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Σκίρα

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: Σκίρα Σκίρων

Sense

the festival of Athena

Examples

καὶ γὰρ Σκιρὰσ καὶ Κύχρεια ἀπό τινων ἡρώων, ἀφ’ οὗ μὲν Ἀθηνᾶ τε λέγεται Σκιρὰσ καὶ τόποσ Σκίρα ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ ἱεροποιία τισ καὶ ὁ μὴν ὁ Σκιροφοριών, ἀφ’ οὗ δὲ καὶ Κυχρείδησ ὄφισ, ὅν φησιν Ἡσίοδοσ τραφέντα ὑπὸ Κυχρέωσ ἐξελαθῆναι ὑπὸ Εὐρυλόχου λυμαινόμενον τὴν νῆσον, ὑποδέξασθαι δὲ αὐτὸν τὴν Δήμητρα εἰσ Ἐλευσῖνα καὶ γενέσθαι ταύτησ ἀμφίπολον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 1 12:5)

Synonyms

the festival of Athena
- Ἀθήνη (Athena)
- ἀρρηφόρια (the festival)
- Ἀθήναιον (the temple of Athena)

Similar forms

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

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