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α4082ἈρχέδικοςArchedikos, Archedicus… among his dramas are Treasury and Making a Mistake, as Athenaeus says in the Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort
δ228ΔεξικράτηςDexikrates, Dexicrates… comic poet. His dramas are: Men Deceived by Themselves, as Athenaeus says in the third [book] of Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1155ΔιοκλῆςDiokles, Diocles… a wooden stick. This Sea is a courtesan's name, as Athenaeus says.Matched in translationhigh

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Ἀρχέδικος

Archedikos, Archedicus

A comic poet; among his dramas are Treasury and Making a Mistake, as Athenaeus says in the Deipnosophists.

Ἀρχέδικος, κωμικός· τῶν δραμάτων αὐτοῦ ἐστι Θησαυρὸς καὶ Διαμαρτάνων, ὡς Ἀθήναιός φησιν ἐν τοῖς Δειπνοσοφισταῖς.

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ε2450ἘπίλυκοςEpilykos, EpilycusA comic poet. Amongst his plays is Koraliskos, as Athenaeus [says].Matched in translationhighshort

ε2493ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, Epinicus… [was] a comic poet. His plays include Child-foisting Wives, as Athenaeus [says].Matched in translationhighshort

ε3762ΕὔσχημοςEuschemosComedy-writer. Amongst his plays is Empole ['Merchandise']; as Athenaeus says.Matched in translationhighshort

η53ἩγήμωνHegemon… for taking bribes. Amongst his plays is Philinna, according to Athenaeus in Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

η57ἩγήσιπποςHegesippos, Hegesippus… Philippic [of] Demosthenes. Amongst his plays is Philetairoi, according to Athenaeus.Matched in translationhighshort

α2019Ἀναπίπτεινto fall backSee also alpha 2018. The source for both is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). See further below, nn.1-2. [1] Athenaeus has this adverb, kuri/ws. [2] So the Suda mss, o)ligwrei=n; but o)ligodranei=n (Athenaeus), "to …Matched in noteshighshort

α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… scholium on Aristophanes, Acharnians 640 (for which see below). Compare Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.96C (3.49 Kaibel), 7.284F (7.22 Kaibel). See also pi 461. [3] Scholium on Aristophanes, Birds 76. [4] On this phrase see further …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… as being a solution in which the meat is plunged. Athenaeus also uses the word frequently for the spicey, salted pickle or sauce in which a cook prepares his dish, either in cooking or …Matched in noteshighshort

α1703Ἀμφίαςamphias… more favourable interpretation here -- middling, tolerable -- but cf. Athenaeus (next note) on Amphias as a 'poor' wine. [1] Nicostratus fr. 18 Kock, now 17 K.-A.; Sosicrates fr. 7 Kock, now 4 K.-A. …Matched in noteshighshort

αι222ΑἴνικοςEunikos, Eunicus… and in ps.-Zonaras, but it should be Eunikos (Pollux 10.100; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.567C (13.21 Kaibel), who mentions the play mentioned here -- see further, next note). See generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V pp. 278-279. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… an answer to be given for a prize of forfeit." Athenaeus, in his lengthy and useful discussion of riddles at dinners and symposia (10.69-89 Kaibel = 448B-459C, cf. Epitome, ed. S.P. Peppink, 2.2.44-52), attributes …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1152ΔιόδωροςDiodoros, Diodorus… 327. The same might have happened at epsilon 2493. [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.431C (10.38 Kaibel). [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.235D (6.27 Kaibel), 6.239A (6.36 Kaibel). ['12th' needs emendation, to 6th.]Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… so-called "dramatic" aorist, expressing a sudden thought. [6] According to Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.260B (6.76 Kaibel) and 14.614D (14.3 Kaibel) the festival of Hercules featured some burlesque rituals to which a large group of gelwtopoioi/ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2750Ἐπιφορήματαdesserts, additional desserts… 1.133.2 (web address 1). The passage is quoted twice in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists: 4.144A and 14.641A [4.23 and 14.47 Kaibel]. In the latter context Athenaeus also preserves several quotations from Old Attic Comedy which use …Matched in noteshighshort

δ50ΔαμόξενοςDamoxenos, Damoxenus… a comic poet. One of his plays is Foster-Brothers, as Athenaeus says in [book] 3 of Deipnosophists; and [another is] Being One's Own Mourner, as the same [writer says] later, in his eleventh [book].Matched in translationhighshort

ε2262ἘπιγένηςEpigenes… Amongst his plays are Heroine and Mini-Tomb and Revelry, as Athenaeus says in Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3012ἜριφοςEriphus, EriphosComic poet. His plays include Aeolus, Peltast, Meliboea, as Athenaeus says in the fourteenth [book] of the Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3357ΕὐάγγελοςEuangelus, Euangelos… comic poet. His plays include Unveiling of the Bride, as Athenaeus [says] in Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3507ΕὐθυκλῆςEuthykles, EuthyclesAmongst his plays is Wastrels or The Letter; so says Athenaeus in the Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3815ΕὔφρωνEuphron… Amongst his plays are Ugly Girl, Muses, Fellow-Ephebes, Pilgrims; as Athenaeus writes in Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good Spirit… this genitive-case phrase occurs. See also alpha 966. [1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.675B-C (15.17 Kaibel), where the G.S. is equated, not necessarily correctly, with Dionysos. [2] cf. Hesychius s.v., and see generally J.D. Mikalson, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… 3). [2] cf. alpha 4420. The word appears also at Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.122A (3.94 Kaibel); Eustathius Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey vol. 2 p. 189.6; Hesychius alpha7814; Plutarch, Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α251Ἀγκύληthong, hook… Aristophanes, Knights 262. A rare variant is h)gkulhme/nos, attested in Athenaeus (quoting Satyros) and (maybe) Lucian. [3] Exodus 36.34 LXX; sense 5 in LSJ.Matched in noteshighshort

α305ἈγοράσωI will go to market… one of the skolia (drinking songs) -- best preserved in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695A-B [15.50 Kaibel] -- which commemorated the assassination of Hipparchos in 514 BCE. See generally M. Ostwald, Nomos and the Beginnings of …Matched in noteshighshort

α431Ἀδαῖονunfired, Adaios, Adaeus… nicknamed Rooster. See principally Theopompus FGrH 115 F249 (quoted by Athenaeus), with N.G.L. Hammond & G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 441. But for another possibility see under alpha 594.Matched in noteshighshort

α1057Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter… Archestratus of Gela (fr. 59.12 Brandt, nominative plural) preserved in Athenaeus. [3] So too in the Etymologicum Gudianum. [4] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 102, where the word occurs (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut now anything might happen… of Sikyon by the scholiast, see the drinking-song quoted by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695D = 15.50 #20 Kaibel ("Under every stone, my friend, there lurks a scorpion. Take care that it does not strike you; …Matched in noteshighshort

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