1. ἀγός · agos — LSJ
leader, chief
leader, chief, c. gen., Il. 4.265, al., cf. Pi. N. 1.51, A. Supp. 248, 904 (lyr.), E. Rh. 29 (lyr.), AP 9.219 (Diod.).
The corpus record
ἀγός
agos1 · ὁ
leader, chief
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What it meant
2. ἄγος · agos — LSJ
any matter of religious awe
any matter of religious awe:
1 pollution, guilt, person, thing accursed
pollution, guilt, ἐν τῷ ἄγεϊ ἐνέχεσθαι Hdt. 6.56; ἄ. ἐκθύσασθαι 6.91; ἄ . . . κεκτήσεται θεῶν A. Th. 1022; ἄ. αἱμάτων ἀρέσθαι Id. Eu. 168, cf. AP 7.268 (Plato); ἄ. φυλάσσεσθαι A. Supp. 375; φεύγειν S. Ant. 256; ὅθεν τὸ ἄ. συνέβη τοῖς Συβαρίταις Arist. Pol. 1303a30; ἄ. ἀφοσιώσασθαι Plu. Cam. 18: in concrete sense, the person or thing accursed, S. OT 1426; ἄ. ἐλαύνειν, = ἀγηλατεῖν, Th. 1.126.
2 expiation, sacrifice
expiation, sacrifice, S. Ant. 775, Fr. 689, prob. so in A. Ch. 155.
3
ἄγεα· τεμένεα, and ἀγέεσσι· τεμένεσι, Hsch.; ἄγη· τὰ μυστήρια, AB 212. (ἅγος (τὸ καθαρόν, σέβασμα) postulated by Gramm. (cf. ἅγιος ἐκ τοῦ ἅγος γέγονεν Et.Gud.) is not found, unless ἄγος 3 be a dialectic form.)
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