of the Areopagus at Athens

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

πάγος [ᾰ], ὁ, ([etym.] πήγνυμι) prop.,

A that which is fixed or firmly set:

I crag, rock,

σπιλάδες τε πάγοι τε Od.5.405

; π. ὀξέες ib. 411: generally, rocky hill, Hes.Sc. 439, Pi.O.10(11).49, I.2.33;

χλοερὸς ὑλώδης π. S.Ichn.215

; ὁ Ἄρειος ([dialect] Ion. Ἀρήϊος) π. the Areopagus at Athens, Hdt. 8.52, cf. A.Eu. 685sq.;

Ἄρεος εὔβουλος π. S.OC 947

;

Ἀρείοις ἐν π. E. IT 1470

, cf. 961;

ἐν κλεινοῖς Ἀθηναίων π. S.Fr. 323

; μαντεῖος, ἀκρονιφὴς π., of Delphi, Pae.Delph.7, 16.

II after Hom., = παγετός, frost,

πάγου χυθέντος S.Ph. 293

;

π. φανέντος αἰθρίου Id.Fr.149.3

;

ὄντος π. οἵου δεινοτάτου Pl.Smp. 220b

, etc.: pl.,

τῶν ὑπαιθρίων π. A.Ag. 335

, cf. S.Ant. 357 (lyr.), Arist.HA 523a20, GA 735a35, etc.: heterocl. dat. pl.

πάγεσι Id.Pr. 907a9

: dat. sg. πάγει (v.l. πάγοις) D. S.3.34.

2 scum on the surface of milk, Sch.Nic.Al.91.

3 salt, as formed by the evaporation of sea-water, Lyc.135.

4 coagulation, π. αἵματος Aret.CA2.2, cf. SA2.7.

5 ἄκριτον πάγος of the confused mass outside the universe, Hp.Hebd.6;

τὸν περιέχοντα πάγον Id.Vict.1.10

, cf. Paul.Al.I.4.

Ἄρειος πάγος, ὁ (Ἄριος π. Tdf.—Hdt. 8, 52 et al.; Diod S 11, 77, 6; Paus., Attic. 1, 28, 5; Meisterhans³-Schw. 43, 3; 47, 21; SIG index IV) the Areopagus or Hill of Ares (Ares, the Gk. god of war = Rom. Mars, hence the older ‘Mars’ Hill’), northwest of the Acropolis in Athens Ac 17:19, 22. But the A. is to be understood here less as a place (where speakers were permitted to hold forth freely, and listeners were always at hand) than as the council, which met on the hill (ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀ.=before the A.; cp. 16:19, 17:6). For the opp. view s. MDibelius below. In Rom. times it was the most important governmental body in Athens; whether its functions included that of supervising education, particularly of controlling the many visiting lecturers (Thalheim [s. below] 632; Gärtner [s. below] 56ff), cannot be determined w. certainty.—Thalheim in Pauly-W. II 1896, 627ff; ECurtius, Pls. in Athen: SBBerlAk 1893, 925ff; WFerguson, Klio 9, 1909, 325–30; Ramsay, Bearing 101ff; AWikenhauser, Die AG 1921, 351ff; Beginn. IV ’33, 212f; JAdams, Paul at Athens: Rev. and Exp. 32, ’35, 50–56; MDibelius, Pls. auf d. Areopag. ’39; WSchmid, Philol 95, ’42, 79–120; MPohlenz, Pls. u. d. Stoa: ZNW 42, ’49, 69–104; NStonehouse, The Areopagus Address ’49; HHommel, Neue Forschungen zur Areopagrede: ZNW 46, ’55, 145–78; BGärtner, The Areopagus Speech and Natural Revelation ’55; EHaenchen, AG ’56, 457–74; WNauck, ZTK 53, ’56, 11–52; BAFCS II 447f.—DELG s.v. Ἄρης.

λίθος [ῐ], ου, o( (v. infr. 11),

A stone, Hom., etc.; esp. of the stones thrown by warriors, τρηχὺς λ., λ. ὀκριόεις, Il.5.308, 8.327; also, stonequoit, Od.8.190;

ἑλέσθαι.. ἐκ γαίας λίθον A.Fr.199.4

; of building- stones,

λίθοι βασιλικοί PSI4.423.28

, PCair.Zen.499.20 (both iii B.C.): prov.,

ἐν παντὶ γάρ τοι σκορπίος φρουρεῖ λίθῳ S.Fr.37

; λίθον ἕψειν 'to lose one's labour', Ar.V. 280; also of stupid persons, 'blockheads',

λίθοι Id.Nu. 1202

, cf. Thgn.568, Pl.Hp.Ma. 292d, Gal.9.656; λ. τις, ou) dou/lh Herod.6.4; προσηγορεύθη διὰ τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν λ., of Niobe, Philem.101;

ὥσπερ λίθον ζῆν Pl.Grg. 494a

sq.; λίθῳ λαλεῖς prov. of ἀναίσθητοι, Macar.5.61.

