, cf. Pae.Erythr. 1 ; of Zeus at Rhodes, Hsch. ; of Dionysus, Philod.Scarph. 5 , al., Orph. H. 52.11 ; of Helios, ib. 8.12 ; of Pan, ib. 12.11 .
3. physician, healer, παιὼν γενοῦ τῆσδε μερίμνης
A. Ag. 99
(anap.); παιῶνα κακῶν
S. Ph. 168
(anap.).
b. saviour, deliverer, ὦ θάνατε Παιάν
A. Fr. 255.1
, cf. E. Hipp. 1373 (anap.).
II. παιάν, Ep.
παιήων, Att. , Ion.
παιών,paean, i.e.choral song, addressed to Apollo or Artemis (the burden beingἰὴorἰὼ Παιάν,v.supr. 1.2 ), in thanksgiving for deliverance from evil, μολπῇ θεὸν ἱλάσκοντο, καλὸν ἀείδοντες παιήονα
Il. 1.473
; Κρητῶν παιήονες
h.Ap. 518
; παιᾶν' ἐπευφήμησεν
A. Fr. 350.4
, cf. B. 15.8 , Procl. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.320
B. : hence opp.θρῆνοι, A. Ch. 343 (anap.), cf. Sch. Ar. Pl. 636 (butv.infr. 4 ); addressed to other gods, as to Poseidon after an earthquake, X. HG 4.7.4 .
2. song of triumphafter victory, prop. to Apollo, Il. 22.391 sq.; ἁλώσιμος π.
3. any solemn songorchant, esp. on beginning an undertaking, Th. 7.75 (pl.); π. γαμήλιος
Ar. Th. 1035
(lyr.); τριτόσπονδος π.
A. Ag. 247
(lyr.); ἔγχει κἀπιβόα τρίτον παιῶνα
Pherecr. 131.5
, cf. Antiph. 4 , 85.5 .
4. by oxymoron,π. Ἐρινύων, π. τοῦ θανόντος, A. Ag. 645 , Ch. 151 ;π. στυγνός, of a dirge, E. Tr. 126 (lyr.);παιᾶνα στενάζεινib. 577 ; π. τῷ κάτωθεν θεῷ
Id. Alc. 424
.
III. in Prosody,paeon, a foot consisting of 3 short and 1 long syll.,̄̆̆̆,̆̄̆̆,̆̆̄̆, or̆̆̆̄, Arist. Rh. 1409a2 (in formπαιάν; laterπαιών), Heph. 3.3 , etc.; alsoπ. διάγυιος, the foot̄̆̄, andπ. ἐπιβατός, a foot of 5 long sylls., Aristid.
Quint. 1.16 .— Attic form:Παιώνis used of the god in IG 12.310.229
(v B. C.), and in codd. of Att. Prose and Com.;παιάνis used of the song in IG 22.1338.19
(i B. C.), but this may be Hellenistic; codd. haveπαιώνin Pherecr. 131.5 , Ar. Th. 1035 , Pl. Ion 534d , Lg. 700b , 700d , Ep. 348b (prob. also in Smp. 177a ),παιάνin Antiph. 4 , D. 19.338 , Aeschin. 2.162 , and freq. in X.,HG
Il. cc., al. (cf.παιωνίζω); the metrical foot is alwaysπαιών; the Ion. forms areπαιών, Παιών, SIG 57.12 (Milet.,v B. C.),GDIiv p.884 (Erythrae,iv B. C.):—Accentuation:Παιών(the pr. n.) An.Ox. 1.276 ;παιών(the song) Theognost. Can. 38 , Eust. 138.10 , 1109.11 , Suid. ;παίωνis sts. found in codd., andΠαίων(the god) is right acc. to Suid. Cf.παιανίζω, -ανισμός, παιωνίζω, -ωνισμός.
