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α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… Apostolius 2.96) and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 (Aristophanes) pp.51-52. [3] On hero-cult see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.672). [4] Anagyros, evidently. (At epsilon 78, where this mini-narrative is summarised, the father is the subject -- but …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… Eustathius (1409 on Homer, Odyssey 1.185, copying Strabo) call the hero Polites. According to Strabo the shrine lay near the city of Temesa and was shaded by wild olive trees. The story in epsilon …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… Etymologicum Magnum 545.51, where both are mentioned as possibilities. This hero is named as progenitor for an aristocratic Athenian family, the Kynnidai, who are mentioned in the oratory of Lykourgos (fr. 7.1) and who …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3838Ἄρειος πάγοςAres' hill; Areiopagos, Areopagus… is plural. [2] Hellanicus FGrH 4 F38. For the Attic hero Halirrhothios, son of Poseidon, see already alpha 1243. [3] For the latter see already alpha 3824. (The former could well be an error …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ210ΔελφοίDelphi, Delphoi… then snatched babies from mothers in Argos until the Argive hero Coroebus killed her. Pausanias 1.43.7-8 (web address 1) provides more background to the epigram's story and describes the tomb of Coroebus in the …Matched in noteshighshort
γ22ΓαλάτειαGalateia, Galatea… for the putative connection between Galateia and Galas, the eponymous hero of the region. [3] Not a very common one, but see for instance Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 11.1009 (on a rock-cut inscription from Messenia, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… of Athenian imperialism through mythmaking. Athenians also asserted that their hero Theseus had founded the Isthmian Games. An ancient scholar commenting on hypothesis (b) to Pindar's Isthmian Odes states: "They say that Theseus established …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… Addenda in Etymologicum Gudianum and in Etymologicum Magnum = Aelius Herodianus et ps.-Herodianus, *peri\ o)rqografi/as (A. Lentz, Grammatici Graeci), through the Etymologicum Gudianum. On Epidamnus/Dyrrachium -- present-day Durazzo in Albania -- see already delta …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2843ἘπώνυμοιEponyms… Salaminian could be regarded as an intruder amongst native Athenian heroes; cf. Herodotus 5.66.) [1] C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.LXVII) points out that 'a hundred' (e(kato/n) does not appear in Ph's …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2428ΚρίνιςKrinis, CrinisMentioned in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.39 (in an aition for the cult of Apollo Smintheus, (?)"Mouse-killer"); likewise in ps.-Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort
λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… Harpok. ascribes this phrase to Kritias (88 F35 Diels-Kranz). [4] Herodotus 7.76.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2396Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκειςyou are dragging [me] on a carding-comb… not here (but cf. kappa 1854), is the episode in Herodotus 1.92.4 (cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858E) of Croesus doing this to the friend of Pantaleon (e)pi\ kna/fou e(/lkwn die/fqeire). For …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1271ΚεκροπίςKekropis, Cecropis… term Kekropis), and kappa 1272. [1] So called in e.g. Herodotus 8.44.2.Matched in noteshighshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… with scholion. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 925; Herodian 1.184.16.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4591ἈφέταιAphetai, Aphetae… Incorrect. Our primary source on the episode in question here (Herodotus 7.188ff.) makes it clear that Aphetai is far to the north of Attica, in Thessaly; see also Strabo 9.5.15 & 18. Perhaps just …Matched in noteshighshort
ε861Ἐλινύεινto rest… attestation of the verb used in a transitive sense. [4] Herodotos 7.56.1 (web address 1). [5] Roos designates the two quotations which follow as fr. 10 amongst the fragments to be assigned either to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2403Κρησφύγεταplaces of refugeThe word occurs first in Herodotus 5.124.2 (web address 1), and the present entry derives from glosses both there and elsewhere (Lucian, 236.27 Rabe). See LSJ s.v. (web address 2). [1] See mu 1092.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3053Ἑρμώνιος χάριςHermonian favourcf. Zenobius 3.85 and, for the "history", Diodorus Siculus 10.19.6. (Herodotus 6.137-140 has other stories.) [1] c.512 BCE. For Dareios I of Persia cf. delta 72, delta 73. (Delta 74 is a later homonym.) …Matched in noteshighshort
γ473Γύγου δακτύλιοςGyges' ring… king of Lydia in c.680 BCE is radically different (see Herodotus 1.8-14, at web address 1); the version here summarizes Plato, Republic 359C-360B (web address 2). [1] For the noun sfendo/nh in this sense, …Matched in noteshighshort
α3863Ἀρρηφορίαarrêphoria… hence the issue discussed here; cf. epsilon 3081, and e.g. Herodian 2.479.3. [3] Epic/poetic genitive, evidently quoted from somewhere. [4] Aelian fr. 307 Domingo-Forasté (310 Hercher); more fully at pi 150.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsis… Gagarin in OCD(4) s.v. (p.77). Anacharsis is first mentioned in Herodotus (4.46 & 76-77). Most of the present entry's material is taken from Diogenes Laertius 1.101-105. (Some has already appeared under alpha 258.) [1] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1685Ἀμύσσεινto mangle… is paralleled in other lexica, and also in glosses on Herodotus 3.76.3 (which has the participle a)mu/ssonta). See web address 1. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 15.1.2. [3] John of Antioch fr. 49 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… somewhere, presumably one of the authors cited (besides whom see Herodotus 7.155: web address 1). [1] Timaeus FGrH 566 F8. [2] Aristotle fr.586 Rose (603 Gigon). [3] cf. Zenobius 4.54 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1569ΔύμαςDymas… (in Sparta) Dymanis (scholia on Pindar, Pythian 1.121) or Dymanatai (Herodotus 5.68.13), a certain Dymas (stem Dyman-; erroneously Dymant- at Pausanias 7.17.6. and Lycophron, Alexandra 1388), son of Aigimios (Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dymanes …Matched in noteshighshort
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… smell of murex-dye factories." See web address 2. [5] cf. Herodotus 6.138.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… (OCD(4) 124 'Apollonius (13)'; cf. bibliography below) and his son Herodian (OCD(4) 674 'Herodian(1)''; see bibliography below). The majority of the examples in the Suda can be found in a treatise on grammar attributed …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… Sophocles' play, is talking of the lots that the Greek heroes cast in a helmet at Homer, Iliad 7.175ff. (web address 2), to choose one to fight the duel with Hector. Teucer reports the …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ586Χρυσοχοεῖονgoldsmithy… [3] For the idea of gold-digging ants (in India) cf. Herodotus 3.102 (web address 2). [4] A poetic term for the Athenians, from their legendary king Kekrops (kappa 1269, kappa 1270, kappa 1271, kappa …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3154Ἐς κόρακαςto the crowsSee also epsilon 3155, and generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.771. [1] Eustathius, in his commentary to Homer, Odyssey 13.408, attributes to a Pausanias (not the topographer but the Attic lexicographer: his fr.183 …Matched in noteshighmedium
β229Βεκεσέληνεbekeselene… alphaiota 68 and pi 2634. The story is told by Herodotus 2.2 (see web address 1).Matched in noteshighmedium