A.attaining his aim, epith. of Apollo, Il. 1.14, al. ; also Ἑκηβόλος alone, ib. 96, h.Ap.45, Pi. Pae.9.38, al. ; of Artemis, S. Fr.401 ; “ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρες” E. Ion 213 (lyr.) ; “τόξα” A. Pr.711, Eu.628 ; “σφενδόναι” E. Ph.1142 ; “ἔθνος ὀϊστῶν” Opp. H.4.205 ; in later Prose, “ἑ. βέλη” Plb.13.3.4 ; “μάχαι” D.H. 10.16 ; “ἑ. ἄνδρες” Plu. Luc.28 ; “τὰ ἑ.” Onos. 20.1 ; τοξεύματα, ὅπλα, Ael. Tact.2.8, Arr. Tact.3.3 ; “τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοι” Agath.3.17 : Dor. Sup. “ἑκαβολέστατος” Archyt. ap. Iamb. Protr.4. Adv. -ιως“, τοξεύειν” Ath. 1.25d. (Understood by later writers as far-shooting (ἑκάς).)
ἑκηβόλος , Dor. ἑκα_βόλος , ον, (ἑκών, βάλλω)