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α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… a total of 14 days, described first by the poet Simonides in a fragment (PMG 508 Page) from his Victory Odes for the Pentathlon (this poet was probably the first to try to immortalize …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… slightly preferable. [1] Thucydides 1.42.1 (web address 1 below). [2] Simonides fr. 229 Bergk. [3] Sophocles fr. 1004 Radt (908 Nauck). Adler, following Nauck, connects this reference to the appearance of the verb a)mu/nomai …Matched in noteshighmedium
η304Ἡμερίςcultivated vine… [4] cf. omicroniota 104. [5] Greek Anthology 7.24.1-2 (attributed to Simonides), on Anakreon (cf. alpha 1916); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 180), (vol. II, 518-519), and further extracts from this epigram at gamma …Matched in noteshighshort
α3019ἈπεμορξάμηνI brushed away (tears)… and order in Athens. [2] Greek Anthology 6.217.3-4, attributed to Simonides; again at beta 473. The preceding verses are quoted at kappa 1050. On this epigram, in which a Gallus scares away a lion …Matched in noteshighshort
β110Βάρβιτονbarbitos, long-armed lyre… 437, tau 393, and chi 518) and 7.24 (attributed to Simonides; see gamma 192, eta 304, and lambda 126); cf. Gow and Page (43). Gow and Page note (ibid.) that the distich was appended …Matched in noteshighshort