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α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bearLysias used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.Matched in translationhighshort
χ266Χειρουργίαςof handiwork… present [parei=nai]. The best and most accurate handicraftsmen were Pheidias, Lysippus, Polycleitus. [They were] sculptors.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 414 BC). (The frustrated young husband of this name in Lysistrata [829-953, 411 BC, cf. alphaiota 101] is probably not intended as a comment on the dithyrambic poet [see Henderson in his edition on …

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Ἀρκτεῦσαι

to be a bear

Lysias used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.

Ἀρκτεῦσαι· Λυσίας τὸ καθιερωθῆναι πρὸ γάμων τὰς παρθένους τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι ἀρκτεύειν ἔλεγε. καὶ γὰρ αἱ ἀρκτευόμεναι παρθένοι καλοῦνται, ὡς Εὐριπίδης καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης δηλοῖ.

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ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… verb is suggestive of women's cosmetics: compare the plural at Lysistrata 149, and see generally LSJ s.v. (The connection with the sieve is sustained by the fact that it too will have a covering …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2508Ἐπίπεμπτονadditional-fifthLysias said [this] to mean a simple fifth.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2724Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοιςto entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends… uses the phrase] to mean choosing them as jurors, whereas Lysias said "[he] entrusted to men," meaning [he] appointed conciliators.Matched in translationhighshort

α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer!… attested is the related noun] a)po/krisis ["answer"], [meaning] defense. Thus Lysias and Antiphon [sc. use the word]. But Demosthenes too says likewise in the [speech] against Aeschines: "come here," he says, "and answer me."Matched in translationhighmedium

α3378Ἀπολαχεῖνto allocate… *)apolaxei=n [sc. can be used] in place of dialaxei=n. Thus Lysias and Aristophanes and Antiphon [use it].Matched in translationhighshort

α3932ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanes… following plays of Aristophanes: Acharnians, Frogs, Peace, Ecclesiazusae, Thesmophoriazusae, Knights, Lysistrata, Clouds, Birds, Wealth, Wasps.Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1633Ἐξεπιώκατονthey have weighed down on… of timbers have weighed down on my shoulder". Aristophanes in Lysistrata [sc writes this].Matched in translationhighshort

η4ἮI was… was a boy". [So says] Aristophanes in Birds. Also in Lysistrata: "I was ten years old". [Also] used for e)/a, [which becomes] h)= by contraction.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3006Ἐρριπτασμένονtossed about, prostrated again and again… entry tries and fails to explain the metaphor at Aristophanes, Lysistrata 26-27 (web address 1), quoted at the end; it follows the scholia on these lines. Lysistrata is in the process of putting forward …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2562Ἀνοργίαςun-ritedness… there are extant possibilities in Synesius and elsewhere. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 898 (web address 1), with scholion. Using the euphemistic language of cult (see Henderson [below] 179 with 174), Kinesias is bemoaning the recent …Matched in noteshighshort

αι101Αἰείalway… and see alpha 629. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 855: see next note. The issue addressed is which case of the noun 'mouth' to use with the preposition dia/: Aristophanes has the …Matched in noteshighshort

β288Βινεῖνto fuck… under lambda 66. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1090. [3] From Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1092; see further n. 5 below. [4] Aristophanes, Birds 796. [5] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1091-92, with scholion. [6] cf. kappa 1756. [7] Aristophanes, Knights …Matched in noteshighshort

β338Βλήχωνpennyroyal… other ancient writers for its powers of purification. [3] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 89 (web address 1 below). See generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 135 #129: 'pennyroyal is used jokingly by Lysistrata …Matched in noteshighshort

β573Βρύκουσαgobbling… beta 571, beta 572. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 367: see note 3 below. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 26 (web address 1 below). The preceding sentence in the gloss is from the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1020ἘμπίςgnatSee also omicron 474. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1032, where the headword appears. (See web address 1 below for the text of the comedy.) [2] In a discussion of its larva …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… the evidence of this entry. See also epsiloniota 3. [21] Lysistrata 294. This cry has a circumflex on each “cry” or puff, following the Canon for such monosyllabic “adverbs”. This seems inappropriate for the …Matched in noteshighlong

η426Ἠπεροπεύεινto hoodwink… where this present infinitive occurs. [2] An approximation of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 839-41 (read "him" for the present "it", and "torture" for "turn"), with scholion; cf. kappa 2666. (The oaths by the cup, kylix, have …Matched in noteshighmedium

α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… And Philemon in Wing [writes]: "I say these Hipponikas and Lysistratas and Nausinikas are the Athenaiai". But others, maintaining it is necessary not to say Athenaiai but Attikai, say it is because of the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2331Ἀνέστιοςhearthless[Meaning] homeless. "To give no offence to Lysistratos, nor to Thoumantis the hearthless, with a willing heart". These men used to be criticized for being paupers.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2616Ἐπιστάτιςchairwoman, lady president… something else. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "Timokleia in the chair, Lusilla as secretary". And Sophocles [writes]: "to presidents of flocks". That is, to the dogs. Dio Coccianus says: "the elephants, vexed by the towers, …Matched in translationhighshort

ε3695ΕὐριπίδηςEuripides… bribed, with ten minas, a servant of the king's, named Lysimachus, to unleash on him the royal hounds, for which he was the keeper. But some say that he was torn apart not by …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ283Χηναλώπηξgoose-fox… kind of bird. This was also a word applied to Lysistratos, who was slandered for softness; [he was] also poor and a dice-player in the Cholargians' agora. Cholargeis [is] a deme of Attica.Matched in translationhighshort

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… quoted here is actually part of a scholion to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 173 (web address 2); Aristophanes uses the phrase to\ a)rgu/rion to\ a)/busson in that line itself. [6] Psalm 103:6 LXX. See again under …Matched in noteshighmedium

α149Ἀγανώτερονmilder, kindlier… the adjective a)gano/s (alpha 145). From a scholion on Aristophanes, Lysistrata 886 (where it appears: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α305ἈγοράσωI will go to marketSee also epsilon 1384, phi 592. [1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 633 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [2] On the statues of the tyrannicides (see further, next note) Aristogeiton and Harmodios …Matched in noteshighshort

α416Ἄγχουσαalkanet, bugloss, rougeAnchusa tinctoria: a)/gxousa here; Attic e)/gxousa in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 48 and elsewhere. Besides what follows here (and in epsilon 3093) see e.g. Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.9.3. [1] This was also used as a …Matched in noteshighshort

α469Ἀδηφαγίαgreed… This paragraph abridges Harpokration s.v. a)dhfa/gous trih/rei=s (a phrase in Lysias: fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a Carey). [2] Alcaeus fr.21 Kassel-Austin.Matched in noteshighshort

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