ankle bone; dice
Ancient Greek word, found 67 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 14.466: νείατον ἀστράγαλον, ἀπὸ δʼ ἄμφω κέρσε τένοντε·
Homer, Odyssey 10.560: ἀστραγάλων ἐάγη, ψυχὴ δʼ Ἄϊδόσδε κατῆλθεν.
Herodotus, Histories 1.94.3: … ς οὐ παύεσθαι, ἄκεα δίζησθαι, ἄλλον δὲ ἄλλο ἐπιμηχανᾶσθαι αὐτῶν. ἐξευρεθῆναι δὴ ὦν τότε καὶ τῶν κύβων καὶ τῶν ἀστραγάλων καὶ τῆς σφαίρης καὶ τῶν ἀλλέων πασέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα, πλὴν πεσσῶν τούτων γὰρ ὦν τὴν ἐξεύρεσιν οὐκ οἰκηιοῦ …
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