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σκῦλον

skulon · τό

arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σκῦλον · skylon — LSJ

arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils, arms gained as spoils, booty, spoil, prey

arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils, S. Ph. 1428, 1431, E. IT 74, El. 7, 1000, Th. 4.134, SIG 61 (Olympia, v B.C.); σκῦλα γράφειν to write oneʼs name on arms gained as spoils, which were then dedicated to a deity, E. Ph. 574; σκῦλʼ ἔδειξα Βακχίῳ Id. Cyc. 9, cf. Th. 2.13, 3.57: less freq. in sg., booty, spoil, prey, σκῦλον οἰωνοῖσιν E. El. 897, cf. Rh. 620, D.Chr. 64.24; τὰς πτέρυγας . . τῇ Νίκῃ φορεῖν ἔδοσαν, . . σκῦλον ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Aristopho 11.9; σκῦλον τὴν ὑπατείαν φέρεσθαι Plu. Mar.

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