2 stone as a substance, opp. wood, flesh, etc.,

ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λ. χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Il.4.510

; λαοὺς δὲ λίθους ποίησε turned into stone, petrified, 24.611, cf. Pl.Smp. 198c; so [

νῆα] θεῖναι λ. Od.13.156

; as an emblem of hard-heartedness,

σοὶ δ' αἰεὶ κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο 23.103

, cf. Theoc.3.18.

II λίθος, ἡ, twice in Hom., Il.12.287, Od.19.494, just like masc., also in Theoc.7.26, Bion Fr.1.2: later mostly of some special stone, as the magnet is called Μαγνῆτις λ. by E.Fr. 567 (but ἡ λίθος simply in Democr.11k, Arist.Ph. 267a2, cf. v.l. de An. 405a20); also Λυδία λ. by S.Fr. 800 (but in B.Fr. 10 J. Λυδία λ. = touchstone); Ἡρακλεία λ. by Pl. Ion 533d, Epicur.Fr. 293; so of a touchstone, Pl.Grg. 486d; ἡ διαφανὴς λ. a piece of crystal used for a burning-glass, Ar.Nu. 767, cf. Luc.Alex.21; χυτὴ λ. was perh. a kind of glass, and so an older name for ὕαλος, Epin.1.8 (the same thing as the ἀρτήματα λίθινα χυτά in Hdt.2.69; cf.

τὴν ὕαλον.. ὅσα τε λίθων χυτὰ εἴδη καλεῖται Pl.Ti. 61c

); λ. = precious stone is fem. in Hp.Nat.Mul.99, IG22.1421.92, 1460.21, but masc. in Hdt.2.44, etc.; in the sense of marble mostly masc.,

λευκὸς λ. Id.4.87

(simply

λίθος 1.164

), S.Fr. 330 (λευκοὶ λ. is opp.

πέτρινοι λ. Supp.Epigr.4.446.8

([place name] Didyma));

Πάριος λ. Pi.N.4.81

, Hdt.3.57;

Ταινάριος λ. Str.8.5.7

; λ. Θάσιος, Αἰγύπτιος, etc., Paus.1.18.6, etc.;

κογχίτης Id.1.44.6

;

κογχυλιάτης X.An.3.4.10

; but

Παρία λ. Theoc.6.38

, Luc.Am.13; cf. λυχνίας, -ίτης; πώρινος λ. tufa, Hdt.5.62.

2 collectively, πέφυκε λίθος.. ἄφθονος, ἐξ οὗ .. X.Vect.1.4.

III grave-stone (fem.), Call.Epigr.8.1.

IV at Athens, λίθος, ὁ, was a name for various blocks of stone used for rostra or platforms, as,

1 the βῆμα (q.v.) of the Pnyx, Ar.Ach. 683, Pax 680, Ec.87.

2 another in the ἀγορά used by the κήρυκες, Plu.Sol.8; prob. the same as ὁ πρατὴρ λ., on which the auctioneer stood when selling slaves, etc., Poll.3.78, cf. 126.

3 an altar in the ἀγορά, at which the Thesmothetae, arbitrators, and witnesses took their oaths, Philoch.65, D.54.26 (restored from Harp. s.v. λίθος), Arist.Ath.7.1, 55.5, Plu.Sol.25; cf. λιθωμότης.

4 two stones on which litigants stood in the Areopagus, Paus.1.28.5.

V piece on a draughtboard, Alc.82, Theoc. 6.18, cf.

γραμμή 111.1

: hence pron.,

πάντα λίθον κινεῖν Zen.5.63

(who explains it differently).

VI Medic., stone in the bladder, calculus, Arist.HA 519b19, Hp.Morb.4.55, al.

VII Δία λίθον ὀμνύναι, = Lat. Jovem lapidem jurare, Plb.3.25.6.

VIII λίθοι χαλάζης hail- stones, LXX Jo.10.11.

IX λ. ὁ οὐ λ. the philosophers' stone, Zos. Alch.p.122 B.

θεσμός, [dialect] Dor. [full] τεθμός (v. infr.), [full] θεθμός IG5(2).159 (Tegea, v B.C.), Isyll.12, [dialect] Locr. [full] τετθμός Berl.Sitzb.1927.8 (v B.C.): ὁ: pl. θεσμοί, poet.

A

θεσμά S.Fr.92

: ([etym.] τίθημι):—that which is laid down, law, ordinance, once in Hom.,

λέκτροιο παλαιοῦ θεσμὸν ἵκοντο Od.23.296

; εἰρήνης θεσμοί the order of peace, h.Hom.8.16; esp. of divine laws,

θ. τὸν μοιρόκραντον ἐκ θεῶν A.Eu. 391

; ἵμερος.. τῶν μεγάλων πάρεδρος θ. S.Ant. 800 (lyr.); οἱ τῶν θεῶν θ. X.Cyr.1.6.6; θ. Ἀδραστείας, οἱ τῆς εἱμαρμένης θ., Pl.Phdr. 248c, Plu.2.111d;

παρέβη θ. ἀρχαίους Ar.Av. 331

(lyr.).

