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ἑκηβόλος , Dor. ἑκα_βόλος , ον, (ἑκών, βάλλω)
A.attaining his aim, epith. of Apollo, Il. 1.14, al. ; also Ἑκηβόλος alone, ib. 96, h.Ap.45, Pi. Pae.9.38, al. ; of Artemis, S. Fr.401 ; “ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρεςE. Ion 213 (lyr.) ; “τόξαA. Pr.711, Eu.628 ; “σφενδόναιE. Ph.1142 ; “ἔθνος ὀϊστῶνOpp. H.4.205 ; in later Prose, “. βέληPlb.13.3.4 ; “μάχαιD.H. 10.16 ; “. ἄνδρεςPlu. Luc.28 ; “τὰ .Onos. 20.1 ; τοξεύματα, ὅπλα, Ael. Tact.2.8, Arr. Tact.3.3 ; “τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοιAgath.3.17 : Dor. Sup. “ἑκαβολέστατοςArchyt. ap. Iamb. Protr.4. Adv. -ιως, τοξεύεινAth. 1.25d. (Understood by later writers as far-shooting (ἑκάς).)
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    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 628
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 711
    • Euripides, Ion, 213
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1142
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.14
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 3 to Apollo, 45
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 401
    • Polybius, Histories, 13.3.4
    • Plutarch, Lucullus, 28
    • Arrian, Tactica, 3.3
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 10.16
    • Onasander, Strategicus, 20.1
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