previous next

ὑμέναιος 1 Ὑμήν

I.hymenaeus, the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, Il., Trag.
2.a wedding, Soph., Eur.; and in pl., Soph., Eur.
II.= Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, Υ῾μὴν Ὑμέναι᾽ ἄναξ Eur.; doric Ὑμὰν Ὑμέναιε Theocr.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: