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θεο-ξένιος

theoxenios · ὁ

festival in honour of Apollo

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What it meant — LSJ

epith. of Apollo at Pellene, Paus. 7.27.4: name of a month at Delphi, GDI 1709, al.

II festival in honour of Apollo, of the Dioscuri, the persons who celebrated such a festival

θεοξένια, τά, festival in honour of Apollo at Pellene, Paus. l.c., Sch. Pi. O. 9.146; at Delphi, Michel 995D 9, Polemo ap. Ath. 9.372a, Plu. Vind. 2.557f; and, of the Dioscuri at Agrigentum, Pi. O. 3.tit.; also at Paros, IG 12(5).129.61 (ii B.C.); gloss on Θεοδαίσια, Sch. Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.88 [Fr. 43.86 Pf.]:—hence θεοξενιασταί, οἱ, the persons who celebrated such a festival, IG 12(5).872.114 (ii B.C.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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