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- λ406Λήδας υἱέεLeda's (two) sons… and is presumably quoted from there. For something comparable see Theocritus, Idylls 22.1. For Leda see lambda 407; and cf. alpha 1897, alpha 4309, delta 1209, tau 1169.
- γ22ΓαλάτειαGalateia, Galatea… among Hellenistic poets, chiefly through the agency of the Sicilian Theocritus. Usually it is Polyphemus who pursues Galateia, unsuccessfully (e.g. Theocritus, Idyll 11), but a parallel tradition develops in which Galateia is at least …
- κ2093Κόριονlittle girl… in e.g. Lysias fr.4.5 Albini (now 1.5 Carey OCT) and Theocritus, Idylls 11.60; also, as kw/rion, in Aristophanes, Acharnians 731. Recommended by Phrynichus, Eclogae 50, against kora/sion.
- χ18Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth… became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.
- γ456Γριπεύςfisherman, net-man… meaning of bo/los see LSJ s.v. (web address 1), citing Theocritus, Idylls 1.40. The more likely meaning here is that Hermonax has a net already full of fish; as a gesture of his gratitude …