A.the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, Il.18.493, Hes.Sc.274, A.Ag.707 (lyr.), E.IA1036 (lyr., s. v.l.): pl., “παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων” Pi.P.3.17, cf. E.Alc.922 (anap.), etc.: Aeol. ὐμήνα^ος Sapph.91, Epigr.Gr.418.7 (Cyrene): a form ὑμήναιος in Call. Aet.3.1.43.
II. = Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.), “Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι᾽ ἄναζ” E.Tr.314; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι᾽ Ὑμήν ib.331; “Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναι᾽ ὦ” Ar.Pax1335; “Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναι᾽ ὦ” Id.Av.1736,1742; Dor. “Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε” Theoc.18.58; hence the two are used as one word, “ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων” Opp.C.1.341.