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λ12Λάγαναmeal-cakes… is the phrase] "[him] starving and eating nothing." "And when David had sacrificed in honor of the relocation of the ark [sc. of the covenant] 'he distributed to the women and men and children …Matched in translationhighshort
α4177Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃa wineskin in a frostDavid says: "I have become as a wineskin in a frost." A wineskin when heated becomes porous and when inflated it swells, but in the frost it is hardened and frozen. Thus also the …Matched in translationhighlong
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… all sides by waters [and] by great and small seas, David naturally called this [i.e., abyss] the earth's surrounding garment. Also, "abyss calls to abyss", the same prophet says, meaning figuratively military divisions and …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3695ΕὐριπίδηςEuripides… Euripidean lore (with ample sourcing), see the Introduction (1-49) by David Kovacs in Euripides: Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea in the Loeb Classical Libarary. [1] Philochorus FGrH 328 F218. For the 'vegetable-hawker' allegation see chiefly Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3266Ἑταῖραι ΚορίνθιαιCorinthian courtesans… and other sexual positions practised by courtesans see generally James Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes (London 1997) 118; and on this rare use of prwkto/s in reference to women, Jeffrey Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New …Matched in noteshighshort