2 of human law, οἱ πάτριοι θ. Hdt.3.31; at Athens, esp. of the laws of Draco, IG12.115.20, And.1.81, Decr. ib.83, Arist.Ath.4.1, etc., cf. Ael.VH8.10: used by Solon of his own laws, Sol.36.16, cf. 31.2, Plu.Sol.19;

ὁ ταῦτα ἀπεργαζόμενος θ. νόμος ἂν ὀρθῶς εἴη κείμενος Pl.Ep. 355c

; ὁ τοῖς ἄλλοις τιθέμενος θεσμοὺς

Δημήτριος Duris 10J.

;

ὅδ' ὁ τεθμὸς πὲρ τῶν ἐντοφηΐων GDI2561

C19 (Delph.): in later poetry, θεσμοί,= law, jurisprudence, Epigr.Gr. 434.4, al.; θεσμῶν ταμίης, πρόμαχος, IG3.637, 638.

3 generally, rule, precept, rite, S.Tr. 682; θ. πυρός the law of the beacon-fire, A.Ag. 304;

τεθμὸς ἀέθλων Pi.O.6.69

; στεφάνων τ. the appointed crowns, ib.13.29; θ. ὅδ' εὔφρων the cheering strain (cf. νόμος), A. Supp. 1034 (lyr.);

ὕμνου τεθμὸν Ὀλυμπιονίκαν Pi.O.7.88

;

μακάρων Id.Pae.4.47

.

II institution, as the tribunal of the Areopagus, A. Eu. 615; τεθμὸς Ἡρακλέος, Ποτειδᾶνος τεθμοί, the Olympian, Isthmian games, Pi.N.10.33, O.13.40.

III = θησαυρός, Anacr.58.

IV θεσμοί· αἱ συνθέσεις τῶν ξύλων, Hsch.

ἄγνωστος, ον (Hom.+; pap [PGiss 3, 2f [117 A.D.] ἥκω σοι, ὦ δῆμε, οὐκ ἄγνωστος Φοῖβος θεός]; LXX; ApcSed 11, 4; Iren. 1, 20, 3 [Harv. I 180, 12]; 21, 3 [Harv. I 183, 9] al.; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 167 [of God’s οὐσία] al.; Just.) pert. to that which is unknown because of lack of information, unknown in the ins on an altar in Athens ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ Ac 17:23 (this phrase is found neither in the Hebrew Bible nor in the LXX; cp. Paus. 1, 1, 4: ἐπὶ τῇ Φαλερῷ … Ἀθηνᾶς ναός ἐστιν … βωμοὶ θεῶν τε ὀνομαζομένων ἀγνώστων καὶ ἡρώων; cp. 5, 14, 8 and a Pergamene ins [HHepding, MAI 35, 1910, 454–57]). Cp. also Diog. L. 1, 110 ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἔστι εὑρεῖν κατὰ τοὺς δήμους τ. Ἀθηναίων βωμοὺς ἀνωνύμους. Norden, Agn. Th. 1913, 115–25 thinks that this expr. comes fr. a speech by Apollonius of Tyana (cp. Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 6, 3, 5 ἀγνώστων δαιμόνων βωμοὶ ἵδρυνται). On the problem s. Clemen 290–300; REgger, Von Römern, Juden, Christen u. Barbaren: SBWienAk 247, 3 ’65; WGöber, Pauly-W. 2d ser. V ’34, 1988–94; AHarnack, TU 39, 1, 1913, 1–46; Rtzst., NJklA 31, 1913, 146ff; 393ff; PCorssen, ZNW 14, 1913, 309ff; FBurkitt, JTS 15, 1914, 455–64; TBirt, RhM 69, 1914, 342ff; OWeinreich, De Dis Ignotis: ARW 18, 1915, 1–52; AWikenhauser, D. Apostelgesch. 1921, 369–94; Meyer III 1923, 96–98; Dssm., Paulus² 1925, 226–29 (Eng. tr. Paul 1926, 287–91); KLake: Beginn. I/5, ’33, 240–46; MDibelius, Pls. auf d. Areopag ’39=ch. 2 in Studies in the Acts, ed. HGreeven, ’56. BGärtner, The Areopagus Speech and Natural Revelation, ’55, 242–47 (lit.); PvanderHorst, in: Knowledge of God in the Graeco-Roman World ’88, 19–42. For further lit. see s.v. Ἄρειος πάγος.—DELG s.v. γιγνώσκω 224. M-M. TW.

ἐπίθετ-ος, ον,

A additional,

φυλαί D.H.3.71

; esp. at Athens, opp. πάτριος, relatively modern,

ἑορταί Isoc.7.29

; τὰ ἐ., opp. τὰ πάτρια, the acquired powers of the Areopagus, Lys.Fr. 178 S., cf. Arist.Ath.25.2, 3.3; so ἐ. ἐξουσία usurped authority, Plu.Cleom.10: generally, adventitious, τὰ μὲν τῶν

νόμων ἐπίθετα, τὰ δὲ τῆς φύσεως ἀναγκαῖα Antipho Soph.Oxy.1364.25

; ἐπιθυμίαι, opp. κοιναί, Arist.EN 1118b9;

ἐ. τῇ φύσει κακά Men.534.13

.