περιφάνεια

A. conspicuousness, πολλὴ π. τῆς χώρης ἐστί it is thoroughly known, Hdt. 4.24; τοσαύτη π. τοῦ πράγματός ἐστι D. 45.2, cf. Is. 7.28; διὰ τὴν π. τῶν ἀδικημάτων D. 29.1 ; ἐκ π. ὁρᾶσθαι on every side, D.H. Comp. 22,23 ; celebrity, distinction, Jul. Or. 3.108d.

II. = ἐπιφάνεια 11, superficial appearance, Plu. 2.674a.