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Definition of Orthros
1. Noun. The divine office or service at dawn of the Orthodox Christian Church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orthros
1. one of the Greek canonical hours [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthros
Literary usage of Orthros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"orthros. Typhon. the mother of three sons, whose strength is to be tested by the
same ordeal to which Theseus and Sigurd are compelled to submit He only of ..."
2. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"orthros. Thus, for example, the same phonetic difficulty might be urged against
the mythological equation of Vn'tra ..."
3. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller, Christian Karl Josias Bunsen (1890)
"Chimaera, like orthros and Kerberos, is a being with three heads or three bodies
... nay, like orthros and Kerberos, Chimera, too, is the offspring of ..."
4. The library by Apollodorus (1921)
"See Hesiod, Theog. 293 (where Orthos seems to be the better reading); Quintus
Smyrnaeus, Post- homerica, vi. 253 (orthros) ; Scholiast on Pindar, ..."
5. Selected Essays on Language, Mythology and Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1881)
"... like orthros and Kerberos, is a being with three heads or three bodies ...
nay, like orthros and Kerberos, ..."
6. The Greek Epic by George Charles Winter Warr (1895)
"the isle Erytheia (290) with orthros (?) and Eurytion the herdsman, when he
crossed the ford of Ocean and ... orthros (vl Orthos) is identified by Prof. ..."
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