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ἐριούνιος

ἐριούνιος, the ready helper, luckbringer (?) epithet of Hermes

ἐριούνιος and ἐριούνης, ὁ,
  • ΑEp. epith. of Hermes, of uncertain meaning, σῶκος ἐριούνιος Ἑρμῆς Il. 20.72; Ἑρμείας ἐριούνιος 24.457, 679; ἐριούνης Ἑρμείας 20.34, Od. 8.322; Διὸς ἐριούνιος υἱός h.Merc. 28; θεῶν ἐριούνιε δαῖμον ib. 551: abs., ἐριούνιος, i.e. Hermes, Il. 24.360, 440; Ἑρμῆς ἐ., opp. δόλιος, Ar. Ra. 1144, cf. EM 374.24; also in later Prose, θεοί Ant.Lib. 25.2.
    • II as Adj., ἐ. νόος Orph. L. 199.

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