labrys

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Labrys is, according to Plutarch, the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. In Greek it was called πέλεκυς (pélekys). The plural of labrys is labryes (λάβρυες).

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doble-bitted axe; double-headed axe
double-bitted axe, war axeGreek mythology, 


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