Ἀκρόλιον

opening-sacrifice

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Mar 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

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[Meaning] first-fruit; just like a first-sacrifice.
"The Greeks sacrificed Polyxena as an opening-sacrifice".¹
And elsewhere: "as many votive offerings and opening-sacrifices as there were to the gods".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκρόλιον· ἀπαρχή· ὥσπερ πρωτόλιον. Πολυξένην καταθῦσαι τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀκρόλιον. καὶ αὖθις· ὅσα ἦν θεοῖς ἀναθήματα καὶ ἀκρόλια.

Ἀκρόλιον · opening-sacrifice (α 1007) · Suda

*)akro/lion: a)parxh/: w(/sper prwto/lion. *poluce/nhn kataqu=sai tou\s *(/ellhnas a)kro/lion. kai\ au)=qis: o(/sa h)=n qeoi=s a)naqh/mata kai\ a)kro/lia.

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