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                    "description": "<b>ου (ὁ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῐ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> Linos, <i>ancien aède de Thèbes, fils d’Apollon et de Kalliopè, maître d’Orphée,<\/i> THCR. <i>Idyl. 24, 103 ;<\/i> APD. <i>1, 3, 2 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. ext. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> chant composé par <i>ou<\/i> sur Linos, IL. <i>18, 570 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> chant funèbre sur la mort de Linos, HDT. <i>2, 79<\/i>."
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                    "description": "ὁ, Linos, a mythical minstrel, Hes. <i>Fr.<\/i> 192, Theoc. 24.105, Apollod. 1.3.2. as Appellat., <b>the song<\/b> or <b>lay of Linos<\/b>, whether composed by him or upon him; λίνον δ’ ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄειδε λεπταλέῃ φωνῇ sang <b>the lay of Linos<\/b> in accompaniment, <i>Il.<\/i> 18.570, cf. Pi. <i>Fr.<\/i> 139.5, Hdt. 2.79, E. <i>HF<\/i> 348 (lyr.), Ar.Byz. ap. Ath. 14.619c, and v. οἰτόλινος. (In <i>Il. l.c.<\/i> Zenod. read λίνος and interpreted it of the string of the instrument, which was orig. made of flax acc. to Sch.)"
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                    "description": "1. <b>Linos <\/b>, a mythical minstrel, son of Apollo and Urania (Calliope), teacher of Orpheus, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus), etc. <br\/>2. as appellative, <b>the song <\/b> or <b>lay of Linos <\/b>, sung by a boy to the cithara while the vintagers are at work, Λίνον ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄειδεν sang <b>the <\/b> lovely <b>lay of Linos <\/b> in accompaniment, (Iliad by Homer):—;compare αἴλινος which is <b>a mournful song. <\/b> (ML)"
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