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α69ἈβραάμAbraham… part directly from George the Monk, in part indirectly from Philo of Alexandria; see further in the notes below. [1] cf. Matthew 27:25 (web address 1). [2] The Suda's attention to Chaldean astrology derives …Matched in noteshighlong
ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… of matter. The sentence seems incomplete. [2] Greek and Egyptian philosophy evidently cannot be reconciled. [3] Greek religion has borrowed some beliefs from Egypt, including the idea of metempsychosis.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarries[1] Likewise or similarly in the paroemiographers. [2] Philoxenus of Cythera (c.435-380); OCD(4) pp.1137-8, s.v. 'Philoxenos(1)'. While he was resident at the court of Dionysius I, he slighted the bad verses of the tyrant …Matched in noteshighmedium
β478ΒούχεταBoucheta, Bucheta… [2] So the transmitted Suda text, but Harpokration s.v. says "Philostephanos in his Matters Epeirote" (fr. 9a FHG). [3] delta 283. The Barrington Atlas gives four possible forms; Bouchetion?, Bouchaition, Boucheta, Boucheton. (The Latin …Matched in noteshighshort
α775ἈκαδημίαAcademy… J. Glucker's rehabilitation of Aemilius Portus' correction of 'school of philoi' to 'school of philosophers' and cites by way of confirmation a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 1005 (p. 195 Holwerda). A simple misunderstanding of …Matched in noteshighshort
α1372ἉλῶαHaloa… by the mention of this festival in [Demosthenes] 59.116. [1] Philochorus FGrH 328 F83; cf. generally alpha 1305, alpha 1321, alpha 1330, alpha 1373.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… (6.26 Kaibel); Plutarch, Themistocles 12); it was also where the philosophical school of the Cynics was founded by Antisthenes (Diogenes Laertius 6.16; alpha 2723). Pausanias 1.19.3 describes the altars devoted to mythological figures related …Matched in noteshighshort
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… Atticist, Photius, and others. [3] Demagoras fr. 3 FHG (4.378); Philochorus FGrH 328 F186. (For Philochorus see phi 441 and generally OCD(4) s.v.) The numbers in the text of the Suda are corrupt and …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drinkFor the headword phrase see Sophocles, Philoctetes 1461: 'o springs and Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.Matched in noteshighshort
γ22ΓαλάτειαGalateia, Galatea… Best-known for the story, first ascribed to the dithyrambic poet Philoxenus of Kythera (phi 393), of the love of the cyclops Polyphemus for her (see theta 475). Philoxenus was writing in the court of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ505Λιγύμοχθοςshrill-distressed… (see web address 1). For the myth of the nightingale Philomela and her son Itys, see Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.424-674 (and cf. alpha 651).Matched in noteshighshort
α3859Ἀρητήσιον πεδίονAretesian plainAccording to Philochorus FGrH 328 F19 there was a place (topos) called Aretesion in Attica, so called because Theseus called down curses (arai) on his enemies there. However, Plutarch (Theseus 35), calls it the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ94Μαλακόςdelicate, soft, mildFrom John Philoponus, Commentaries on Aristotle's de anima 388.18-34. For the headword see also mu 93. [1] Philoponus says "soft-fleshed" (malako/sarkos) rather than "more/most delicate." [2] The negative is lacking in Philoponus: "alleges the …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ21ΚάδμοςKadmos, Cadmus… 1685), by Zenodotus. On this eulogy for the founder of philosophical Stoicism (cf. zeta 79), see Gow and Page, vol. I (198-199), vol. II (557-558), and another extract at alpha 4387.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1360ΚεραμίςKeramis, Ceramis, Kerameis… Jensen and citing Diodorus the Periegete (FGrH 372 F18) and Philochorus (FGrH 328 F5) for the information given.Matched in noteshighshort
β357ΒοηδρομίαBoedromia… commenting on the headword's appearance in Demosthenes 3.31 (and citing Philochorus FGrH 328 F13). [1] cf. already beta 356. [2] His name has fallen out of the text here: Ion. Xouthos is mentioned at …Matched in noteshighshort
η132ἨετιώνειαEetioneia, Eetionia… on Antiphon fr. 5 Sauppe and going on to cite Philochorus (FGrH 328 F72) and Thucydides (8.90-92). [1] (Also in Stephanus of Byzantium and elsewhere.) Meaning "other" than the Akte peninsula; the northerly and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1936Ἐπακτρία χώραEpaktrian territory… -- bears some general resemblance to Strabo 9.1.20, which cites Philochorus FGrH 328 F94 on the twelve ancient poleis of Attica, but there is extra, implausible detail. [1] For Kekrops see kappa 1271, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThe principal source of this material is a fragment of Philochorus (FGrH 328 F202) preserved in the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3248Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακταιevils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated… e)/sxata e)sxa/twn kaka/, 'evils ultimate of ultimates' (deriving from Sophocles, Philoctetes 65) -- evils that can be either inflicted, as here, or suffered. For the former cf. Aelius Aristides, In response to Plato on …Matched in noteshighshort
α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up… 54) find Laqueur's (148) arguments for Eupator, son of Ptolemy Philometor (reigned 180-ca.145 BCE) and Chichorius, to be very strong.Matched in noteshighshort
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued from the volcano on the island which was reputedly Hephaistos' forge. The present headword phrase itself …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… some form of words involving the name of the Attidographer Philochorus; cf. FGrH 328 F72.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… pastiche of tragic laments (cf. its later use at Sophocles, Philoctetes 743, 790). See also iota 56. Modern texts read the same phrase twice: a)ttatai\ a)ttatai/. The prefix para- is used in Byzantine literary …Matched in noteshighlong
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… entry, from "10 cubits tall.." on, is a quotation from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 3.20.2-3, in a story about how the Ethiopians supposedly came to leave their original homeland in India and …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… hence "conjure away" (Plutarch, Cato Maior 22 met' eu)prepei/as tou\s filoso/fous e)k th=s po/lews) or "chase away" a pollution (Cassius Dio 37.46.1 mi/asma, a damage (Iamblicus, On the Mysteries 1.13.21 bla/bhn, every kind of …Matched in noteshighshort