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Ἡράκλειος

Ἡράκλειος, of Hercules

Ἡράκλειος, α, ον, also ος, ον S. Tr. 51; Ep. Ἡρακλ-ήειος, in Ion. Prose Ἡρακλ-ήϊος, η, ον:—
  • of Heracles, βίη Ἡρακληείη, i.e. Heracles himself, Il. 11.690, al., Theoc. 25.154, etc.; Ἡ. στῆλαι the opposite headlands of Gibraltar and Apes’ Hill near Tangier, Hdt. 2.33, 4.8 (where -κλέων is the best reading); στᾶλαι Ἡ Pi. I. 4(3).12. Adv. -είως like Heracles, Luc. Peregr. 33.
    • II Ἡράκλειον or Ἡρακλεῖον, Ion. -ήϊον (sc. ἱερόν), τό, temple of Heracles, Hdt. 2.44, al.; also, a huge drinking-cup, such as Heracles used, Ath. 11.469c.
      • 2 Ἡράκλεια (sc. ἱερά), τά, his festival, Ar. Ra. 651, IG 3.129; Ἡ. θύειν D. 19.86, etc.
      • 3 Ἡρακλεία, ἡ, frothy poppy, Silene viscosa, Thphr. HP 9.12.5, 9.15.5, Dsc. 4.66.
        • b title of poem by Rhianus.
    • III νοῦσος Ἡρακλείη epilepsy, Hp. Mul. 1.7, cf. Gal. 17(2).341; but Ἡ. πάθος elephantiasis, Aret. SD 2.13.
    • IV Ἡράκλεια λουτρά hot baths, Ar. Nu. 1051, ubi v. Sch. (also Ἡρακλέους κοῖται soft bedding, Megaclid. ap. Ath. 12.512f).
    • V λίθος Ἡρακλεία or Ἡράκλεια, ἡ, the magnet, Pl. Ti. 80c, Ion 533d, Epicur. Fr. 293; from Heraclea in Lydia, acc. to Hsch.
      • 2 πάνακες Ἡράκλειον opopanax, Zopyr. ap. Orib. 14.62.1.
    • VI Ἡράκλειος, ὁ (sc. μήν), a month at Delphi, GDI 1685, al.; at Halicarnassus, SIG 1015.1.

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