ὑμέναιος

A. the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, Il. 18.493, Hes. Sc. 274, A. Ag. 707 (lyr.), E. IA 1036 (lyr., s. v.l.): pl., παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων Pi. P. 3.17, cf. E. Alc. 922 (anap.), etc.: Aeol. ὐμήναος Sapph. 91, Epigr.Gr. 418.7 (Cyrene): a form ὑμήναιος in Call. Aet. 3.1.43.

2. wedding, S. OT 422, E. Ion 1475 (lyr.): pl., S. Ant. 813 (lyr.), E. IA 123 (lyr.), Phld. Mus. p.68K.

II. = Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναῑ ἄναζ E. Tr. 314; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναῑ Ὑμήν ib.331; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναῑ ὦ Ar. Pax 1335; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναῑ ὦ Id. Av. 1736,1742; Dor. Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε Theoc. 18.58; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων Opp. C. 1.341.