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  "headword": "Πλειάδες",
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          "definition": "<i>Pleiads,</i> Il. 18.486, Od. 5.272, Hes. Op. 383, 572.",
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              "definition": "ὑπὸ Πληϊάδα <i>at the setting of the P.,</i> Hp. Epid. 1.1; πρὸ Πλειάδος ἐπιτολῆς Arist. HA 553b31; ἀπὸ Πλειάδος ἀνατολῆς ib. 599b10; μετὰ Πλειάδα ib. 598b7; ἀπὸ Πλειάδος δύσεως ib. 599a28; περὶ Πλειάδος δύσιν ib. 542b22; πρὸς δύσιν Πλειάδος χειμερινήν ib. 566a21; Σείριος ἐγγὺς τῆς ἑπταπόρου Π. ᾄσσων E. IA 8 (anap.), cf. Ion 1152: in sg., also a name given to the seven best Alexandrian tragic poets, Heph. 9.4, Choerob. in Heph. p.236 C., Suid. s.v. Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰτωλός, al. ( Πλειάδες is perh. derived from πλέω, <i>sail,</i> because they rose at the beginning of the <i>sailing-season</i> (if so Πληϊάδες is metri gr. for Πλε(ϝ)ϊάδες).—Poets ( Hes. Frr. 177, 178, 179, Pi. N. 2.11, A. Fr. 312), using the lengthened form Πελειάδες ( Alcm. 23.60, gen. sg. Πελειάδος E. Or. 1005 (lyr.)), represented them as <i>doves</i> flying before the hunter Orion.)",
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                    "quote": "ὑπὸ Πληϊάδα",
                    "ref": "Hp. Epid. 1.1",
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                    "quote": "πρὸ Πλειάδος ἐπιτολῆς",
                    "ref": "Arist. HA 553b31",
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                    "quote": "Σείριος ἐγγὺς τῆς ἑπταπόρου Π. ᾄσσων",
                    "ref": "E. IA 8",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc2:8"
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                    "quote": "Πελειάδος",
                    "ref": "E. Or. 1005",
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