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πυρρίχη
πυρρίχη [ῐ] (sc. ὄρχησις), ἡ,

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the pyrrhic dance, a kind of war-dance

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πυρριχη
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πυρρίχη [ῐ] (sc. ὄρχησις), ἡ,
IDX:
92062
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n91835
Key:
purri/xh

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war-dance, Ar. Ra. 153, X. An. 6.1.12, Pl. Lg. 816b; called from one Πύρριχος the inventor, acc. to Aristox. Fr.Hist. 46, Str. 10.3.8, 10.4.16; but acc. to Arist. Fr. 519, from its being first used at the funeral of Patroclus (from πυρά); as a prizecontest, CIG 2758 IV ( Aphrodisias), 3089 ( Teos).
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δειναὶ π. strange contortions, E. Andr. 1135: prov., πυρρίχην βλέπειν ‘to look daggers’, Ar. Av. 1169.

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