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μαρτύριον (martyrion)

Greek term · 27 occurrences · 17 works

Short definition (LSJ): shrine of a martyr, Aët.15.15(a) Z.,

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27 occurrences of this form in 17 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

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Example passages

…μέγα δὲ ὑμῖν λόγων τῶνδε μαρτύριον ἐρέομεν. εἰ γὰρ ἐπʼ ἡμέας μούνους ἐστρατηλάτεε ὁ Πέρσης τίσασθαι τῆς πρόσθε δουλοσύνης βουλόμενος, χρῆν αὐτὸν πάντων τῶν ἄλλων ἀπεχόμενον ἰέναι οὕτω ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμετέρην, καὶ ἂν ἐδήλου πᾶσι ὡς ἐπὶ……

Herodotus — Histories (Books 3–9) · Read in context

……ὄντας τοὺς χείρους καὶ κρατοῦντας καὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔθνη καὶ τὰς πόλεις; ἆῤ οὖν, ὅτι μὴ μέχρι γῆς φθάνει; ἀλλὰ τῶν ἄλλων γινομένων λόγῳ μαρτύριον τοῦτο καὶ μέχρι γῆς ἰέναι: καὶ γὰρ ζῷα καὶ φυτὰ καὶ λόγου καὶ ψυχῆς καὶ ζωῆς μεταλαμβάνει. ἀλλὰ φθάνουσα οὐ κρατεῖ. ἀλλὰ ζῴου ἑνὸς ὄντος τοῦ παντὸς ὅμοιον ἂν γένοιτο, εἴ τις κεφαλὴν μὲν ἀνθρώπου καὶ……

Plotinus — The Six Enneads: Enneads III-IV · Read in context

…δῆλον δὲ τοῦτο καὶ διʼ ἑτέρων μὲν πλειόνων, πρὸς δὲ τὸ παρὸν ἀρκέσει πίστεως χάριν ἓν ἢ καὶ δεύτερον ληφθὲν μαρτύριον.…

Polybius — Histories · Read in context

Subjects

Martyrdom & persecution

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