Ainos
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
ainos · praise
in the texts
Iliad
The praise or speech of Nestor that Achilles listens to before turning to the boxing contest.
Thereon the son of Peleus, when he had listened to all the praise [ ainos] of Nestor, went about among the concourse of the Achaeans, and presently offered prizes for skill in the painful art of boxing.
Odyssey
The concept of a crafted story or fable (ainos), used by Eumaios to describe and praise the stranger's tale.
And Eumaios answered, "Old man, you have told us an excellent story [ ainos], and have said nothing so far but what is quite satisfactory;