ἆθλον

athlon

prize of contest

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1366b34
Book II 1
Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5

1403b32
Book III 2
Chapter 1 1404a6–39

1404a17

Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1414b35
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1099b9–1100a9

1099b17
Book IV 2
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1123b20
1123b35
Oeconomica 3
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Book I 3
Chapter 5 1344a23–1344b21

1344b5
1344b16
1344b17
Politics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19

1270b24
Book IV 1
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1296a30
Book VII 1
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33

1330a33
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 27 832a26–30

832a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἆθλον, τό, Att. contr. from Ep., Ion., Lyr. ἄεθλον (which alone is used by Hom. and Hdt., mostly also by Pi., once by S. Tr. 506 (lyr.)):—A. prize of contest, Il. 23.413,620, etc., Pi. O. 9.108, al., A. Supp. 1033, E. Hel. 43; τῶν Ἀθήνηθεν ἄ., inscr. on Attic prize amphorae, CIG 776, etc.; ἆ. μουσικῆς IG 2.814; in Prose, ἆθλα ἀρετῆς Th. 2.46; ἁμαρτημάτων Lys. 1.47. Phrases: ἄεθλα κεῖται or πρόκειται prizes are offered, Hdt. 8.26,9.101; ἆθλα προφαίνειν, προτιθέναι offer prizes, X. Cyr. 2.1.23, Hier. 9.4; τιθέναι Pl. Lg. 834c; ἆθλα λαμβάνειν, φέρεσθαι to win prizes, Pl. R. 613c, Ion 530a, etc.; ἆθλον νίκης λαμβάνειν as the prize, Arist. Pol. 1296a30, cf. Th. 6.80; ἆ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰ κοινά Th. 3.82; τὰ ἆθλα ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐστιν ὁ πόλεμος D. 2.28; ἆθλα πολέμου Id. 4.5; τῆς ἀρετῆς Id. 20.107; βέλτιον τοῖς δούλοις ἆ. προκεῖσθαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Arist. Pol.1330a33. II. = ἆθλος, contest, only in pl., ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα Od. 24.89, cf. Xenoph. 2.5, Pi. O. 1.3: metaph., conflict, struggle, πολλῶν ἔλεξεν δυσοίστων πόνων ἆθλα S. Ph. 508; ἄεθλʼ ἀγώνων Id. Tr. 506:—this usage is censured by Luc. Sol. 2. III. in pl., place of combat, Pl. Lg. 868a, 935b. IV. Astrol., = κλῆρος (q. v.), Manil.3.162.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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