ἐσχάρ-α, Ion.
ἐσχαρ-άρη [ᾰ],ἡ, Ep. gen. and dat.ἐσχαρόφιν(ἀπ' ἐσχ- Od. 7.169 ,
A.
ἐπ' ἐσχ-
5.59
, 19.389 ):—hearth, fire-place,
like ἑστία , Hom. (esp. in Od. ), ἡ μὲν ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ ἧστο
Od. 6.52
;ἧσται ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇib. 305 ; of suppliants, ἕζετ' ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσι
7.153
.
2. pan of coals, brazier,
Ar. Ach. 888 , V. 938 , cf. Poll. 10.94 , 95 .
3. Τρώων πυρὸς ἐσχάραι watch-firesof the camp, Il. 10.418 .
II. sacrificial hearth(hollowed out in the ground and so dist. fromβωμός,structural altar, St.Byz.
s.v. βωμοί , Phot. ; used esp. in heroworship, Neanth. 7J. ), Od. 14.420 , S. Ant. 1016 : but freq. used generally,altar of burnt-offering,