pa-ra-wa-jo

Knossos, Pylos

Definitions

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: "pair of cheek-pieces" [for a suit of armor], cf. ταπειαί 'cheeks'

Iliad IV.140:
"[...] παρήιον ἔμμεναι ἵππων [...]"
to make a cheekpiece for horses

References

Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Homer, 2003 Iliad (trans. A.T. Murray, ed. William F. Wyatt)

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