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χρηστήριον χρηστήριον, ου, τό, χράω an oracle, i. e., the seat of an oracle, such as Delphi, Hhymn., Hdt., Eur.: —in pl. for sg., Aesch. the answer of an oracle, oracular response, Hdt., Trag. an offering for the oracle, made by those consulting it; generally, a sacrificial victim, χρ. θέσθαι Pind., Aesch.; —and a victim, sacrifice, Soph.

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an oracle

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χρηστήριον

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χρηστήριον

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χρηστηριον

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35930

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35971

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xrhsth/rion

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