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πα^ρειά , , Hom.(v. infr.), IG22.1421.124, 1455.11, etc. ; but παρεά ib.1425.246 ; Aeol. παραύα (q.v.) ; Dor. *παρα_ά (implied in εὐπάραος) ; Old Ion. *παρηή (implied in καλλιπάρηος, μιλτοπάρηος, and the adjectival παρή-ιον) :—
A.cheek, used by Hom. always in pl. (sg. being supplied by the Ion. παρήϊον), Il.3.35,al.; of an eagle, Od.2.153 : also Trag., in pl., S.Ant.783 (lyr.) : in sg., A.Pr.401 (lyr.), S. Ant.1239, E.Tr.280 (lyr.) : rare in Prose, as Pl.Plt.270e, X.Cyr.6.4.3 (pl.).
II. cheekpiece of a helmet, h.Hom.31.11 (s. v. l.), IG22.1421.124, 1455.11,al.
3. γῆς παρειά earth-flush, = ἀνεμώνη φοινικῆ, cj. in Ps.-Dsc.2.176. (Perh. fr. παρά, οὖς, lit. beside the ear.
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    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 401
    • Euripides, Trojan Women, 280
    • Homer, Iliad, 3.35
    • Homer, Odyssey, 2.153
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 31 to Helios, 11
    • Plato, Statesman, 270e
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 1239
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 783
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 6.4.3
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