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ε3283ἘτεοβουτάδαιEteoboutadai, EteobutadaeCarelessly (see n.1) abridged from Harpokration s.v., itself generated by the mention of the Eteoboutadai in fr.38 Conomis of the C4 orator and statesmen Lycurgus (himself the most famous Eteoboutad). See also beta 466, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1451Ἄλφιbarley-meal… now 201 K.-A. The phenomenon (more commonly known as apocope) itself, however, predates him: LSJ notes an instance of, precisely, a)/lfi in one of the Homeric Hymns. Chantraine s.v. supposes that a)/lfi was the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3353Εὐάew-aa… based on the bleat of the (sacrificed) tragos or billy-goat, itself a symbol of Dionysus that gives its name (we must assume) to tragedy. This gives the point to the sinister last cry of …Matched in noteshighshort
γ473Γύγου δακτύλιοςGyges' ring… For the noun sfendo/nh in this sense, the ring part itself, see LSJ s.v., II.3; and cf. sigma 1726.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1387Ἐν ὅλμῳ ἐκοιμήθη(he) slept in a hollow… Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 344.39-40. First, the verb in the proverb itself is apparently not e)koimh/qh but eu)na/sw, "I will put [you] to bed". Also, the first element of the present gloss should be "Some …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… and Athens (LSJ s.v. kranao/s) --- typically describing the city itself, and not its inhabitants as here. The reference was translated into a mythical Kranaos as progenitor of Attica, as in Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1421Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσοςin every myth (there is) also the defilement of Daedalus… and other paroemiographers. (There is wordplay, mythos/mysos, in the proverb itself which gets lost in translation.) For Daedalus (Daidalos) cf. generally delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109, delta 110; for Pasiphae and …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… island which was reputedly Hephaistos' forge. The present headword phrase itself is presumably a quotation, but unidentifiable. [2] Myrsilos of Methymna (Lesbos), C3-BCE historian: FGrH 477 (where this fragment is F7b). Medea's rivalry with …Matched in noteshighmedium
ν28Ναξιουργὴς κάνθαροςNaxian-made kantharos… a term for all or part of the Great Harbour itself (see Robert Garland, The Piraeus (1987) 9). For the Aphrodision, a shrine, see Garland 150; for the stoas, Garland 152-3.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… kappa1210 Theodoridis, though with some significant differences. For the headword itself, the mss of Photius have some variety of *Kunei=os, omitting the odd uncontracted cluster of vowels present in the Suda's *kunnh/eios. Theodoridis, however, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… in this instance, Harpok. has no entry for the deme itself; see rather epsilon 1179). For the present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On …Matched in noteshighshort
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… adjective for the adverb ("on account of incessant sitting at…"), itself governing e)pi\ + the article and infinitive. [6] Here a new sentence in our text begins "In which" (e)n w|(=), presumably from the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… to my knowledge, been adequately recognized. The chorus has transformed itself into a Bacchic chorus of Maenads. They lift their legs in their dancing or running step (web address 7, web address 8), and …Matched in noteshighlong