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ἀμύμων

amymon

blameless, noble, excellent

Appears 97 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμύμων [ῡ], ον, gen. ονος: dat. pl. ἀμύμωσιν Epigr.Gr. 451 (Trachonitis), dub. l. in IG 14.1424: (cf. μῦμαρ· αἶσχος, ψόγος, Hsch.):— A. blameless, noble, excellent, οἶκος ὅδʼ ἀφνειὸς καὶ ἀ. Od. 1.232; ἅμα κρατερὸς καὶ ἀ. ib. 3.111; in Hom. an honorary epithet or title even of Aegisthus, ib.1.29:—never of gods, for Aesculapius is ἀ. as a physician, Il. 4.194; of a mortal nymph, 14.144. II. of things, ὃς δʼ ἂν ἀ. αὐτὸς ἔῃ καὶ ἀμύμονα εἰδῇ Od. 19.332; θεῶν ὑπʼ ἀμύμονι πομπῇ Il. 6.171; μῆτις 10.19; ὀρχηθμός 13.637; νῆσος Od. 12.261; ἕρκος 22.442.—Freq. in Hom.; twice in Hes. (Th. 264,654); once in Pi. O. 10(11).27; not in B. or Trag.; found in Comic parodies, as Hermipp. 82.
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