ἀγέλ-η,ἡ, (ἄγω)
A. herd, of horses, Il. 19.281 ; elsewhere in Hom. always of oxen and kine, Il. 11.678 , etc., cf.βούνομος:—also,any herdorcompany,συῶν ἀ. Hes. Sc. 168 ; ἀ. παρθένων
Pi. Fr. 112
; μαινάδων
E. Ba. 1022
; πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι
S. Aj. 168
, E. Ion 106 ;shoalof fish, Opp. H. 3.639 : metaph., πόνων ἀγέλαι
E. HF 1276
:—also in Pl. R. 451c , Arist. HA 570a27 , etc., but rare in early Prose.
II. in Crete and at Sparta,bandsin which boys were trained, Ephor. 64 , Plu. Lyc. 16 , Heraclid. Pol. 15 , GDI 4952 (Dreros), etc.; νέων ἀ.
Epigr.Gr. 223.8
(Miletus);ἀϊθέωνib. 239 (Smyrna).
III.
= ἀστρικαὶ σφαῖραι