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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
ε3039Ἑρμῆς ὁ πρὸς τῇ πυλίδιHermes by-the-gatePhilochorus FGrH 328 F40 b -- where Jacoby conjectured "with the tribes" in Harpokration s.v., from which the present entry derives. (Harpok. himself had been prompted by the occurrence of the headword phrase in …Matched in noteshighshort
η545ἩρώδηςHerodes… Herodes(13) = Claudius (72); OCD4 Claudius Atticus Herodes(2); PIR2 C802; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.1.545-566. [1] See RE Claudius(71). Herodes' grandfather's name was in fact Hipparchus. [2] [phi 4] Favorinus. [3] [pi 1889] …

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A deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Aegeis; [named] from Diomos the [sc. lover?] of Herakles. Aristophanes [writes]: "it just came across my mind, when the festival of Herakles at Diomea is due to take place". The…

Διόμεια· δῆμος τῆς Αἰγηΐδος φυλῆς· ἀπὸ Διόμου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐφρόντισα, ὁπόθ' Ἡράκλεια τἀν Διομείοις γίνηται. τὸ δὲ Ἡράκλειον ἱερὸν Ἡρακλέους. καὶ Διομειαλαζόνας…

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ε3955Ἔφοροιephors… Ephors were magistrates at Heraclea on the Black Sea. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.27. The use of pitch strips (similar to modern depilatory strips) and male hair removal was regarded as …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, AuxentiusFrom Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 5.2, p. 67-68 Bidez-Winkelmann. Auxentius, bishop of Mopsuestia (not to be confused with several homonyms, cf. upsilon 448), died in 360 CE. [1] In Cilicia; see under theta 154. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

β114Βάρειςbarges… to Hades, Charon, see chi 135. On the ascetic skeptical philosopher, Diogenes the Cynic, cf. delta 1141, delta 1143, and delta 1144.Matched in noteshighshort

β492Βωμόςaltar; podium… from Homer, Iliad 8.48 [2] For Crates (Krates) the Cynic philosopher see generally kappa 2341. One source-extract there appears to refer to this episode (there is mention of an altar) but in different terms; …Matched in noteshighshort

β524ΒραχμάνBrahman, Brachman… Brahmans, and who they were, see generally Richard Stoneman, 'Naked philosophers', Journal of Hellenic Studies 115 (1995) 99-114. [2] Cross-referenced at mu 76. [3] Ganges: gamma 4.Matched in noteshighlong

δ45ΔαμιανόςDamianus, DamianosRE Damianos(2); NP Damianos; PIR2 F253; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.23-4. [1] Again at sigma 1126 (end).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1554Δρύφακτοιrailings… the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 386: an anapaestic trimeter where Philocleon is giving instruction in a solemn form to be buried under the dru/faktoi, that is the wooden railings used in a lawcourt to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1596Δυσαρεστούμενοςdispleased… had been built by Nabis (nu 5) and destroyed by Philopoemen (phi 409). [3] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 180-2 (web address 1); quoted also at epsilon 357. Note the substitution of ei) ('if') here for oi(/ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1120Ἐναποματτόμενοιbeing imaged, receiving an impression… It must be quoted from somewhere; the extant instances include Philo Judaeus and John Chrysostom. See also Hesychius epsilon2652 (aorist infinitive, with gloss to\n tu/pon a)nalabei=n, epsilon2653 (future, with gloss e)napotupw/sei) and epsilon2654 (present …Matched in noteshighshort