οὐρανόσ: heaven, i. e. the skies, above and beyond the αἰθήρ, Il. 2.458; and penetrated by the peaks of Mt. Olympus, the home of the gods, hence (θεοὶ ἀθανατοὶ) τοὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσιν, Od. 1.67, etc. The epithets χάλκεος, σιδήρεοσ, etc., are figurative, Il. 17.425, Od. 15.329.
οὐρᾰνόσ, ὁ, Dor. and Boeot. ὠρανόσAlcm.23.16, Theoc.2.147, 5.144, Corinn.Supp.2.79, Hymn.Is.19; Aeol. ὄρανοσ (ὀράνωSapph.37, 64, Alc.34, but ὠράνωSapph.1.11 (s. v.l.), Alc.17 (s. v.l.), and v. Οὐρανία): — never used in pl. by classical writers, v. 1.4: (v. fin.): I.
heaven
: in Hom. and Hes., 1.
vault
or
firmament of heaven, sky
, γαῖα ..ἐγείνατο ἶσον ἑαυτῇ οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα, ἵνα μιν περὶ πάντα καλύπτοιHes.Th.127; ἔχει δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς [Ἄτλας] μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιOd.1.54, cf. A.Pr.351; χάλκεοσIl.17.425; πολύχαλκοσ 5.504, Od.3.2; σιδήρεοσ 15.329; wrapped in clouds, Il.15.192, Od.5.303; above the aether, Il.2.458, 17.425, 19.351, cf. Sch.Il.3.3; even Emp. continued to regard it as solid (στερέμνιον), Placit.2.11.2 (Vorsokr. ip.209); defined as αἰθέρος τὸ ἔσχατον by Zeno Stoic.1.33, cf. Ar.Nu.95 sqq.; ἠέλιος δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐξαπόλωλε, of an eclipse, Od.20.357, cf. S.Aj.845; ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ' οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωταιIl.18.485; Ἕσπερος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ 22.318; οὐρανὸς ἀστερόεισ 6.108,al. 2.
heaven
, as the seat of the gods, outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus (v. Ὄλυμποσ), 15.192, cf.Od.1.67, etc.; οὐ. Οὔλυμπός τεIl.1.497, 8.394; Οὔλυμ πός τε καὶ οὐ. 19.128; πύλαι οὐρανοῦHeaven-gate, i. e. a thick cloud, which the Ὧραι lifted and put down like a trap-door, 5.749, 8.393; so, later, οἱ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ the gods of
, Them.Or.13.166b. III. pr. n., Uranos, son of Erebos and Gaia, Hes.Th.127sq.; but husband of Gaia, parent of Cronos and the Titans (cf. Οὐρανίδησ), ib.106, h.Hom. 30.17, cf. A.Pr.207. (Acc. to Arist.Mu.400a7, from ὅροσ and ἄνω, cf. Pl.Cra.396c. This must be wrong, but the true etym. is doubtful.)