The corpus record

ξόᾰν-ον

xoanon · τό

image carved

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

image carved, image, statue

image carved of wood, E. Ion 1403, X. An. 5.3.12 : then, generally, image, statue, esp. of a god, Acus. 28 J., E. IT 1359, Tr. 525 (lyr.), 1074 (lyr.), BMus.Inscr. 1012 (Chalcedon, i B. C./ i A. D.), Paus. 8.17.2, al., Porph. Abst. 2.56 ; also of a representation on a scarab, PMag.Leid.V. 9.22.

II musical instrument

musical instrument, ξόανʼ ἡδυμελῆ S. Fr. 238 (anap.).

In the wild

ξοάνων · xoanōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 35)
ξόανα · xoana Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 927)
ξόανα · xoana Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 828)
ξοάνων · xoanōn Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 556)
ξόανον · xoanon Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 279)
ξόανον · xoanon Xenophon, Anabasis 5.3.12 (DIORISIS sentence 2200)

Where it came from

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