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Σκῖρον

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or Σκίρον, τό, a suburb of Athens, Ἀθηναῖοι τρεῖς ἀρότους ἱερεὺς ἄγουσι, πρῶτον ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ Plu. 2.144a; named after the seer Σκῖρος, Paus. 1.36.4, cf. Hsch. s.v. Σκειρόμαντις· ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ ἱεροποιΐα Str. 9.1.9; ἐκύβευον ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ ἐν τῷ τῆς Σκιράδος Ἀθηνᾶς νεῷ Poll. 9.96, cf. Eust. 1397.25; a district of brothels and the like, Alciphr. 3.8, 25, St.Byz. ; cf. σκίρον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
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