hieron
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Etymology
Origin of hieron
From the Greek word hierón
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The location of the fourth hieron of Thucydides can best be determined by means of the festivals, more particularly the dramatic festivals of Dionysus.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
But "hieron" often refers to a sacred precinct, and there is nothing to prevent the verb in question from being used of a "hieron" in this sense.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
The scholiast to the De Corona of Demosthenes 191 says that the "hieron" of Calamites, an eponymous hero, was close to the Lenaeum.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
In the citation from Bekker's Anecdota the Lenaeum is the hieron at which were held the theatrical contests.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
This implies that the hieron was a precinct of some size.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
It was permitted only to the initiated to look upon these "hiera," as they were called.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley
So Synesius: 'Odis hiera 'Arraeta gona The after comparison of the process of the natura naturans with that of the geometrician is drawn from the very heart of philosophy.
From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The genitives of the Third Personal Pronoun, his, his, hiere, her, hiera, their, are indeclinable.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)
Concoct hiera picra, rhubarb beer, and oil of charity; and sympathize over sprains, whitloes, and broken shins.
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
Take two scruples each of sacopenium, mugwort, savine, cloves, nutmeg, bay berries; one drachm of galbanum; one scruple each of hiera piera and black hellebore, and make a pessary with turpentine.
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