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  "headword": "ἥβη",
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          "definition": "<i>youthful prime, youth,</i> νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς, πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριέστατος ἥβη Od. 10.279, cf. Il. 24.348; καὶ δʼ ἔχει ἥβης ἄνθος ὅ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον 13.484, cf. Hes. Th. 988; ἐρικυδής Il. 11.225, Hes. l.c.; πολυήρατος Od. 15.366, etc.; ἥβης μέτρον ἱκέσθαι or ἱκάνειν, = ἡβάσκειν, 11.317, 18.217, etc.; ἥβην πολυήρατον ἱκόμεθʼ 15.366, cf. Il. 24.728; ἥβης ἀπόνασθαι, ταρπῆναι, 17.25, Od. 23.212; ἐφʼ ἥβης Ar. Eq. 524; θρέψασθαί τινα πρὸς ἥβην until <i>manhood,</i> Pl. Mx. 238b; μέχρι ἥβης Th. 2.46.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς, πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριέστατος ἥβη",
                "ref": "Od. 10.279",
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            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "καὶ δʼ ἔχει ἥβης ἄνθος ὅ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον",
                "ref": "13.484",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.484"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63420",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐρικυδής",
                "ref": "Il. 11.225",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.225"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63421",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πολυήρατος",
                "ref": "Od. 15.366",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.366"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63422",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἥβην πολυήρατον ἱκόμεθʼ",
                "ref": "15.366",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.366"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63423",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐφʼ ἥβης",
                "ref": "Ar. Eq. 524",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc2:524"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63424",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μέχρι ἥβης",
                "ref": "Th. 2.46",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.46"
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            }
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>strength and vigour of youth,</i> [ δίσκον] ἀφῆκεν . . πειρώμενος ἥβης Il. 23.432; ἥβῃ τε πεποίθεα χερσί τʼ ἐμῇσι Od. 8.181, cf. 16.174; ἥβης ἀκμή S. OT 741: in pl., καρποτρόφοι νεάνιδες ἧβαι E. Ion 477 (lyr.).",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63425",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "δίσκον] ἀφῆκεν . . πειρώμενος ἥβης",
                            "ref": "Il. 23.432",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.432"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63426",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἥβῃ τε πεποίθεα χερσί τʼ ἐμῇσι",
                            "ref": "Od. 8.181",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.181"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63427",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἥβης ἀκμή",
                            "ref": "S. OT 741",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:741"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63428",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "καρποτρόφοι νεάνιδες ἧβαι",
                            "ref": "E. Ion 477",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc2:477"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "ἥβη was <i>the time before manhood,</i> at Athens sixteen years of age, AB 255.15; fourteen acc. to EM 359.17, Harp. s.v. ἐπιδιετές; at Sparta eighteen, τὰ δέκα ἀφʼ ἥβης (sc. ἔτη), i.e. men of twentyeight, X. HG 2.4.32, 3.4.23; τὰ τετταράκοντα ἀφʼ ἥ. ib. 6.4.17; of women, ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐς ἥβην ἦλθεν ὡραίαν γάμων E. Hel. 12.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63429",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐς ἥβην ἦλθεν ὡραίαν γάμων",
                            "ref": "E. Hel. 12",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc2:12"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "ἥβης μέτρον ἔχοντε Hes. Op. 438; of the <i>fresh</i> skin of a snake, Nic. Th. 138.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63430",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἥβης μέτρον ἔχοντε",
                            "ref": "Hes. Op. 438",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:438"
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                        }
                      ],
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>cheer, merriment,</i> Pi. P. 4.295; δαιτὸς ἥβη E. Cyc. 504 (lyr.); also, <i>youthful fire, spirit,</i> Pi. P. 6.48.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-63431",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δαιτὸς ἥβη",
                        "ref": "E. Cyc. 504",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc2:504"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>body of youth,</i> A. Pers. 512, 733, Ag. 109 (lyr.), etc.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>the pubes,</i> Hp. Epid. 3.4, Ar. Nu. 976, Theopomp.Com. 37, Arist. HA 493b3, al.",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>vine,</i> Hsch.; Dor. ἇβαι (pl.) v.l. in Theoc. 5.109.",
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              "citations": [],
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Ἥβη <i>Hebe,</i> Il. 4.2, Od. 11.603, Hes. Th. 950; later allegorized as <i>goddess of youth.</i> (Cf. Lith. jėgà ‘power’.)",
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            }
          ]
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    }
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  "key": "h(/bh",
  "type": "main"
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