdt. 8.26, 9.101; ἆθλα προφαίνειν, προτιθέναι offer prizes, X. Cyr. 2.1.23, Hier. 9.4; τιθέναι Pl. Lg. 834c; ἆθλα λαμβάνειν, φέρεσθαι to win prizes, Pl. R. 613c, Ion 530a, etc.; ἆθλον νίκης λαμβάνειν as the prize, Arist. Pol. 1296a30, cf. Th. 6.80; ἆ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰ κοινά Th. 3.82; τὰ ἆθλα ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐστιν ὁ πόλεμος D. 2.28; ἆθλα πολέμου Id. 4.5; τῆς ἀρετῆς Id. 20.107; βέλτιον τοῖς δούλοις ἆ. προκεῖσθαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Arist. Pol. 1330a33.
    • II = ἆθλος, contest, only in pl., ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα Od. 24.89, cf. Xenoph. 2.5, Pi. O. 1.3: metaph., conflict, struggle, πολλῶν ἔλεξεν δυσοίστων πόνων ἆθλα S. Ph. 508; ἄεθλʼ ἀγώνων Id. Tr. 506:—this usage is censured by Luc. Sol. 2.
    • III in pl., place of combat, Pl. Lg. 868a, 935b.
    • IV Astrol., = κλῆρος (q. v.), Manil. 3.162.

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