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πάροδος (B), ,
A.way by or past, passage, Th.3.21, Arist.Cael.294b26 ; π. καὶ τροπαὶ τῶν ἄστρων ib.296b4, cf. Simp. in Cael.507.24; π. τοῦ χρόνου passage, lapse of time, Porph.Sent.44.
b. Astrol., rotation of chronocratory, Vett. Val.37.9, cf. Ptol. Tetr.109.
2. going by or past, passing, entrance, Th.4.82 ; ἐν τῇ π. as they passed by, Id.1.126, cf. Plb.5.68.8 ; κατὰ τὴν π. Id.21.46.12 ; ἐκ π., ἐν π., by the way, cursorily, Arist. Cael. 306b27, Phld. Rh.1.245 S., D.S.18.16 ; “π. τινὶ ἐπὶ τὰς ὕστερον πράξεις διδόναιPlu. 2.345c ; τὴν π. ἵν᾽ ἔχῃς τῶν θυρῶν εὐνουστέραν entrance by the door, Dionys. Com.3.17.
II. narrow entrance or approach, mountain-pass, as Thermopylae, etc., Lys.2.30, X.An.4.7.4, etc.; λαβεῖν τὰς π. take the pass, D.5.20, cf. 9.32, Phld. Rh.1.334 S.; opp. δίοδοι, X.Cyn.6.6.
b. esp. side-entrance on the stage, Semus 20, Poll.4.126.
c. gallery or passage-way surmounting fortifications, IG 22.463.49,52,1672.110.
III. coming forward, appearance, esp. before the assembly, D.Ep.3.29, Jul.Or.7.205b, etc.
2. first entrance of a chorus in the orchestra, which was made from the side wings, Arist. EN1123a23, Poll.4.108; “ὥσπερ δράματοςPlu.2.805d.
b. first song sung by the chorus after its entrance, Arist. Po. 1452b22, Plu.2.785a.
3. use of stage for an artist's performance, “ π. εὗρεν δραχμήνMichel 908, 909 (lasos).
4. public recitation, AP11.422 (Antioch.).
IV. in a ship, gangway, passage along the deck, Plu.Demetr.43 : metaph., “π. καὶ ἐπιβάθρα τοῦ συγγράφεινArtem.3 Praef.
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    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1452b.22
    • Demosthenes, On the Peace, 20
    • Demosthenes, Philippic 3, 32
    • Lysias, Funeral Oration, 30
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.126
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.82
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.7.4
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 6.6
    • Demosthenes, Letters, 3.29
    • Polybius, Histories, 21.46.12
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.68.8
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.21
    • Plutarch, Demetrius, 43
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 18.16
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 109
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