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ε3580ΕὐμενίδεςEumenides… of Orestes. For that is when they were first called Eumenides, because they became well-disposed [eumeneis] to him, who was chosen to prevail in the presence of the Athenians, and who brought as a …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2995Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξFuries' limb, Furies' off-shoot… is talking about Ajax. Also, search for the Furies under "Eumenides."Matched in translationhighshort
κ215Καλλίας πτερορρυεῖKallias is moulting… That is, apes. And thus they also call the Erinyes Eumenides.Matched in translationhighmedium
β392Βορβοροτάραξιo muck-raker… Knights 309 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [2] Aeschylus, Eumenides 694-5 (web address 2 below); Zenobius 2.76. [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); repeated at kappa 2060.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… a mythical Kranaos as progenitor of Attica, as in Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, "Children of Kranaos". [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (But Nonnus, Dionysiaca 22.20, 45.308 has the formula "the rocky stone [kranah\ pe/trh] swelled, disgorging wine".) …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2914Ἐραῖαeraia, wool-decorated branch… the eiresione or harvest-wreath. For the suppliant's branch see Aeschylus, Eumenides 43, Suppliant Women 22. [web addresses 1 & 2] and for the eiresione, epsiloniota 184. According to Crates the Athenian, the eiresione was …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… "prosecutor/plaintiff" vs. o( feu/gwn as "defendant" (e.g. Herodotus 6.82; Aeschylus, Eumenides 583) and o( diwko/menos (Antiphon 2.1.5; Xenophon, Apology 21); cf. also diw/kein tina\ peri\ qana/tou Xenophon, Hellenica 7.3.6; turanni/dos Herodotus 6.104. *diw/kw is …Matched in noteshighshort