- Οὐρανία
- Οὐρᾰνία ([dialect] Boeot. [full] Ὠρανία IG7.1804, also at Epidaurus, ib.42(1).283), [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ, Urania, name of one of the Muses, Hes. Th.78; later, she was looked on esp. as the Muse of Astronomy, Cic.Div.1.11.17, al.II epith. of Aphrodite, opp. Ἀ. Πάνδημος, Pl.Smp.181c, cf. Pi.Fr.122.4, Hdt.1.105; worshipped in Scythia, Id.4.59, IPE2.28 ([place name] Panticapaeum); in Amorgos, IG12(7).57 (iii B. C.).III the Arabians called the moon Ἀλιλάτ, i.e. Οὐρανίη, Hdt.3.8.IV a game in which a ball was thrown into the air, Hsch.V a plant, = ἶρις, Ps.-Dsc.1.1.VI [dialect] Aeol. or [dialect] Dor. [full] ὠρανίᾱφι, said to be voc., O ([place name] Muse) of heaven, Alcm.59.
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