Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at keos.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Keos.

Examples

  • This has meant I had to abandon my much-loved Look Keos.

    Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Chainring flex, mid-foot cleats, bottom bracket drilling and more 2011

  • When the great lyric poet Simonides of Keos wrote, in his old age, the famous epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae — 'Go tell the Spartans that here we lie' — the word we translate as 'tell' was angellein.

    Winged Messages Mendelsohn, Daniel 2004

  • Ionians stood indeed against them in array, but when they joined battle they had very much the worse; and besides other persons of note whom the Persians slaughtered, there fell also Eualkides commander of the Eretrians, a man who had won wreaths in contests of the games and who was much celebrated by Simonides of Keos: and those of them who survived the battle dispersed to their various cities.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • He had been costly to hire, by Keos reckoning, where most things are paid in kind.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

  • So I embraced him, told him to take good care of himself, and said that if I had any success, all Keos should hear my teacher's name.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

  • It had long been out of my thoughts, to sing in Keos.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

  • He had been ten days on Keos, a guest in the bride's household, teaching the girls the wedding song and the dance.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

  • Meantime, I crossed to Keos, mostly to see Philomache.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

  • Not knowing Keos, he must have found this occupation surprising in my father's son.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

  • This should have happened to him at home on Keos, where old custom met his need.

    The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.