Πύθῐος[ῡ; ῑmetri gr. in h.Ap. 373 ],α,ον, (Πῡθώ)Pythian, i.e.Delphian, epith. of Apollo, l.c., Pi. O. 14.11 , etc. (Π. alone isf.l. in
E. Ion 285 );ἐν Πυθίουin
A. his temple, Th. 6.54 (citingΠυθίου ἐν τεμένειfrom IG 12.761 ), IG 22.17.10 , prob. in Pl. Grg. 472b ; alsoοἱ Πύθιοι, αἱ Πύθιαι,the gods and goddesses worshipped at PythoorDelphi, Ar. Th. 332 , cf. IG 14.2436 (Massilia).
2.
= Πυθικός, ἄεθλα, στέφανοι, μαντεύματα , Pi. P. 3.73 , 10.26 , I. 7(6).15 ; ἀκταί
S. OC 1047
(lyr.); ἀστραπαί
E. Ion 285
; κύκνος
Ar. Av. 870
.
II. οἱ Πύθιοι, at Sparta,four persons whose office it was to consult the Delphic oracleon affairs of state, Hdt. 6.57 , X. Lac. 15.5 , etc.; cf.Πυθία, Πύθια, Πύθιον.