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λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… source of this entry nor the identity of the monk Leontius has been identified. [1] Zeno, emperor AD 474 to 491: zeta 83, zeta 84. [2] Abimelech: alpha 45. [3] Bernhardy suggested the emendation …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1563Ἀμείβεσθαιto respond… CE, as ambassador from the emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446), Leontios (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Leontius(5)) negotiated unsuccessfully with Theudibaldos (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Theodebaldus(1)) for a Frankish withdrawal from parts of Italy and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2228Ἐπιβατεῦσαιto take a stand on, to occupy… at omicron 811. The emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446) sends Leontios (cf. alpha 1563 note and PLRE IIIb s.v. Leontius(5)) in 551 CE to negotiate with Theudibaldos (cf. theta 298 and PLRE IIIb s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2480Κροτοθορύβουloud applause… of a letter of Epicurus, quoted in Diogenes Laertius 10.5. Leontion was (allegedly) a courtesan with whom one of E.'s brothers was cohabiting. [1] Not a)nagno/nti soi (Suda) but a)nagno/ntas sou (D.L.).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1598Ἐξεθεάτρισανthey made a spectacle of… the fragment is the 180 BCE embassy of Kallikrates of Leontion to the Roman Senate. Although Polybius (24.10-12, web address 1) and many later historians (cf. Derow, 169) view the Achaean ambassador's advice that …Matched in noteshighshort
β10ΒαβύλαςBabylas… 244-249). For a similar doublet see Chronicon Paschale 503-4, citing Leontius, bishop of Antioch: Babylas was martyred under Decius, but for forbidding entrance to Philip and his wife. Others favoring Decius are Zonaras (3.132) …Matched in noteshighmedium