πυρκαϊά

pyrkaia

funeral pyre

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 9
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Book 7 2
Chapter ?

7428
7431
Book 23 6
Chapter ?

23158
23225
23228
23231
23237
23250
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24791

Dictionary (LSJ)

πυρκαϊά, Ep. and Ion. πυρκα-ϊή, ἡ: trisyll. πυρκαιά E. Supp. 1207: (καίω):—A. funeral pyre, νεκροὺς πυρκαϊῆς ἐπενήνεον Il. 7.428; πυρκαϊὴ ἐμαραίνετο 23.228; κατὰ πυρκαϊὴν σβέσαν αἴθοπι οἴνῳ quenched the burning pyre, ib.250; πυρκαιὰς νεκρῶν E.l.c.; χλωρίωνι, ὃν . . μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι ἐκ πυρκαϊᾶς Arist. HA 609b10. 2. conflagration, πυρκαϊῆς γινομένης Hdt. 2.66, cf. Arist. Mu. 400a29 (pl.); arson, Lex ap.D. 23.22; πυρκαϊᾶς γραφή, δικάζειν, Poll. 8.40, 117. 3. metaph., flame of love, διʼ ὅσης ἤλθετε πυρκαϊῆς AP 7.217 (Asclep.). 4. burnt ruins, D.S. 16.45. II. olive-tree which has been burnt down to the stump, and grows up again a wild olive, Lys. 7.24 (s. v.l.).

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