ὕμνος, ὁ,
hymn, ode, in praise of gods or heroes (καί τι ἦν εἶδος ῳδῆς εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς, ὄνομα δὲ ὕμνοι ἐπεκαλοῦντο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700b; ὕμνους θεοῖς καὶ ἐγκώμια τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς [prev. author] “R.” 607a, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1448b27), once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἀοιδῆς ὕμνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.429 (followed by Demodocus' song of the Wooden Horse, 499ff)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕμνῳ νικήσαντα φέρειν τρίποδ᾽ [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 657; ἀνδρῶν τε παλαιῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν ὕμνον ἀείδουσιν “hymnus ad Apollinem” 161; frequently in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, ὕμνος πολύφατος, ἐπικώμιος, etc., “O.” 1.8, “N.” 8.50, +others; Θήρωνος Ὀλυμπιονίκαν ὕμνον “O.” 3.3; and in 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, ὑφάνας ὕμνον 5.10, compare 6.11, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕμνοι θεῶν to or in honour of the gods, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801d; τιμῶν θεὰν ὕμνοισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 56; τοὺς χοροὺς.. καὶ τοὺς ὕ. τῷ θεῷ ποιεῖτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.51, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 177a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕμνοι Δαυείδ psalms of [[ 6th c.AD: David Philosophus, LXX.2Ch.7.6; ψαλμοὶ καὶ ὕ. καὶ ᾠδαί NT.Eph.5.19 ] NT+6th c.AD+]: in Trag. also of mournful songs, addressed to gods or heroes, τὸν δυσκέλαδον ὕ. Ἐρινύος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 868 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pers.” 620, 625 (_anapaest meter_), “Ch.” 475 (Lyric poetry); ὕ. ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρμικτος [prev. author] “Eu.” 331 (Lyric poetry), compare 306; ἐν ἀλύροις κλέοντες ὕμνοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 447 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕ. Ἅιδου, of one whose songs are death, [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 69 (Lyric poetry).] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —On ὕμνοι of various kinds see Men.Rh.p.333 [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; ὁ κυρίως ὕ. πρὸς κιθάραν ᾔδετο ἑστώτων 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Chr.” cited in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. “Bibliotheca - Patrologia Graeca” p.320 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, compare 1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus cited in “Etymologicum Magnum” 777.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. [Most commonly ῡ, but only by position; ῠ proved by εὔῠμνος (which see), ῠμνῳδεῖ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 990 (Lyric poetry), ῠμνήσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 72 (Lyric poetry).] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]