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θρῑαί

thriai

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What it meant

1. θριαί · thriai — Beekes

θριαί [f.pl.] Nymphs on the Parnassos who fed Apollo; also name of pebbles that served as lots of an oracle (Philoch. 196, Call. Ap. 45; uncertain conj. h. Merc. 552). See the texts in Amandry 1950: 27-29. VAR Also θρῖαι. *COMP θριοβόλοι [pl.] ‘who threw the 6” (Epic. apud St. Byz. s.v. Opia, Suid.). *DER θριάζειν' ἐνθουσιᾶν, ἐνθουσιάζειν ‘be inspired, be possessed by a god’ (H.) from S. (Fr. 466) and E. (Fr. … — [Beekes, s.v. θριαί, p. 602]

2. θρῑαί · thriai — LSJ

pebbles used in divination

pebbles used in divination, Philoch. 196, Call. Ap. 45, cf. Sch. ad loc., EM 455.34.

personified as nymphs of Parnassus, Philoch. l.c., Sch. Call. l.c., dub. cj. in h.Merc. 552.

Where it came from

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