large shield; doorstone
Ancient Greek word, found 169 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 9.240: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ ἐπέθηκε θυρεὸν μέγαν ὑψόσʼ ἀείρας,
Herodotus, Histories 2.48.1: τῷ δὲ Διονύσῳ τῆς ὁρτῆς τῇ δορπίῃ χοῖρον πρὸ τῶν θυρέων σφάξας ἕκαστος διδοῖ ἀποφέρεσθαι τὸν χοῖρον αὐτῷ τῷ ἀποδομένῳ τῶν συβωτέων.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.41: τῇ δὲ καὶ αὐτόματοι θυρέων ὑπόειξαν ὀχῆες,
All forms of θυρεός