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θηρο-φόνος

therophonos

killing wild beasts

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What it meant — LSJ

killing wild beasts

killing wild beasts, epith. of Artemis, Thgn. l.c., Ar. l.c.; θεά E. HF 378 (lyr.); of Apollo, AP 9.525.9; θεός, i.e. Hadrian, Pancrat. Oxy. 1085.31; κύνες E. Hipp. 216 (anap.).

II

θ., τό, v.l. for θηλυφόνον, Dsc. 4.76.

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Where it came from

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