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α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a hero Anagyros took vengeance on the elderly settler who cut down the grove. Anagyrasians [were] a deme of Attica. One of them cut down …Matched in translationhighmedium
α774ἈκαδημίαAcademy… Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but going down into the Academy, you will run crowned …Matched in translationhighmedium
α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good Spirit… of the month. But there was also in Thebes a hero-shrine of the Good Spirit. But others say that the first drinking vessel was called this. Aristotle composed a book On the Good in …Matched in translationhighmedium
ν28Ναξιουργὴς κάνθαροςNaxian-made kantharos… five stoas in a circle. [It is named] after a hero Kantharos.Matched in translationhighmedium
α2707Ἀντιπελαργεῖνto cherish in turnBoth the primary headword (a verb) and the secondary one (a noun; see n.2 below) have an untranslatable etymological component referring to storks. [1] cf. Zenobius 1.94. [2] Literally, "acting reciprocally like storks." See …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… Etymologicum Magnum 545.51, where both are mentioned as possibilities. This hero is named as progenitor for an aristocratic Athenian family, the Kynnidai, who are mentioned in the oratory of Lykourgos (fr. 7.1) and who …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… of the scholia, seems a likely lectio difficilior, for "air-roaming" (h)ero/foitos, h)ero/foitis) is elsewhere attested of the moon (web address 4). The word usually means 'month' (see LSJ I 2 and II mei/s, web …Matched in noteshighmedium
η88Ἤδηby this time… of course, was not concerned with Pythagoras.) [7] A Trojan hero. [8] More probably Pyrrhus, as in Diogenes Laertius and elsewhere (see next note). [9] For the basic story of Pythagoras' disappearance/reappearance see also …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos… in the southern Peloponnese; modern Cape Matapan. [6] "Cricket"; a hero. [7] i.e. Archilochus himself. [8] Comica Adespota fr. 748 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Diogenianus 2.95.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable question[Reputable question,] dialectical premise. Now not every premise [is] a question but the dialectical [premise sc. is]. Not every question [is] a dialectical premise, for there are many kinds of question. For those who …Matched in headwordhighmedium
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… of Athenian imperialism through mythmaking. Athenians also asserted that their hero Theseus had founded the Isthmian Games. An ancient scholar commenting on hypothesis (b) to Pindar's Isthmian Odes states: "They say that Theseus established …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ84ΧάοςChaos… And after the cycles of the years, from this sprang Eros the desirable, whose back glistened with golden wings just like wind-swift eddies. He mated with winged night-like Chaos in deep Tartarus and hatched …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… belly-frames. But better to say the wood of the belly-framing. Herodian makes it short and proparoxytone. Hence Aristophanes says 'the e)nteriw/nh', which is the very middle of the ship, that which most holds it …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… call an alabastron for perfume a lekythos [sc. feminine]; but Herodotus used the masculine gender for the alabastron. [These are] the oil-holding vessels. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "the lekythoi are full of myrrh." And …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… instead of shields. It also means any genitalia. And elsewhere Herodotus [writes]: "Cyrus, dispensing with most of the military practices, left for the soldiers only the task of fighting with sword and shield and …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… great herd of cows." The phrase [is] about barbarian troop-marshalling. Herodotus [writes]: "the matter of the storm was unbearable." Aristophanes [writes]: "how long the matter of nights is!" [This means] the length, the stretch. …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… big and well-fed oxen, [named] from an oxherd [called] Larinos. Herodian [says that the word] is accentuated on the final syllable, like a)lhqino/s.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ441Λῆμαwill… myself courageous in will and watching oregano." Meaning watching sharply. Herodotus [writes]: "Artemisia went out with the army with will and courage, without any compulsion." [Aristophanes writes] regarding Euripides and Aeschylus: "both had courage …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ929Διεξιφίσωyou fought to the death… Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE, immortalised in book 6 of Herodotus. For Marathon cf. mu 177; for Miltiades, mu 1067, mu 1068. [1] No, Artaphernes: see delta 89 (and Herodotus 6.119.1). [2] Something is …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccups… his loved ones." Also in the Epigrams: "and wailing, mournful Eros let out a groan." Also [sc. attested is] lu/gdhn ["with violent sobs"], an adverb. From the [verb] lu/zw ["I sob violently"].Matched in translationhighmedium
δ89ΔᾶτιςDatis… of Carcinus. [2] To Delion in Boeotia; a quotation of Herodotus 6.118.1-2 (web address 2). [3] "I am pleased", "I am being gladdened", "I am delighted". These are the three Datisms given in Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… Menander in The Girl Who Gets Flogged. And Aristophanes in Heroes [says]: "run inside for the wine, taking an empty amphora, and food and a tasting-cup, and then hire yourself out as an amphora-bearer." …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ607Χύτλαbath, bath-water… Wasps 1213 (see n. 4 below); see also Hesychius chi836, Erotianus 137.9 Klein. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 245 Pfeiffer. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 1212-1213 (web address 1); cf. chi 612. [5] From the scholia to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1952Ἐπανάκρουσαι πάλινto put back again… a similar phrase occurs). For this manoeuvre see also e.g. Herodotus 8.84.1. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 648, with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3863Ἀρρηφορίαarrêphoria… hence the issue discussed here; cf. epsilon 3081, and e.g. Herodian 2.479.3. [3] Epic/poetic genitive, evidently quoted from somewhere. [4] Aelian fr. 307 Domingo-Forasté (310 Hercher); more fully at pi 150.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… somewhere, presumably one of the authors cited (besides whom see Herodotus 7.155: web address 1). [1] Timaeus FGrH 566 F8. [2] Aristotle fr.586 Rose (603 Gigon). [3] cf. Zenobius 4.54 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighmedium
χ395Χόρδευεmince; make sausages… singular, of the verb xordeu/w. [1] Compare a gloss to Herodotus 6.75.3 (web address 1 below) where kataxordeu/wn occurs; cf. Hesychius. [2] An expansion and paraphrase of Aristophanes, Knights 216 (web address 2 below), …Matched in noteshighmedium
α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… See also alpha 162, alpha 163, alpha 164. [1] cf. Herodotus 3.126 (web address 2) and esp. 8.98 (web address 3). [2] cf. alpha 4420. The word appears also at Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.122A (3.94 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1738Κλέπτηςthief… on Sophocles, Electra 56, scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.132, Hesychius, Erotian 54.2. [3] Aelian fr. 281 Domingo-Forasté (283 Hercher). [4] cf. Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 565-566 (web address 2), with scholion. [5] Aristophanes, Knights 1251-1252 …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ162Χαίρεινcheers, hail, take joy… chi 165. [1] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 5.20. [2] cf. generally Herodotus 3.40. [3] cf. Moeris 213.31, Thomas Magister 398.6, the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 609 (web address 1 below) and Wealth [Plutus] 322 (web …Matched in noteshighmedium