Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Λῆναι

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λῆναι Λῆνῶν

Etym.: lhno/s

Sense

  1. Bacchanals

Examples

  • πρόπολοι δὲ τῶν Μουσῶν οἱ πεπαιδευμένοι πάντεσ, καὶ ἰδίωσ οἱ μουσικοί, τοῦ δ’ Ἀπόλλωνοσ οὗτοί τε καὶ οἱ περὶ μαντικήν, Δήμητροσ δὲ οἵ τε μύσται καὶ δᾳδοῦχοι καὶ ἱεροφάνται, Διονύσου δὲ Σειληνοί τε καὶ Σάτυροι καὶ Τίτυροι καὶ Βάκχαι, Λῆναί τε καὶ Θυῖαι καὶ Μιμαλλόνεσ καὶ Ναί̈δεσ καὶ Νύμφαι προσαγορευόμεναι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 3 18:7)

Synonyms

  1. Bacchanals

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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