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ὑμέναιος

umenaios · ὁ

the wedding

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Where it lives

  • Iphigenia in Aulis 5 · 5.6/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
  • Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
  • Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
  • Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
  • Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
  • Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. ὑμέναι-ος · hymenai-os

the wedding, bridal song

the wedding or bridal song, sung by the brideʼs attendants as they led her to the bridegroomʼs house, Il. 18.493, Hes. Sc. 274, A. Ag. 707 (lyr.), E. IA 1036 (lyr., s. v.l.): pl., παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων Pi. P. 3.17, cf. E. Alc. 922 (anap.), etc.: Aeol. ὐμήνᾰος Sapph. 91, Epigr.Gr. 418.7 (Cyrene): a form ὑμήναιος in Call. Aet. 3.1.43 [Fr. 75.43 Pf.].

2 wedding

wedding, S. OT 422, E. Ion 1475 (lyr.): pl., S. Ant. 813 (lyr.), E. IA 123 (lyr.), Phld. Mus. p.68K.

II Hymen

= Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.), Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναιʼ ἄναξ E. Tr. 314; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναιʼ Ὑμήν ib. 331; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναιʼ ὦ Ar. Pax 1335; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναιʼ ὦ Id. Av. 1736, 1742; Dor. Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε Theoc. 18.58; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων Opp. C. 1.341.

2. ὑμήναιος · hymēnaios

In the wild

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Where it came from

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