raised platform, stand
βωμός,ὁ, (βαίνω)
A. raised platform, stand, for chariots, Il. 8.441 ;baseof a statue, Od. 7.100 : but,
2. mostly,altar with a base, ἱερὸς β.
Il. 2.305
, etc.; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς
A. Eu. 305
; βωμὸς ἀρῆς φυγάσιν ῥῦμα
Id. Supp. 84
(lyr.); βωμῶν ἀπείργειν τινά
Id. Ch. 293
; ἀγυιεὺς β.
S. Fr. 370
; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι
Od. 22.334
;Βωμο<>σι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, S. OT 16 , OC 1158 ; βωμὸν ἵζειν
E. Ion 1314
: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι
Hdt. 3.142
, cf. Pl. Prt. 322a ; ἱζόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν β.
Hdt. 6.108
; ἐπὶ βωμῶν καθέζεσθαι
Lys. 2.11
.
3. later,tomb, cairn,
Epigr.Gr. 319 .
4. title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, AP 15.26a n d25 , cf. Luc. Lex. 25 .
5. altar-shaped cake,
IG 2.1651
B,C, Poll. 6.76 .
6. Ζεὺς Βωμός, prob. a Syrian god, Hermes 37.118 (Syria).
7. central firein the system of Philolaus, acc. to Placit. 2.7.7 .
8. in pl., = ἔμβολοι , Hsch.
