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στέφᾰνος, ὁ,
(στέφω) that which surrounds or encompasses, πάντῃ γάρ σε περὶ σ. πολέμοιο δέδηεν the circling fight, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.736 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the wall round a town, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.32; σ. πόλεος 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 72, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 761, 897; compare στεφάνη 1.2 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; καλλίπαις σ. circle of fair children, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 839. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II crown, wreath, chaplet, [[ Hymni Homerici 7.42; χρύσεος [prev. work]32.6; στεφάνους.. ἄνθεα ποίης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 576, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.240; κισσίνους σ. δρυός τε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 703 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δάφνας σ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 19 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ῥόδινος, ῥοδόεις, [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 83, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.64; ἀνθεμεῦντες 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 62; πλεκτὸν σ. ἐκ λειμῶνος φέρω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 73, compare 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.2; μύρτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 330 (Lyric poetry); κιττοῦ καὶ ἴων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 212e; φιλύρας 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 13, etc.; στεφάνωσεν δρακόντων στεφάνοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 102 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σ. εἴρειν, πλέκειν, ἀνείρειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.77, “I.” 8(7).74, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1006; ὑφαίνειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.646e; πέρθεσθαι φόβαισι 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 78, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 984 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; θεῖσα ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις[[ [prev. work] 1160; σ. ἐλαίας ἀμφέθηκά σοι [prev. author] “Ion” 1433; περιθεῖναι σ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1227; χρυσῷ σ. ἀναδῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.121; χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ στεφανωθῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 530d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μύρα, στεφάνους ἑτοίμασον for a feast, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 273, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 9.4, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 250, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; hung at the door on festive occasions, [[ 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 3.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __II.b in plural, οἱ σ. the garland-market, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 83. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 crown of victory at the public games, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐλαίης τὸν διδόμενον σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.26; νικᾶν παγκρατίου στέφανον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.5, compare “I.” 1.21; σ. ἔλαχεν [prev. author] “O.” 10(11).61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ σ., title of an officer who had charge of these matters in Roman times, [[ “IGRom.” 4.1435.15 (from Smyrna). ] Refs]
__II.2.b honorary wreath or crown, frequently worked in gold, awarded for public services in war or peace, [[ “IG” 12.110.10, 22.212.24, 338.19, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 943c, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.46, “OGI” 49.7 (Egypt, 3rd c.BC), +others, 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: such crowns were frequently dedicated in temples, [[ “IG” 22.1386.33, compare 11(2).199 B 60, +others (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; περὶ τοῦ σ., title of [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.187, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, prize, reward, αὑτῷ μὲν σ. περιθείς, Σαμίοισι δὲ κῦδος epigram cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.88; τοὺς παῖδας.. δημοσίᾳ ἡ πόλις θρέψει, ὠφέλιμον σ... τῶν.. ἀγώνων προτιθεῖσα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦδε γὰρ ὁ σ. his is the prize (or perhaps for (bringing) him the prize is offered), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 841 (hexameters). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.c σ. πυργωτὸς καὶ οὐαλλάριος,= Latin corona muralis et vallaris, a Roman military decoration, [[ “OGI” 560.10 (Tlos, 1st c.AD); σ. τειχικός [prev. work]540.19 (Pessinus, 1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 crown of glory, honour, οὐκ ἂν αἰσχυνθείην εἰπὼν στέφανον τῆς πατρίδος εἶναι τὰς ἐκείνων ψυχάς [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 50 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐλευθερίας ἀμφέθετο σ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 98; σ. εὐκλείας μέγας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 465, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1. 100, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 315; μέγας γάρ σοι ὁ σ. ἐστιν ὑπὸ πάντων εὐλογεῖσθαι “PSI” 4.405.4 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ζωῆς, δόξης, [[ NT.Jam.1.12, NT.1Pet.5.4 ] NT]; ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης σ. [[ NT.2Tim.4.8. ἀνδρὸς στέφανος παῖδες 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 13, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 194 (Lyric poetry), NT.1Thes.2.19. ] NT+8th c.BC+]
__II.4 crown as a badge of office, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.32; πέπαυνται ἄρχοντες καὶ τοὺς σ. περιῄρηνται [prev. author] 26.5; ὁ βασιλεὺς ὅταν δικάζῃ περιαιρεῖται τὸν σ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 57.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ σ. οὗτος, of the office of ἀρχιερεὺς Ἀσίας, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.2, compare “OGI” 470.21 (Asia Minor), 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 53.4 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔχειν τὸν σ. to be in office, [[ “SIG” 1007.22 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC); ἡ ἀπόθεσις τῶν σ. [prev. work]900.16 (Panamara, 4th c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀναδήσασθαι τὸν σ. τοῦτον [[ “POxy.” 1252v. 20 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: see at {στεφανηφόρος} [[ 11, στεφανόω 11.5. ] Refs]
__II.5 in Egypt, money gift to the sovereign, levied by the state, [[ PTeb. 746.24 (3rd c.BC), “PSI” 4.388.5 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 36.27 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; like wise in Syria, [[ LXX.1Mac.10.20 ] LXX]; also of similar gifts to a court favourite, [[ “PFay.” 14 (2nd c.BC),compare “Ostr.Bodl.” i202 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.6 τὰς εἰς τὸν σ. ἐπαγγελίας οὐκ ἔλαβον,= aurum coronarium non accepi, Mon.Anc.[[ 11.22,compare “PFay.” 20.7 (3rd-4th c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.7 donation, euphemism for a bribe, διεθέντος μου ὑπάρξει σοι εἰς σ. τάλαντα δεκαπέντε [[ “PGrenf.” 1.41.2 (2nd c.BC),compare “OGI” 221.6 (Ilium, 3rd c.BC), “PGoodsp.Cair.” 5.5 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; gratuity, bonus, [[ PFlor. 74.14 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.8 the constellation [[ “Corona”, 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 25, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 71, “PHib.” 1.27.58, 187 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σ. τόν τε κλείουσ᾽ Ἀριάδνης [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1003. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.9 name of a πηγή in the Chaldaean system, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 96. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.10= δάφνη Ἀλεξανδρεία, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.145] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ἡλίου σ.,= ἅλιμος, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.91. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
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