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δ1596Δυσαρεστούμενοςdispleased… wall (cf. Thucydides 1.10), but the hellenistic period was another matter: a rudimentary ditch-and-palisade was built in c.317 (Diodorus Siculus 18.75.2, 19.35.1), and the (authentic) circuit-wall referred to here had been built by Nabis …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1449ΔῶμαhouseSame material, variously, in other lexica. cf. delta 1437. [1] Diminutive of dw=ma.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2744Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… three-sided planks, on which the [sc. Athenians'] laws about sacred matters were written as well as the civic ones. And those having the laws concerning private matters were called axles and were rectangular. Axles …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4439Αὐλίαcourtyard[1] (cf. alpha 4436.) Same material, variously, in other lexica. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
γ220ΓεῖσοςparapetSimilar material, variously, in other lexica. The twin primary headwords apply usually to the coping or cornice on a roof or wall that shelters the wall and those under it from rain or falling …Matched in noteshighshort
α2648Ἀντήρειςanswering, set-over-against… adjective a)nth/rhs. [1] Sophocles, Electra 89-90 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there; cf. pi 1673, phi 88. [2] See LSJ s.v. a)nthri/s (sic), II.Matched in noteshighshort
ε926Ἐμάλθαξανthey softened… extracted from the quotation given. [1] Or perhaps "baskets of material". [2] This (unidentifiable) quotation is repeated in a slightly altered form at pi 445. The Dutch scholar Tiberius Hemsterhuys (1685-1766) proposed conjoining it …Matched in noteshighshort
ι428ἸουβενάλιοςJuvenal… s.v. (though there is more on this dubious ancient biographical material -- in this instance from John Malalas, Chronographia p.263 Dindorf (now X.49 Thurn) -- in Gilbert Highet's entry for OCD(2) s.v.). [1] Or: …Matched in noteshighshort
α2077ἈναστάσιοςAnastasios, Anastasius… at De imperatoribus Romanis: web address 1. The present entry's material is John of Antioch frs.215-216 FHG (4.621), now = frs. 312-313 Roberto, with additional material (for which see notes 2-5 below). [1] What …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth[1] Same or similar material in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda10 Theodoridis. [2] Also, already, in Hesychius lambda33. [3] Greek Anthology 6.224.1-2 (Theodoridas); on a shell found at the seashore, dedicated …Matched in noteshighshort
μ354Μεγακλέους κίοναςMegakles' pillars, Megacles' pillars… thus: "i.e. having gone over to the house of your maternal uncle, Megakles, eat up the columns of that house, which are the only things remaining now that you have devoured everything else" (a)ll' …Matched in noteshighshort
α3416Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνηLake ApolloniasAdler attributed this material to John of Antioch (Neos Hellenomnemon 1.13.2-7), noting also the suggestion of Johann Schweighaeuser (1742-1830) that its ultimate source is Polybius. See now John fr.145.1 Roberto (220-221). [1] Attalos II …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… and admiring his skill, he took hold of the roofing material and threw it back, before they could come around to encircle him, and jumped down through the roof."Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2446ΚρίσκοςCrispusThis material (apart from the final "editorial" comment) comes from Zosimus 2.29. [1] The Suda gives the name here as Criscus (Kriskos) and at pi 2302 as Priscus. [2] This "mysterious scandal" (OCD(4) p.364) …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1003Μητραγύρτηςbegging-priest (of Cybele)… Theodoridis) and similarly elsewhere. The more distant origin of this material is uncertain. On the establishment of Athens' city archive in the Metroon (mu 1013), probably at the end of the fifth century BCE …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ668ΜεσομήδηςMesomedes… [4] sigma 1337. [5] See generally nu 473. [6] This material = Cassius Dio 77.13.7.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ801ΜέτωνMeton[1] His 19-year cycle. See epsilon 1331. [2] Material from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 997, where Meton appears and gives his name (web address 1). Sense can be made out of their confusing …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ381Μέγαραchambers… 81.1; and Hesychius mu 483 (s.v. me/gara). [2] For this material see also the Synagoge, Photius (Lexicon mu175 Theodoridis), and Lexica Segueriana 296.9; cf. Hesychius mu489 (s.v. me/garon) and the scholia to Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort
λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrinecf. already lambda 261. For the present material see Aelian, Varia Historia 12.28 (who however gives the name of the first of Leos's three daughters as Praxithea; in Photius and elsewhere it is Phrasithea; …Matched in noteshighshort
γ12ΓάϊοςGaius… alpha 4412, alpha 4413. [3] This sentence seems to combine material from the beginning of the account of George the Monk (see n. 1 above) and the source of gamma 11.Matched in noteshighlong