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  "headword": "μέλισσα",
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              "label": "a",
              "definition": "bee ἀμεμφεῖ ἰῷ μελισσᾶν honey O. 6.47 μελισσᾶν ἀμείβεται τρητὸν πόνον honeycomb P. 6.54 ἐγκωμίων γὰρ ἄωτος ὕμνων ἐπʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἄλλον ὥτε μέλισσα θύνει λόγον (cf. b. below) P. 10.54 ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ τᾶς (sc. Ἀφροδίτας) κηρὸς ὢς δαχθεὶς ἕλᾳ ἱερᾶν μελισσᾶν τάκομαι fr. 123. 11. test., v. fr. 252.",
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                    "quote": "ἀμεμφεῖ ἰῷ μελισσᾶν honey",
                    "ref": "O. 6.47",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μελισσᾶν ἀμείβεται τρητὸν πόνον honeycomb",
                    "ref": "P. 6.54",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.54"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐγκωμίων γὰρ ἄωτος ὕμνων ἐπʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἄλλον ὥτε μέλισσα θύνει λόγον (cf. b. below)",
                    "ref": "P. 10.54",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.54"
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                }
              ],
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            },
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              "label": "b",
              "definition": "priestess esp. of Demeter ( διὰ τὸ τοῦ ζωοῦ καθαρόν Σ, P. 4.106c. But from fr. 252 it is clear that bees sometimes had power to give indications of the future: cf. also ἱεραί, fr. 123. 11.) ταῖς ἱεραῖσι μελίσσαις τέρπεται fr. 158. μελίσσας Δελφίδος αὐτομάτῳ κελάδῳ the priestess of Apollo at Delphi P. 4.60",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "διὰ τὸ τοῦ ζωοῦ καθαρόν Σ,",
                    "ref": "P. 4.106",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.106"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:pindar-slater-12997",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἱεραί, fr. 123. 11.) ταῖς ἱεραῖσι μελίσσαις τέρπεται fr. 158. μελίσσας Δελφίδος αὐτομάτῳ κελάδῳ the priestess of Apollo at Delphi",
                    "ref": "P. 4.60",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.60"
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  "orig_orth": "μέλισσα"
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