ἄεθλος, ἆθλος : (1)
prize-contest, distinguished from war, ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ | ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, Il. 16.590.—(2)
combat (in war), Il.
3.126; then ‘toil,’
‘hardship,’ esp. of the
‘labors’ of Heracles, imposed by Eurystheus
(Εὐρυσθῆος ἄεθλοι, Il. 8.363).