| damon and pythias | n. (เด'มัน-) ชื่อเพื่อนสนิทและเพื่อนตายคู่หนึ่ง (ตามตำนานกรีก) |
| damon and pythias | n. (เด'มัน-) ชื่อเพื่อนสนิทและเพื่อนตายคู่หนึ่ง (ตามตำนานกรีก) |
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| damon and pythias | (n) (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live |
| pythia | (n) (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles, Syn. Pythoness |
| pythiaceae | (n) fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores, Syn. family Pythiaceae |
| pythian games | (n) the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo |
| phintias | (n) friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC), Syn. Pythias |
| Pythiad | n. [ See Pythian. ] (Gr. Antiq.) The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pythian | a. [ L. Pythius, Gr. &unr_; belonging to Pytho, the older name of Delphi and its environs: cf. F. pythien. ] Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi. [ 1913 Webster ]
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