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α2111Ἀνά τοί με πείθεις ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο οὔπω λέγειςso you are persuading me; but that you do not yet say… (a)na/ ... pei/qeis) in the line. The verb a)napei/qein means "persuade" but can have connotations of bribery, misleading or seduction; see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ734Λωποδύτηςcloak-stripper… Plutus [Wealth] 165, where this verb occurs (present indicative, third person singular). [4] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.19, on Romanus's victory over Baram's Persian army (589 in Albania, south of the Caucasus Mountains); cf. de …Matched in noteshighshort
δ929Διεξιφίσωyou fought to the death… instance the famous Athenian (and Plataean) defeat of the invading Persian army at the Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE, immortalised in book 6 of Herodotus. For Marathon cf. mu 177; for Miltiades, mu 1067, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ350ΜεγάβυζοςMegabyzos, Megabyzus… version, from Herodotus onwards, of the name of several prominent Persians; and cf. under zeta 9.Matched in noteshighshort
α4147ἈσίαAsia… and Cayster valleys, then to the kingdoms of Lydia and Persia (the latter first in Aeschylus, Persians 929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of …Matched in noteshighshort
μ389Μέγας βασιλεύςGreat King… W.G. Rutherford recasts it as follows: "because the resources of Persia made him more than ordinarily powerful". [2] beta 144. [3] The other cases are formed from the stem megalo-; Aeschylus once uses the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthy… 54. This sea-battle took place between the Greek city-states and Persia in 480 BCE in the straits between the Athenian harbor at Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf.Matched in noteshighshort
δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… (and delta 186). [2] The states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian invasion of 481-479 BCE. [3] Delphian Apollo. [4] A loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 11.3.3. [5] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2197Ἐπῄρατεyou incited, you inducedAorist active of e)pai/rw, second person plural (which should not have an iota subscript). From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 1457, where the imperfect e)ph/|rete occurs (web address 1). See also epsilon 1977, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ι109Ἰδίῃςyou would sweat… headword (extracted from the quotation given) is present subjunctive, second person singular, of i)di/w; cf. iota 107, iota 108, iota 117. [2] A compression of Aristophanes, Peace 83-6 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2766ἘπίχαρμοςEpicharmos, Epicharmus… so on -- cf. omicron 973.) Epicharmus applied it to personality. How much change will make a man a different person? And he appears to have argued that a debtor who borrowed money yesterday …Matched in noteshighmedium
β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… for deceitful words and acts that a politician or other person uses to ingratiate himself into the favor of others. [1] From Aristophanes, Frogs 358, cited more fully at theta 583 (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2009Ἀναπείσητε[if] you convince… the quotation given, is aorist active subjunctive of a)napei/qw, second person plural. [1] Aristophanes, Knights 68 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… this aphorism to the generals contemplating an attack on the Persian garrison at Onogouris (Onoguris, probably near the modern-day western Georgia village of Khuntsi, Barrington Atlas map 87 grid H2; cf. Everill (1-6)); cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ173ΧαίρομαιI am rejoicedFrom delta 89. [1] "I rejoice" [xai/rw] is first person singular, present active indicative, while "I am rejoiced" [xai/romai] is the corresponding middle/passive form. This "Datism" appears in Aristophanes, Peace 291 (web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2742Κύρβασιςcap… kappa 2744 and pi 1602. The word is probably of Persian origin: see bibliography. [1] The particle me/n in most of the manuscripts suggests a 'some...others...' construction (though ms M omits it).Matched in noteshighshort
ι707ἼσχαναI held back, I restrained[1] The headword (extracted from the quotation) is aorist, first person singular, of i)sxa/nw; cf. iota 709, iota 710. [2] Euripides speaking in Aristophanes, Frogs 941-943 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. pi 3029.Matched in noteshighshort
δ89ΔᾶτιςDatis… ancient exegetical tradition that the Datis of Datisms was this Persian general one should note the alternative line of explanation (preferred by many modern scholars) which sees "Datis" as the nickname of a contemporary …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3380Ἀπολεγόμενοςdeclining (an offer)… the fortresses in Lazike (Colchis; cf. kappa 1979) to the Persian king Chosroes (cf. chi 418); see Kaldellis (57) and additional context at alpha 3313.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on[1] The headword is imperfect of e)pai/rw, third person singular (distinguished from the aorist only by the iota subscript); cf. epsilon 1977, epsilon 2195, epsilon 2197. It is illustrated by both of the quotations …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1705Κλαστάσειςyou will cut down to size, you will trimThe headword, extracted from the quotation, is second person singular, future, of klasta/zw "I dress vines". [1] Aristophanes, Knights 166 (web address 1), with scholion; Demos (personification of the Athenian common people) to his …Matched in noteshighshort
α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges… in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine personification of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently personifying language does not guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in Plato, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1109Δικροῖςbifurcated, forked, two-pronged… are here urging the Athenians not to make peace -- personified as a goddess, Eirene, in the play -- with the Spartans in spring 421 BCE. However, there is the possibility of recognizing in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… mouth of Pisetaerus (for a character drawn from Alcibiades 'the persuader of his companions' is a better name than Pisthetaerus; see Dunbar and others), the suffix is intended to represent -isti 'in the fashion/language …Matched in noteshighlong
α3508Ἀπορρῶγαςprecipices… H. Araphenides on the NE. If Timon is a real person (for doubts see e.g. Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar 708-9), he may have a second-century descendent -- from …Matched in noteshighmedium
β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… that object. The rest of the quotation reads the third person singular of the present middle-passive imperative of tri/bw, instead of the third person singular of the imperfect indicative passive found in the text …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2983Ἀπέδρανthey fled… K.-A. -- which however has both verbs in the first person singular. [2] Menander fr. 232 Kock, 195 K.-Th., 173 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
ε529Ἐκομπολάκουνthey were boastingThird person plural, imperfect indicative active, of the verb kompolake/w. Glossed differently in a scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 961 (where the headword is first person singular, spoken by Euripides: see web address 1, and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ907Κατεβρόχθισεgulped down… also the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 503, where the first person singular occurs (web address 1). The present headword, third person singular, is taken to be quoted from Hermippus (fr.45 Kock, 46 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ822Κατατιλᾷshits down on… time the comic playwrights were infuriated with Cinesias, who had persuaded (by sophistic rhetoric, it is suggested in this entry) the Athenian Council, shortly after 405 BCE, to cancel the privilege enjoyed by them …Matched in noteshighmedium

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