στησί-χορος,ον,
A. establishingorleading χοροί:—hence as pr. n.,Στησίχορος, Dor.
Στᾱσ-,ὁ, the Lyric poetStesichorus, Simon. 53 , Pl. Phdr. 243a : prov.,οὐδὲ τὰ τρία Στησιχόρου(i.e. strophe, antistrophos, epode)γνῶναι, of illiterate persons, Diogenian. 7.14 :—Adj. Στησιχόρειος,ον, Plu. 2.1135c , etc.
2. a throw of the dice which showed eight pips, said to be named from the eight-sided monument of the poet at Himera, Poll. 9.100 .