1.Persuasion, esp. that exercised by love. “ποθεινὰ δ᾽ Ἑλλὰς αὐτὰν — δονέοι μάστιγι Πειθοῦς” i. e. because of her love for Jason P. 4.219 ““κρυπταὶ κλαίδες ἐντὶ σοφᾶς Πειθοῦς ἱερᾶν φιλοτάτων”” P. 9.39 “πολύξεναι νεάνιδες, ἀμφίπολοι Πειθοῦς ἐν ἀφνειῷ Κορίνθῳ” i. e. temple prostitutes of Aphrodite fr. 122. 2. “ἐν δ᾽ ἄρα καὶ Τενέδῳ Πειθώ τ̓ ἔναιεν καὶ Χάρις υἱὸν Ἁγησίλα” fr. 123. 14.
Πειθώ (“-ώ, -οῦς”.)
Lexicon to Pindar. William J. Slater. Berlin. De Gruyter. 1969.
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