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- ε95Ἐγκεχείρικα πάντα ΤιμολέοντιI undertook everything for TimoleonTimoleon is presumably the elderly Corinthian of that name who revitalized Greek Sicily during the 340s and 330s BCE (see under tau 600, and generally OCD(4) s.v.); beyond that, however, the import and context …
- δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… power. Now, the following are the books he wrote: to Timothy, bishop of Ephesus, who was himself a disciple of Paul, 12 books On Divine Names; [these include:] On Unity and Distinction of Divine …
- κ1978ΚολυτεύςKollyteus, Kollytan, Collytan[sc. A word found] in Lucian, in the Timon or Misanthrope. Kol[l]yteus is a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Aigeis.
- ε3260Ἐσχηματισμένοςposturing, having assumed a posture… orderly; as in Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Timon: "but they are bragging similarly to Timon and going around posturing, like this man".
- α1122Ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος φιλήκοος ἦνAlexander, Alexandros… fond of listening to music as anyone. For, even earlier, Timotheos the piper, whom they say once piped the so-called orthios nomos of Athena, so greatly amazed Alexander with his melodies that in the …
- μ812Μέτριοςmoderate… the attackers." And Marcellinus [writes]: "But Timaeus of Tauromenium praised Timoleon beyond measure."
- κ2445ΚρίσκηςKriskes, Kreskes, CrescensSent by St Paul 'into Galatia': 2 Timothy 4.10 (where the name is spelled *Krh/skhs). See web address 1.
- ε3295Ἑτερόφθαλμοςone-eyed… laid down laws in Lokroi. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Timokrates [mentions him].
- κ237ΚάλλιπποςKallippos, Callippus… Kaibel]. [2] See Plutarch, Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58; Timoleon 11; Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.
- α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… in Leukadian [writes]: "he will play the cithara straightway unbreakfasted." Timocles in Neaira [writes]: "secondly, the matter of being unbreakfasted on account of these things." But Menander [writes] a)na/riston. Also [sc. attested is the …
- α3508Ἀπορρῶγαςprecipices… there was no sort of way-up." "There was a certain Timon, a vagabond, encompassed by unpassable thorns, an off-shoot of the Furies." He was a so-called misanthrope, who Neanthes says fell from a pear-tree …
- κ2342ΚράτηςCrates, KratesSon of Timocrates; of Mallus; Stoic philosopher. He was nicknamed 'Homeric' and 'Critic' because of his intense engagement in grammatical and poetic discourses. A contemporary of Aristarchus the grammarian, in the time of Ptolemy …
- α3912ἈριστογείτωνAristogiton, Aristogeiton… to Demosthenes the general, In reply to Lycurgus, Prosecution of Timotheus, Prosecution of Timarchus, Prosecution of Hyperides, Prosecution of Thrasyllus. Orphan Speech. Investigate this Aristogiton: perhaps he is the comrade of Harmodius.
- δ1513Δραστήριοςeffective, efficient, energetic… (Antonius 42.2, Lucullus 6.2, Nicias 16.9, Pericles 19.3, Phocion 6.3, Timoleon 3.7) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It exemplifies well the overtones of the verb dra/w (delta 1488), from which it is a derivative. The …
- α2905Ἅπαξall at once, once only… alpha 1990] 54. [3] Likewise in the scholia to Lucian, Timon 19, where the headword occurs.
- α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… of the grammarian Menecrates of Ephesus, and of the philosopher Timon and of Menedemus, having lived in the 124th Olympiad, when the king of Macedonia was Antigonus, Demetrius Poliorcetes' son, who was called Gonatas. …
- ε1835Ἐξώλισθενslipped out… of 346-344, when after recovering Syracuse he was defeated by Timoleon, surrendered the city, and departed to live at Corinth.
- α4420Αὔειςyou call… fragment was registered by Nauck. In fact it comes from Timotheus of Miletus (tau 620): fr. 11 Page (PMG). [3] This whole paragraph draws on Diogenes Laertius 7.28; cf. zeta 79. Most of the …
- δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… PMG frr. 774-776; Campbell 44-45; OCD(4) p.319; RE 11.479-80), (4) Timotheus of Miletus (tau 620; PC2 48-51; PMG fr.777-804; Campbell 70-121; OCD(4) p.1484 'Timotheus 1'. The long fragment of his Persians is fr. 791, …
- ε2110Ἔπεχεhold back… somewhere; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests the New Testament (1 Timothy 4.16) but there are numerous other possibilities. [2] Diogenes Laertius 3.52. [3] See next note. [4] A careless version of Diogenes Laertius 4.32: …
- μ454ΜελανιππίδηςMelanippides… and are well illustrated for us in the fragments of Timotheus' Persians (Campbell 91-111, fr. 291). He also introduced the 12-stringed cithara (Pherecrates fr.155 PCG vol. 7). M.L. West (Ancient Greek Music 357-58) and …
- α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine… the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, testifies that..." [1] cf. theta 181.
- ε2405ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… they had left, the priests purify the temples and the timouchoi (this is the name Messenians give to their magistrates) purify the whole city, as delivered from some filthy contaminations and offscourings. [Note] that …
- δ1243Διώνυμονwell-known… dia- and o)nom-. Compare, likewise, the instances in (e.g.) Plutarch, Timoleon 30; Josephus, Jewish War 5.1.3. LSJ's sense I for the adjective (cf. epsiloniota 260; eta 544), is "provided with two (proper) names" or …
- β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… (mu 454; cf. Pherecrates fr.155 PCG vol.7) and eleven-stringed by Timotheus (tau 620; cf. his Persians) allowed for octaves, a greater vocal range, chromatic coloring and, probably, modulations into the chromatic and diatonic scales. …