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  1. αι33ΑἰγεῖονAigeion, Aegeum… generally OCD(4) p.16). [1] Harpokration uses a more plausible term, "hero-shrine" [heroon] - which indeed appears here too, in the final sentence. [2] Dinarchus fr. III.2 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. η545ἩρώδηςHerodesc. AD 101-177. See generally RE 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] …Matched in noteshighmedium
  3. κ1622Κιμώνεια λείψαναKimoneian remains… that the Cypriots of Kition, where Kimon died, maintained a hero-cult of him.Matched in noteshighshort
  4. μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… life had yielded to the archetypical mythology of a founding hero is remarkable. Although the mythological accounts of the city's founding are confused, in brief Constantine triumphed over Byzas, the eponymous, pagan founder of …Matched in noteshighmedium
  5. λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrine… Hagnous referred to at Plutarch, Theseus 13.2-3 (Emily Kearns, The Heroes of Attica (London 1989) 181). The daughters were probably worshipped at the Leokoreion, which was most probably somewhere in the Agora, although a …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. ε2629Ἐπίστιονship-shed, ship-slip… LSJ s.v. This definition of it comes from glosses on Herodotus -- see next note -- and there is something similar in Hesychius (epsilon5253). [2] An abridgment of Herodotus 5.72.1, where however epistia has …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. α2163Ἀνδρεώνmen's quartersLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. From glosses on Herodotus 1.34.3 (web address 1), where the headword a)ndrew/n occurs in the genitive plural. The Attic form is a)ndrw/n. For its feminine counterpart in gender-segregation of ancient living-quarters …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. ε2355Ἐπικάρσιονangled, crosswise… plural occurs (web address 1). [2] From a gloss on Herodotus 7.36.1, where he does indeed use the word (of Xerxes spanning the Hellespont with a bridge of ships laid together thus: web address …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. κ2573Κοιτώνbed-chamber, bedroomLikewise ps.-Herodian 74; see also koi=tos (kappa 2572), koi/th (kappa 2569).Matched in noteshighshort
  10. κ1454ΚεφρήνKephren, CephrenThat of a pyramid-building king of Egypt (Chephren in Herodotus 2.127: web address 1), successor to his brother Chemmis/Cheops: Hecataeus FGrH 3A F25, in Diodorus Siculus 1.64.1-6.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α2550Ἀνόκαιονupper floorSame or similar entry in other lexica. According to ps.-Herodian and Hesychius, this is a variant of a)nw/gewn. cf. already alpha 1819, and again alpha 2582. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.29 (web address 1); Antiphanes …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. ι670Ἰσοϋψεῖςequal in height… to 'Siphnos', which is known to have had silver mines (Herodotus 3.57; sigma 511). Bernhardy went for lower-case stu/flos.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. ε3216Ἑστιατορεῖονfeasting-hall… found only in grammarians. For the -o/rion form see e.g. Herodotus 4.35.4 (Ionic), Pausanias 5.15.12. [1] Strictly speaking a trape/zion should be a "little table" (diminutive of tra/peza, tau 906), but in late Greek …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. ε2595Ἐπισπαστῆρεςdoor-pulls… perhaps the entry is generated by the genitive plural in Herodotus 6.91.2 (web address 1). See also epsilon 2596. [1] 'Pulled back and set to' is a rather recherché way of saying 'opened and …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. α4703Ἀχθοφόρονburden-bearing… and other Egyptian monuments, as transmitted in book 2 of Herodotus (see esp. 2.124.2-3, 2.136.3-4); cf. alpha 3819.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. ν240Νεώσοικοιneosoikoi, shipsheds… Theodoridis. For this headword cf. already under nu 235. [2] Herodotus 3.45.4 (web address 1)Matched in noteshighshort
  17. δ1251Διώροφονtwo-storey… related to it). For the explanation and the etymology see Herodian, Partitiones 20.10 diw/rofos oi)=kos: o( du/w o)ro/fous e)/xwn; 204.1, where the word is compared to such similar adjectives as a)nw/rofos, triw/rofos, poluw/rofos, o(mw/rofos; …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. α3797Ἀργυρόπεζαsilver-footed… sat as he watched the sea-battle (sc. of Salamis); cf. Herodotus 8.90 (web address 3). [4] See e.g. Demosthenes 24.129 (web address 4).Matched in noteshighshort
  19. α1043ἈκυληΐαAquileia… *\Akulh/ios, but the Suda's form is the norm in (e.g.) Herodian's History.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. μ381ΜέγαραchambersThe primary headword is a neuter noun in the nominative/accusative plural. In its plural forms this noun often means halls or palace, as typically in Homer (e.g. Iliad 9.463: web address 1). [1] The …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… "arch-general" would be the Archangel Michael. [4] See on this Herodotus 1.66: a Delphic oracular response given to the Spartans in respect of their territorial designs on Arkadia in the mid C6 BCE. For …Matched in noteshighmedium
  22. ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… might refer, but not exclusively (more ambiguously Pollux 7.46.3). Unless Herodian (1.16.3) and Irenaios (1.7.2) are being pleonastic, the sense of the headword can be separate from purple-ness. See also alpha 3460 and beta …Matched in noteshighmedium
  23. μ134Μανδαλωτόνbolted-shut… were contemporary slang for something fashionable. They arouse, however, an erotic tickling "under his seat" and, as the entry here and the scholia explain, they evoke types of kisses (cf. the explanatory translation at …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. κ2804Κυψελιδῶν ἀνάθημα ἐν ὈλυμπίᾳKypselids' dedication in Olympia; Cypselids' dedication in Olympia… On Olympia', i.e. peri not the numeral p. [5] cf. Herodotos 5.92: 'Having thus got the tyranny, he showed himself a harsh ruler -- many of the Corinthians he drove into banishment, many he …Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… Herakles' lover: scholia vetera on Aristophanes, Frogs 650-1, reading tou= e)rome/nou tou= *(hrakle/ous. Except for that word, the Suda reproduces the scholion; hence Küster's integration of e)rome/nou tou=, rejected by Adler. The same omission …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. μ131ΜαναΐμManaim, Manane… weights and measures, including the size of the modius, at Heron Stereometrica 2.54 (cf. Corcoran 1995). This was apparently part of an empire-wide effort introduced in 369/370 under both Valentinian and Valens, as confirmed …Matched in noteshighmedium

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