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ἆθλον

athlon

prize of contest

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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