Plural of epinikion; victory songs or celebrations, particularly in ancient Greek athletic and military contexts.
From Greek epinikion, from epi- 'upon' + nike 'victory,' with the plural form -ia. This variant spelling reflects different transliteration choices from Greek.
Different scholars spell ancient Greek words differently when they translate them into English—so you'll see 'epinicia' and 'epinikia' meaning the exact same thing! It's like how 'Aristotle' and 'Aristoteles' are the same guy.
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