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Ἡφαιστίωνα (Hephaistiona)

Ἡφαιστίωνα is an Ancient Greek form of Ἡφαιστίων, meaning “Hephaistion — Hephaestion, Alexander’s close friend”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 4.2.14: Στοιχεῖα πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον περὶ βασιλείας δ. Πρὸς Ἀρύβαν. Πρὸς Ἡφαιστίωνα. Περὶ γεωμετρίας α′ β′. Στίχοι μκβδσλθ′. Ἀθηναῖοι δ′ ὅμως αὐτὸν ὄντα τοιοῦτον ἐπίπρασκόν ποτε, τὸ μετοίκιον ἀ …

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 3.27.4: Ἀλέξανδρος δέ, καταστήσας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἑταίρους ἱππάρχας δύο, Ἡφαιστίωνά τε τὸν Ἀμύντορος καὶ Κλεῖτον τὸν Δρωπίδου, καὶ δίχα διελὼν τὴν τάξιν τῶν ἑταίρων, ὅτι οὐδὲ φίλτατον ἂν ἠβούλε …

All forms of Ἡφαιστίων (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.