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ἱέρεια

hiereia

a priestess

Appears 27 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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