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ἀμφίπολος

amphipolos

busied about, busy

Appears 74 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμφίπολος, ον, (πέλω, πολέω) A. busied about, busy, epith. of Κύπρις, S. Tr. 860:—in Hom. and Hdt. only as fem. Subst., handmaid, waiting-woman, Od. 1.331, 6.199, etc.; λάβετʼ ἀμφίπολοι γραίας ἀμενοῦς E. Supp. 1115:—with other Substs., ἀ. ταμίη, γραῦς, Il. 24.302, Od. 1.191. b. later, handmaid of gods, priestess, θεᾶς E. IT 1114; Διός IG 14.2111. 2. masc., attendant, follower, Pi. O. 6.32. 3. masc., priest, sacrist, E. Fr. 982; ὁ τῶν θεῶν ἀ. Phld. D. 1.13, cf. Plu. Comp.Demetr.Ant. 3, IG 9(1).683 (Corcyra). 4. ἀ. Διὸς Ὀλυμπίου, title of magistrate at Syracuse, D.S. 16.70. II. in pass. sense, frequented, τύμβος Pi. O. 1.93.
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