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λ96ΛαμπρίαςLamprias… the IIIrd or IVth century. Apart from the fact that Plutarch - as far as we know - did not have a son by the name of Lamprias [which was however a name within …Matched in noteshighshort
α384ἈγύλαιοςAgylaios, AgylaeusThat of a Spartan ephor mentioned in Plutarch, Cleomenes 8.Matched in noteshighshort
χ581Χρυσόροφοςgold-roofedSee e.g. Plutarch, Lucullus 7.6 (Mithridates' ships have gold-roofed canopies).Matched in noteshighshort
κ237ΚάλλιπποςKallippos, Callippus… BCE. [1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.508E-F [11.119 Kaibel]. [2] See Plutarch, Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58; Timoleon 11; Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.Matched in noteshighshort
α3937ἈρίστρατοςAristratus, Aristratos… Sicyonian leader of the C4 BC: Demosthenes 18.48 and 295; Plutarch, Aratus 13.Matched in noteshighshort
ι423ἸόρτιοςIortios, Hirtius… fr. 111d Domingo-Forasté, 108 Hercher (cf. epsilon 157, mu 321). 'Plutarch' is his fr.180.Matched in noteshighshort
κ674Κατανωτίσασθαιto carry on one's back, to turn one's back on… Zintzen (150 Asmus); cf. Photius Bibliotheca 346a 12-14. (For this Plutarch -- not the biographer -- see pi 1794.) For this applied/figurative meaning of the verb, see LSJ s.v. II.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1603ΚίλληςKilles, Cilles… service of Ptolemy I (late C4 BCE): Diodorus Siculus 19.93; Plutarch, Demetrius 6.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3343ἘτυμοκλῆςEtymokles, Etymocles… Spartan prominent in the 370s BC; mentioned by Xenophon and Plutarch. (Also attested as a Spartan name in Greek Anthology 7.720.)Matched in noteshighshort
δ721Διαπυνθάνεταιsearches out by questioning… other lexica. The headword must be quoted from somewhere (e.g. Plutarch, Marius 40.4). cf. delta 939.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1230ΚέθηγοςKethegos, Cethegus… in Roman political life in the 80s and 70s BCE (Plutarch, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort
α1690ἈμφάρηςAmphares… BCE; an enemy of the reforming King Agis IV. See Plutarch, Life of Agis 18-21.Matched in noteshighshort
α1864Ἀναδύντοςwithdrawing… genitive singular, of alpha 1863, evidently extracted from somewhere (perhaps Plutarch, Lysander 26.4, of a nervous actor: a)podeilia/santos kai\ a)nadu/ntos).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1559Δοιδυκοποιόςpestle-maker… itself occurs only in (and is therefore probably generated by) Plutarch, Phocion 4.2, quoting the historian Idomeneus of Lampsacus (FGrH 338 F15); Idomeneus claims that Phocion's father plied this trade; Plutarch disagrees.Matched in noteshighshort
ε157Ἐγγώνιος τράπεζαright-angled table… 108 Hercher (quoted also at iota 423 and mu 321). 'Plutarch' is his fr. 180 Sandbach.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3408ἈπολλοκράτηςApollokrates, Apollocrates… in the C4 BCE: delta 1179. For Apollokrates see e.g. Plutarch, Dion 37, 51, 56.Matched in noteshighshort
α2620ἈντέαςAnteas… to Philip II of Macedon in the C4 BCE: see Plutarch, Moralia 174E (in Sayings of Kings and Commanders).Matched in noteshighshort
γ121ΓεμίνιοςGeminios, Geminius… Bearers of it are attested as minor players in several Plutarch Lives of late-Republican biographees (Marius, Pompey, Antony). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… other primary sources on A. (translated in Pollitt, below) are Plutarch, Life of Pericles 13.2 (web address 2); Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades 16.4 (web address 3); Vitruvius, On Architecture 7, praef. 1l (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1225ΚεδίκιοςKedikios, Caedicius… which makes it clear that this is Marcus Caedicius (cf. Plutarch, Camillus 14, 30).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1735ΚλεωνίδηςKleonides, CleonidesThat of a e.g. an early hellenistic general mentioned in Plutarch, Demetrius 15.1 and a writer (C2 CE?) on music; for the latter see OCD(4) s.v. Cleonides.Matched in noteshighshort
α945ἌκουφιςAkouphis, Acuphis… the Great, 326 BCE, mentioned by Arrian (Anabasis 5.1-2) and Plutarch (Life of Alexander 58). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
β232ΒελεστίχηBelestiche… Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (reigned 282-246 BCE); mentioned in Plutarch, Moralia 753E, who says there were shrines dedicated to her in Alexandria. cf. under sigma 871.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1241ΔιώνασσαDionassaMother of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus (lambda 823, lambda 824): Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 1.4, citing Dieuchidas of Megara (FGrH 485 F5); cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 599D, where L. is mentioned.Matched in noteshighshort
γ266Γίγις ΓίγιδοςGigis, GigidosThat of a Persian maid mentioned in Plutarch, Artaxerxes 19 (following Ctesias); she helped her mistress, queen Parysatis, poison a rival. The second element in the headword gives the genitive case.Matched in noteshighshort
κ390Καρίνη γυνήKarian woman, Carian woman… be identified with the 'Karian maiden' Kaphene, who -- in Plutarch's Mulierum Virtutes (Moralia 246D-247A); cf. Polyaenus 8.64 -- betrays her compatriots out of love for Nymphaios of Melos.Matched in noteshighshort
δ339ΔεινομάχηDeinomache[1] That of the mother of Alcibiades (alpha 1280): Plutarch, Alcibiades 1, etc. [2] That of a Stoic philosopher in Lucian's Philopseudes.Matched in noteshighshort
χ573ΧρυσόγονοςChrysogonos, Chrysogonus… known. Besides the one mentioned throughout chi 574, see e.g. Plutarch, Alkibiades 32.2 (athlete/musician; web address 1) and Cicero 3.4 (a freedman of Sulla; web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
λ553ΛίμνοςLimnos, Limnus[1] That of a conspirator against Alexander the Great (in Plutarch, Alexander 49). [2] i.e. a masculine form of li/mnh, for which see lambda 551.Matched in noteshighshort
α2240Ἀνεκρούετοwas being checked… middle/passive, of a)nakrou/w) must be quoted from somewhere. See e.g. Plutarch, Caesar 42.1.Matched in noteshighshort

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