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χρυσάορος

chrusaoros

with sword of gold

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χρῡσάορος · chrysaoros — LSJ

with sword of gold

= χρυσάωρ, with sword of gold, epith. of Apollo, Il. 5.509, 15.256, Pi. P. 5.104; also of Demeter, h.Cer. 4; of Artemis, Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77; of Orpheus, Pi. Fr. 139.9; so χρυσᾱορεύς, έως, of Zeus at Stratonicea, Str. 14.2.25, cf. OGI 234.24 (Delph., iii B. C.); also χρυσᾱόριος, CIG 2720,2721 (Stratonicea): hence χρῡσᾱορεῖς, οἱ, of a league formed by his worshippers, τὸ χρυσαορέων ἔθνος OGI l.c. 12, cf. 111.8 (Egypt, ii B. C.); called τὸ χρυσαορικὸν σύστημα, Str. l.c.; cf. St.Byz. s.v. χρῡσᾱορίς

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