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David Whitehead4
Jennifer Benedict3
Robert Dyer2
Wm. Blake Tyrrell2
Anne Mahoney1
Antonella Ippolito1

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Lee Fields1
Marta Steele1
Oliver Phillips ✝1
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α4015ἈρσάκηςArsakes, Arsaces… debased, in Hesychius, to the summary entry: a)/rsakes: oi( basilei=s *persw=n)Matched in noteshighmedium
λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthy… 54. This sea-battle took place between the Greek city-states and Persia in 480 BCE in the straits between the Athenian harbor at Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… mouth of Pisetaerus (for a character drawn from Alcibiades 'the persuader of his companions' is a better name than Pisthetaerus; see Dunbar and others), the suffix is intended to represent -isti 'in the fashion/language …

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King 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 and most experienced in the works of war;…

Ἀρσάκης, Πάρθων βασιλεύς· ὃς δόρατι πληγεὶς ἐν τῇ μάχῃ κατὰ τὴν πλευρὰν θνῄσκει, ἀνὴρ γενόμενος τό τε σῶμα κάλλιστος καὶ περιβλεπτότατος καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν βασιλικώτατος καὶ τοῖς ἐς…

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κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… Amphitryon brought, most beautiful memorial of contests at Olympia, having persuaded with words the people of the Hyperboreans, servants of Apollo. With guileless intent he asked for the grove of Zeus that receives all, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3097Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσαRed Sea… Sea: "This name, from a legendary eponymous king of the Persian Gulf, was extended by the ancients to cover all eastern waters, including the Indian Ocean; it specifically referred to the modern Red Sea …Matched in noteshighshort

λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… and Theseus could not get off it in time because Persephone had planted him and his beloved there (in an afterlife metamorphosis, according to the attractive version in Pausanias Att.). This sense appears to …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… and to Hesychius delta1900. [2] The present middle/passive imperative (third person) of the same verb, compounded with the prefix apo-. The expression, which seems a deprecatory formula, could refer to a person and consequently …Matched in noteshighshort

α69ἈβραάμAbraham… in the entry. [6] Christological imagery links Isaac to the personage of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-2 at web address 3 below). See also delta 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the magnitude …Matched in noteshighlong

α1483ἈμάνAman, Haman… the book of Esther, with at least one mistake: the Persian king in the story is not Darius (I) but 'Ahasuerus', reckoned to be D.'s successor Xerxes. For both, see under delta 72, delta …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ94ΔαυίδDavid… to the lineal credential (Matthew 1:1) linking David and the personage of Jesus. [2] The Suda's use of e)poreu/eto truncates the LXX (and George's) syntax: kai\ e)poreu/eto (dieporeu/eto, 2 Kingdoms 5:10) *daui\d poreuo/menos kai\ …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… important elements: 'the consuls crossed safely to Dyrrachion, which some persons, by reason of the following error, consider the same as Epidamnos. A barbarian king of the region, Epidamnos by name, built a city …Matched in noteshighshort

ε78Ἐγκατῳκοδόμησενimmured, walled in… headword (extracted from the quotation) is aorist indicative active, third person singular, of the verb e)gkatoikodome/w. The story is abridged from alpha 1842 (q.v.), but with some alteration -- notably the aorist participle mhni/sas …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3053Ἑρμώνιος χάριςHermonian favour… has other stories.) [1] c.512 BCE. For Dareios I of Persia cf. delta 72, delta 73. (Delta 74 is a later homonym.) [2] For Lemnos, an island in the NE Aegean, cf. lambda 448, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… to Zeus of one talent and a talent for Euthymos personally, saying that Theagenes seemed to them to have entered the boxing contest as an insult to Euthymos. Hence they condemned him to pay …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ31Κάθαμμα λύειςyou are undoing a knot… local legend, whether authentic or fabricated for the occasion, the person who released the fastening would be lord of Asia. Alexander duly solved the problem, either cutting through the fastening to reveal the secret …Matched in noteshighshort

λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; Lakrateides… the name as Lakratidas). [1] King Dareios (Darius) I of Persia, reigned 522-486. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 220.Matched in noteshighshort

χ369ΧόεςChoes, Pitchers… table') for himself; and Plutarch, Moralia 643A refers to a personal table (trapeza idia) for Orestes. People at the Choes were supposed to sit alone when they drank, if possible at their own tables. …Matched in noteshighmedium