Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or celebrating victory.
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- adjective Of, related to, or resembling a certain type of Greek
ode in honor of a victoriousathlete - noun A Greek
ode in honor of a victoriousathlete
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It is also said, that he allowed chaplets to be placed on his head, and accepted invitations to sumptuous feasts, at which he wore a triumphal vest; and Victories [160] which were contrived to move by machinery, descended and distributed golden trophies and crowns, and companies of youths and women sang epinician hymns in honour of him.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III. 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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