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τετρά-κωμος

tetrakomos · ὁ

a triumphal song and dance

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What it meant

τετρά-κωμος · tetra-kōmos — LSJ

a triumphal song and dance

a triumphal song and dance sacred to Heracles and also called τέσσαρες κῶμοι, Trypho ap. Ath. 14.618c, Hsch.; ὁ δὲ τ., τὸ τῆς ὀρχήσεως εἶδος, οὐκ οἶδα εἴ τι προσῆκον ἦν τοῖς Ἀθήνησι τ., οἳ ἦσαν Πειραιεῖς Φαληρεῖς Ξυπεταίονες Θυμοιτάδαι (leg. Θυμαιτ-, cf. IG 2(2).1598, 3102) Poll. 4.105; τοῦ τετρακώμου Ἡρακλείου, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς γυμνικοὺς ἀγῶνας ἐτίθεσαν τοῖς Παναθηναίοις St.Byz. s.v. Ἐχελίδαι.

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