κύκλ-ιος,α , ον(ος,ον
Eup. 5
D. ), (κύκλος)
A. round, circular, ἀσπίς
Archestr. Fr. 13.3
;ὕδωρ κύκλιον, of the Delian lake (cf.τροχοειδής), E. IT 1104 (lyr.).
II. κύκλιος χορός,ὁ ,ci cularorcyclic chorus, prop. of any which were dancedin a ring round an altar, chiefly used ofdithyrambic choruses, opp. those which were arranged in a square ( τετράγωνοι
Timae. 44
), Ar. Nu. 333 , Ra. 366 , Fr. 149.10 , X. Oec. 8.20 , Aeschin. 3.232 , etc.; ἐν τῷ ἀγῶνι τῶν κ. χορῶν
Schwyzer 91.26
(Argos,iii B.C.);τῶν κ.(withoutχορῶν)Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1913.7 (Nisyros,iii B.C.), cf. Inscr.Cos 13.4 ; ἐν τοῖς κ. ἀγῶσιν
OGI 213.38
(Didyma, iv/iii B.C.); invented by Arion , Arist. Fr. 677 : hence κύκλιον ὠρχήσαντο
Call. Del. 313