1. ὑδροφορ-ία · hydrophor-ia
the office of ὑδροφόρος II
the office of ὑδροφόρος II, CIG 2885, Milet. 7.68.
II carrying of water
carrying of water, Luc. DMar. 6.2.
The corpus record
ὑδροφορ-ία
udrophoria · ἡ
the office of ὑδροφόρος II
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What it meant — LSJ
2. ὑδροφόρ-ια · hydrophor-ia
water-carrying
water-carrying, a festival of Apollo in Aegina, Sch. Pi. N. 5.81; ἑορτὴ πένθιμος Ἀθήνησιν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ κατακλυσμῷ ἀπολομένοις, Suid. (citing ‘Apolloniusʼ); name of an ἀγών, Sch. Call. in Διηγήσεις viii 32.
Where it came from
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