单词 | polyandrion |
释义 | polyandrionn. Chiefly Ancient Greek History. A place of burial for a number of people, a common grave.Used esp. of ancient Greek burial sites for soldiers killed in battle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > for the war dead polyandrionc1612 polyandruma1661 war cemetery1895 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > common grave polyandrionc1612 polyandruma1661 plague pit1841 mass grave1895 c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. x. 126 The Common Polyandrium or place of Sepulture. 1758 J. Gill Expos. Bks. Prophets Old Test. 196/2 The city nearest to this place where Gog and his multitude shall be buried, shall be called Hamonah..which signifies a multitude; or Polyandrion, as the Septuagint version, a place where many graves are. 1796 V. Green Hist. & Antiq. Worcester I. 150 (note) The Bœotians, who died fighting against Phillip, and were buried in one common Polyandrium. 1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. xi. 335 That polyandrium which covered the remains of those brave Thebans who fell in defence of Grecian liberty. 1944 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 64 40/2 One can..maintain that Pausanias' own description is nothing but an excerpt of a more detailed periegesis, from which he took over..a certain number of single graves and polyandria. 1991 P. Vaughn in V. D. Hanson Hoplites (1998) ii. 43 At Phigaleia..a polyandrion was erected of those ‘chosen Oresthasians’ who helped to force a Spartan garrison from the area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1612 |
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