ὑπερώϊον

ὑπερώϊον, τό, v. ὑπερῷον.

ὑπερώϊον, ep. u. ion. für ὑπερῷον.

ὑπερώϊον

ὑπερῷον

τό

[ὑπέρ.]

• • 1

    An upper chamber: ὑ. εἰσαναβᾶσα Il. 2.514.

    So in pl. : εἰς ὑπερῷʼ ἀναβάς Il. 16.184.

  • 2

    In pl., a raised set of chambers appropriated to the lady of a house and her maidens, the women’s quarters (cf. μέγαρον 3): εἰς ὑπερῷʼ ἀναβᾶσα Od. 1.362=Od. 19.602=Od. 21.356, Od. 4.751=Od. 17.49=Od. 23.364, εἰς ὑπερῷʼ ἀνέβαινε Od. 4.760 (app. the same as the θάλαμος of 718). Cf. Od. 2.358, Od. 16.449, Od. 18.206, 302, Od. 19.600, Od. 22.428, Od. 23.1, 85.

    So in sing.: ὑπερωΐῳ κεῖτο Od. 4.787. Cf. Od. 15.517, Od. 17.101, Od. 19.594.

ὑπερώϊον : upper chamber, upper apartments, often pl. in both forms. The ὑπερώϊον was over the womenʼs apartment, and was occupied by women of the family, not by servants, Il. 2.514, Od. 17.101.