ἱέρεια

hiereia

a priestess

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518a35
Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609a1
Poetics 2
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Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23

1455b7
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1457b35
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 57 834b7–17

834b16
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347a15
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39

1329a29
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1399a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἱέρεια, ἡ, Ion. ἱρείη, as v.l. in Hdt. 5.72, 8.104: scanned -εῐα in Trag., S. Fr. 456, E. Or. 261 (with A. v.l. ἱερίαι), Ba. 1114, and perh. to be written ἱερέα, as in IG 12.4.13, 843a3, etc., and prob. in Pi. P. 4.5: Ep. ἱερέη Call. Epigr. 41: ἱερῆ, Schwyzer 725 (Milet., vi B.C.), GDI 5562 (Panticapaeum), 5584 (Priene), al.: ἱαρέα or ἱάρεα (pl. ἱαρεαι) ib. 4847: ἱάρεια dub. in IG 7.2465 (Thebes):—fem. of ἱερεύς, a priestess, τὴν . . ἔθηκαν Ἀθηναίης ἱέρειαν Il. 6.300, al., cf. Ar. Th. 758, Th. 4.133, Pl. Phdr. 244b, al., BCH 6.24 (Delos, ii B.C.), etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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