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α524ἈδράστειαAdrasteiaSome say she is the same thing as Nemesis, and that she took the name from a particular king, Adrastos. Alternatively from the ancient Adrastos who suffered divine wrath [nemesis] for his boasts against …highmedium
α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …highmedium
α774ἈκαδημίαAcademyA place of exercise in Athens, a wooded suburb in which Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds …highmedium
α878Ἀκκιζόμενοςacting coyly, being prudish, toying[Meaning one who is] dissembling, acting female, or pretending, from some stupid woman who was named Akko. It also signifies the man saying something but pretending not to want to. And Aelian [writes]: "she …highmedium
α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at SagraA proverb in reference to things that are true, but are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the proverb. They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at …highmedium
α1183Ἀληλεσμένονground-upThucydides [writes]: "and to buy the ground-up corn they wanted for a lot of money". Also [sc. the phrase] a)lhlesme/non bi/on ["a ground-up life"] some applied to those used to living on acorns, but …highmedium
α1258Ἀλιτήριοιsinners[Meaning] offenders, but they used to be called a)lith/rioi ["sinners"] for the following reason: once famine gripped the Athenians, and the poor were seizing the flour [a)/leura] from those milling [it] [a)lou=ntes]. From them, …highmedium
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days[Meaning] those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus …highmedium
α1483ἈμάνAman, HamanThis man managed the regal affairs of Darius and promised to bring in many talents to the king, if he destroyed the Judaeans. As he prevailed, a message was sent out to all the …highmedium
α1684Ἄμυρις μαίνεταιAmyris is madThe proverb refers to the man of sound mind. For a sacred envoy [theoros] had been sent to Delphi by [the] Sybarites concerning their good fortune, and the god had prophesied that there would …highmedium
α1685Ἀμύσσεινto mangle[Meaning] to agitate, to lacerate, to scrape, to tear at. "Now mangling his cheeks with his talons, now pecking his eyes with his beak." "When he came out of his own division, a raven …highmedium
α1751ἈμφίωνAmphionThis man [was the] discoverer of ancient music. Concerning him, the Transgressor says in a letter: "for you have leisure, and you possess a fine nature, and you love philosophy, if anyone ever has; …highmedium
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasianAnagyrous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Erechtheis, the demesman from which [is an] Anagyrasian. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit". And [there is] a shrine of Anagyros in …highmedium
α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsisThe son of Gnouros and of a Greek mother, a Scythian, a philosopher, brother of Kadui[d]as the king of Scythia. He wrote Customs of the Scythians in verses, Concerning the simplicity of those things …highmedium
α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarriesA proverb in reference to those not prepared to put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when …highmedium
α2940ἈπατούριαApatouria, ApaturiaA public festival. It was celebrated amongst [the] Athenians for three days; during it the son of Sitalkes, the king of the Thracians, was registered in the citizenry. They call the first [day] Dorpeia, …highmedium
α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messengerMenander in Dedicated Girl or Messenian Woman [uses the phrase]. From the proverb [about the] "Arabian piper". "So I started an Arabian pipe going"; it is applied to those who speak incessantly. Long ago, …highmedium
α3838Ἄρειος πάγοςAres' hill; Areiopagos, AreopagusA lawcourt at Athens. In it [are] 2 councils: that of the 500 which is appointed each year to deliberate, and that which [leads] to a single [body] of the Areopagites. [sc. The latter] …highmedium
α3863ἈρρηφορίαarrêphoriaA sacrifice [of that name]. If [it is written] with an alpha, [it is] a)rrhfori/a ["carrying of things that cannot be named"], since the maidens used to carry in boxes things that cannot be …highmedium
α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus[The name of] one of the Giants, [the one] who survived. But [sc. a different name is] Aristeus, [genitive] Aristeos. And Aristion likewise. He is a Samian or Plataian, and, since a lad, a …highmedium
α3958Ἄρκτος ἢ ΒραυρωνίοιςI was a bear at the BrauroniaWomen playing the bear used to celebrate a festival for Artemis dressed in saffron robes; not older than 10 years nor less than 5; appeasing the goddess. The reason was that a wild bear …highmedium
α4015ἈρσάκηςArsakes, ArsacesKing of [the] Parthians; he died after being struck by a spear against his rib in battle, a man most attractive in body and most pleasing to look at and most kingly in spirit …highmedium
α4104ἈρχίαςArchias[Archias], a Syracusan, and Myskellos, an Achaian, had come to Delphi at the same time and they were asking to receive a good prophecy for the cities they were about to colonize, [about] what …highmedium
α4290ἈσσύριοιAssyriansThese men were called after a certain giant named Syrus, from whom the country took its name. And from the Assyrians the Syrians too were named. Alternatively from Asshur, the son of Shem, the …highmedium
α4653ἈφροδίτηAphrodite, VenusThey sculpt the statue of her holding a comb, since a pestilential itch once afflicted the womenfolk of the Romans, and when they all shaved themselves, their combs became useless to them; they prayed …highmedium
αι23Αἰγαῖον πέλαγοςAegean seaThus called from a story. Theseus, the son of Aegeus the king of Attica, ruled the Cretans and pursued the Minotaur into the area of the labyrinth and killed him when he was hidden …highmedium
αι77ΑἴγυπτοςAigyptos, Aegyptus, EgyptA personal name. Also the country of the Egyptians. [Note] that when Hermes, the son of Pekos who is also Zeus, arrived, Mestrem was the king of those there; his was the name they …highmedium
β99ΒάραθρονpitA certain well-like and dark chasm in Attica, in which they used to throw evil-doers; in this chasm there were hooks, some on top and some below. There they threw the Phrygian [priest] of …highmedium
β229Βεκεσέληνεbekeselene[Meaning] old, that is, most/very foolish. It is formed from prose/lhne. For they called the Arcadians prose/lhnoi ["before the moon"] because they claimed to be the oldest [people] and to have arisen before the …highmedium
β265ΒηρούνιονBerounion, VirunumName of a city. For the Noricians are a people, where a divinely-sent monster of a boar was ravaging the land, and everyone who tried to attack it achieved nothing, until a certain man, …highmedium