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  "headword": "πυρφόρος",
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          "definition": "<i>fire-bearing,</i> esp. of lightning, π. κεραυνός Pi. N. 10.71, A. Th. 444, S. OC 1658; ἀστραπαί Id. OT 200 (lyr.); Διὸς ἔγχος Ar. Av. 1749 (lyr.); πυρφόρος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ Id. Th. 1050 (lyr.).",
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                "quote": "π. κεραυνός",
                "ref": "Pi. N. 10.71",
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                "quote": "ἀστραπαί",
                "ref": "Id. OT 200",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "Διὸς ἔγχος",
                "ref": "Ar. Av. 1749",
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                "quote": "πυρφόρος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ",
                "ref": "Id. Th. 1050",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "π. οἰστοί arrows <i>with combustibles tied to them,</i> so that they may set fire to woodwork, Th. 2.75, Arr. An. 2.21.3; τοῖς μὲν π . . . τοῖς δʼ ἄλλοις βέλεσι D.S. 20.96; οἱ π. ibid.; πυρφόρα, τά, ib. 88; πυρφόρος, ὁ, <i>engine for throwing fire, fire-dart,</i> Plb. 21.7.1 (dub.), Jul. Or. 2.62d.",
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                            "quote": "τοῖς μὲν π . . . τοῖς δʼ ἄλλοις βέλεσι",
                            "ref": "D.S. 20.96",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.96"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>lightnings,</i> S. Ph. 1198 (anap.); of Demeter, prob. in reference to the <i>torches</i> used by her worshippers, E. Supp. 260; similarly π. θεαί of Demeter and Persephone, IG 4.666.9 ( Lerna), E. Ph. 687 (lyr.); π. Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας S. OT 206 (lyr.); Προμηθεὺς π. the <i>Fire-bringer,</i> title of a satyric play of A., cf. S. OC 55; also of Capaneus, A. Th. 432, S. Ant. 135 (lyr.); of Eros, AP 5.87 ( Rufin.); but, θεὸς π. <i>the fire-bearing</i> god, the god <i>who produces plague</i> or <i>fever,</i> S. OT 27.",
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                        "quote": "π. Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας",
                        "ref": "S. OT 206",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>bearer of sacred fire</i> in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. IG 3.693; of the Syrian Goddess, Luc. Syr.D. 42.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "πυρφόρος, ὁ, in the Spartan army, <i>the priest who kept the sacrificial fire,</i> which was never allowed to go out, X. Lac. 13.2: hence prov. of a total defeat, ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον . . περιγενέσθαι Hdt. 8.6, cf. D.C. 39.45; οὐκ ἔσται π. (v.l. πυροφόρος) τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ LXX Ob. 18.",
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                            "quote": "ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον . . περιγενέσθαι",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 8.6",
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                            "quote": "τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ",
                            "ref": "LXX Ob. 18",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg040.perseus-grc2:18"
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "π. ἡ ἐκ Δελφῶν <i>bearer of sacred fire</i> from Delphi, SIG 711 D 22 (ii B.C.), cf. 728 I (i B.C.); Φοίβου πυρφόροι IG 4.666.15 ( Lerna); also in a Bacchic thiasos, AJA 37.253 ( Latium, ii A.D.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Φοίβου πυρφόροι",
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