ε786Ἐλελεῦ
eleleu, war-cry
'Eleleu' [is] a warriors' exclamation. For indeed those going forward into battle would sound the 'eleleu' along with some rhythmic movement; just as Achaeus of Eretria, too, in the Philoctetes makes Agamemnon announce…
Ἐλελεῦ· ἐπίφθεγμα πολεμικὸν τὸ ἐλελεῦ. καὶ γὰρ οἱ προσιόντες εἰς πόλεμον τὸ ἐλελεῦ ἐφώνουν μετά τινος ἐμμελοῦς κινήσεως· καθὸ καὶ Ἀχαιὸς Ἐρετριεὺς ἐν τῷ Φιλοκτήτῃ ποιεῖ τὸν…