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κ240ΚαλλισθένηςKallisthenes, Callisthenes… the years 386-356), he now became, in effect, the official Alexander-historian. [3] The name, here (twice) Nearchos, is Neophron in nu 218. [4] The modern scholarly consensus is that "he alienated Alexander by his …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2264Κωμικόςcomic writer, comedian… Its noun, dorufo/rhma, was applied several times by Plutarch (e.g. Alexander 77.7) to alpha 3874, Philip Arrhidaeus, the ineffectual elder son of Philip II of Macedon (and half-brother of Alexander the Great).Matched in noteshighshort
γ339Γνώμηjudgement, opinion, proposition[1] Arrian, Affairs after Alexander fr.10 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F134). Presumably about Alexander himself; cf. Anabasis 7.27.3. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 169-170 (web address 1 below). [3] See gamma 336.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned… be either delta 1178 or his son delta 1179. [6] Alexander the Great, presumably (alpha 1121).Matched in noteshighshort
δ500Διαβάλλεινto bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander… close approximation of Arrian, Anabasis 3.29.3 (with the proper names 'Alexander' and 'Oxos' supplied from the context); cf. omega 127. [7] A marginal gloss, absent from mss GTFV. It seems to be taken from …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable questionTaken (with some variations) from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 69.12-29 (on Topica 104a8ff). [1] Aristotle, Topica 104a8-9. [2] The translation follows Alexander's text, which reads peri\ ou)si/as, "on substance" (this reading …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3755ἌρβηλαArbela… (modern) Iraq, near the site of a famous victory by Alexander the Great, and Israel/Jordan. [2] The gloss is extraordinary as it stands. Corrupt? A comic fragment? [3] Tragedic vocabulary: see generally LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
α2617Ἀνταυγεῖς κόραςbright eye-pupils… III. [2] Diodorus Siculus 17.82.7 (with a related noun), on Alexander the Great's troops in the mountains of India.Matched in noteshighshort
α4603Ἀφηλικέστεροςrather superannuated… accusative plural. [1] Cassius Dio 53.26.1. [2] From Arrian's After Alexander (FGrH 156 F129) This translation is a best guess at a rather inscrutable text. Interestingly, in light of what he says below, the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2671ἈντικλείδηςAntikleides, Anticleides, Anticlides… of Athens (FGrH 140), early C3 BCE, wrote works on Alexander (sc. the Great) and on the history and antiquities of the island of Delos [delta 408], besides the one mentioned here, the Homecomings …Matched in noteshighshort
α103Ἀβυρτάκηsour-sauce, aburtake, abyrtake, abyrtace… allowances for the Persian Kings (allegedly seen in Babylon by Alexander the Great) in Polyaenus 4.3.32 there is a mention of salted capers "from which they make abyrtakai". [2] Menander fr. 280 Kock, 247 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε513Ἐκνεφίαςcloud-produced… Meteorologica 365a1-3, 366b33 passim; De Mundo 384b18; Problemata 940b30; cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorologica 113.15 passim. See also Chrysippus in the scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 148. A detailed definition of this …Matched in noteshighshort
α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced… given) is "expelled by the proclamation of a herald." [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 179.23-27 Wallies. [3] From Harpokration s.v., who cites Demosthenes 23.201 and quotes Plato Comicus fr. 121 Kock …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι63Ἰατρόςdoctor… with scholion. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.514 (with epic/Ionic i)htro/s). [3] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 561.12-13. [4] Aristophanes, Clouds 332, with scholion. On Hippocrates, see iota 564. [5] From tau 582; and …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3238Ἁπλῷ λόγῳin a simple statement[1] The source of this paragraph is Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 214.12-18. [2] Perhaps, Adler suggests, from a scholion on Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 231, where "in a simple manner" occurs (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… on Homer's Odyssey vol. 2 p. 189.6; Hesychius alpha7814; Plutarch, Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. 326E; 340C. [3] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 282f. (web address 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious gloss. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good Spirit… [3] From alpha 966. [4] Aristotle, de anima 404b19; cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 75.32-35.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2413Κρίβανονbaking-oven… shore of the Indian Ocean visited by the fleet of Alexander's admiral Nearchus, to whom this gift was offered. This, according to Arrian, was the first time that any Ichthyophagite community had been found …Matched in noteshighshort
δ645Διαμάρτῃthat he would fail; that he would miss the opportunity… daughters of Apollophanes, one of the assassins of Philip’s brother Alexander. Those present applauded, understanding that Philip was placed in a bind by the delicacy of the approach. The scholiast on the passage (19.386 …Matched in noteshighshort
γ288Γλίσχρονsticky, greedy, stingy… 2). [8] Arrian, from either the Parthica or the After Alexander fr.6 Roos-Wirth; FGrH 156F133.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ441Λῆμαwill… the quotation. [9] The discussion of lh/mmata is taken from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 23.21, 36.18-9, 574.12-15.Matched in noteshighmedium
χ535Χρόνου πόδαtime's foot… the model might in fact be fr. 42 (from the Alexandros), xro/nou ... pou/s (with, however, the word for 'foot' in the nominative case). [2] Sophocles, Electra 1292 (web address 3), with comments deriving …Matched in noteshighshort