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ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… 3037, epsilon 3038, epsilon 3034) in his capacity as the god who brings prosperity (OCD(4) s.v., 2nd. para.; LIMC 5.285-387, esp. 287-88 "le dieu d'abondance"); it is related to the phallic talisman called the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… Theogenes and Theugenes (each meaning "He Who Is Born Of God[s]) -- won at Olympia in boxing (480 BCE) and in pankration (476). He is reported to have won twelve hundred crowns (Plutarch, Moralia …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1621Δυσερμίαςof ill-luck… to\n *)ermh=n ei)s polla\ parakalei=sqai biwfelh= ("ill-luck: bad fortune; for good fortune is called eu)ermi/a, because Hermes is invoked for many useful things"); cf. epsilon 3442.Matched in noteshighshort
α1241Ἁλίπλαγκτοςsea-roaming… and these explanations are provided by scholiasts thereto. On the god Pan, see generally pi 147, and OCD(4) s.v. (p.1072). [1] Salamis (480 BCE), evidently. [2] Typhon: see OCD(4) s.v. (p.1522).Matched in noteshighshort
α4104ἈρχίαςArchias… kappa 2482. [8] Plato, Gorgias 451E (web address 1 below): good health is best, beauty second, riches -- fairly acquired -- third. [9] cf. sigma 644.Matched in noteshighmedium
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… Use of tu/pos here is twofold: 1) To assert that God's appearance to Abraham was indirect (echoing Philo, On Abraham, XVII.79-80); 2) To impart, as if a corollary of tu/pos in Romans 5:14, that …Matched in noteshighlong
α523Ἀδράστεια ΝέμεσιςAdrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos… the Greeks immediately honor Nemesis with a temple, addressing the goddess as Adrasteia." For the temple to Adrasteia Nemesis, see Strabo 13.1.13.Matched in noteshighshort
ι644ἸσμαήλIsmael, Ishmael… the child before its birth (Genesis 16:11), and means: 'may God hear'." See also Genesis 16:5 and Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 1.12.1 (web address 2): "now in a little time Abraham had a son by …Matched in noteshighshort
δ94ΔαυίδDavid… Acts) of Jesus as prophet. Moreover, the "prophetic expectation that God would raise up an ideal Davidic ruler" (Perkins, 630) is partially transferred in the Christian context to the progenitor, or as in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1210Διὸς κῴδιονZeus' ram-fleece… is mostly related to Zeus, but sometimes associated with others gods. The cult of Zeus Meilichios featured the offer of cakes or sacrificial animals and was especially celebrated during the Diasia, an important Athenian …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1185ΔιόνυσοςDionysos, DionysusThe god of wine, at whose festivals in Athens tragedies and comedies were presented. See generally OCD(4) 461-4. cf. beta 51, beta 52, beta 53, beta 54, beta 55, beta 56, beta 57, beta …Matched in noteshighshort
α947Ἀκωδώνιστονunbelled… that could tolerate the sound of a bell would be good fighting birds. But other explanations were proffered besides the two given here: testing horses, testing fired pottery, and (cf. Frogs 723) testing money.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… (The Wrath of Athena 158-159). Clay observes that the Homeric gods intervene in human space because of "their knowledge of the physis [nature] of things as exemplified by the herb, moly." As Homer describes …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… by ancient commentators to be used in praying to the gods as e)/popoi 'overseers' (web address 1). The word e)/popos, with recessive accent, is attested only in scholarly works (Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad …Matched in noteshighlong
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… if we are not as we should be towards the gods, we shall be split in two a second time and will go around like those profile bas-reliefs on the stelae (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3863Ἀρρηφορίαarrêphoriacf. generally alpha 3860, alpha 3861. [1] Athena. [2] (And goddess of the dew.) From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 642. In this passage the verb a)rrhfore/w occurs in the imperfect h)rrhfo/roun, where the …Matched in noteshighmedium
η445ἬπυτονEpyton… arose from a mythological episode where Proteus called on the gods from its summit. Unlocated.Matched in noteshighshort
α2555Ἄνομοςlawless, unlawful… his father Tantalus, in order to test his guests the Gods. Only Demeter, mourning the loss of her daughter, failed to notice, and ate part of his shoulder; the other Gods restored him to …Matched in noteshighshort
η449ἭραHera[1] A folk-etymology for the name of the goddess Hera; cf. eta 503. [2] ps.-Codinus, Patria Constantinopoleos 2.5 (= Preger, Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum 153.7-11).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3731Εὐρυσθενήςof far-extended might.… epic epithet for Poseidon (though used by Pindar for other gods, cities, etc.). Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.201, where the headword occurs in …Matched in noteshighshort
β475ΒουφόνιαBouphonia; Ox-slaying… either means a cereal-based cake or pottage offered to the gods. See generally pi 927, pi 928, pi 2051. [2] For the Diipoleia see delta 1045.Matched in noteshighshort
α1292ἈλκμαιονίδαιAlkmaionidai, Alkmeonidai, Alcmaeonidae, Alcmeonids… apart by his own hunting-dogs after he had seen the goddess Artemis bathing.)Matched in noteshighshort
α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus… Hercher). On the mythological Giants and their battle with the Gods, see further at the end of the entry, (and OCD(4) pp.616). [2] e.g. that of two Corinthian generals in Thucydides (1.29 [web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying… Iliad 14.291 (web address 1 below), where xalki/s is the gods' name for a bird that the humans call ku/mindis. The addition of this sentence to an entry which has had occasion to mention …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… Sokrates of Kos (or Argos [Myth, Place]), Surnames of the Gods fr. 16 FHG (4.499). How much Sokrates is responsible for --- (a) only what precedes, (b) only what follows, or (c) some of …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… yourself as a suppliant to the shrines of the evil-averting gods". For another instance of the verb in reference to purificatory rituals see Hesychius lambda691 s. v. *le/rnh qeatw=n (The Lerne of the theaters, …Matched in noteshighshort