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χ4Χαΐαgenuine, fine, true… 90-91 (abridged), with comment from the scholia there. The original statement does not, as here, involve a me/n/de/ contrast; rather, the link between the two parts of the statement is "simply connective" (Henderson); hence …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2680Ἐπίτηδεςon purpose… with scholion; but read ou)kou=n rather than ou)/koun, as the statement should be affirmative. [2] cf. Aristophanes, Knights 1135-6 (web address 2), where the reading is ei) tou/sd' e)pi/thdes w(/sper dhmosi/ous tre/feis "If you …Matched in noteshighshort
μ45Μαθώνhaving learned… ad loc. -- of Aristophanes, Birds 382, where this gnomic statement occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
α3378Ἀπολαχεῖνto allocate… to the entry is from Harpokration s.v., where the initial statement is, rather, that a)polaxei=n can stand for uncompound laxei=n.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3367Εὐάθλους δέκαten Euathloi, ten Euathlus-es… in the second line; perhaps eu)ru/prwktos. [3] A body of Scythian archers (one of whom appears as a character in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae) kept order in the Assembly and elsewhere. For Euathlus see also Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2343Ἐπιθυμῶνdesiring… in 424 BCE; cf. kappa 1731. But if so, the statement is odd, since it was obviously to Athens that Kleon wished to -- and duly did -- bring these prisoners. Perhaps a noun …Matched in noteshighshort
γ428Γραῦςhag… (web address 1), with omission of the rest of the statement (where the part relevant to this entry occurs): "for usually the grau=s [sc. foam] comes to the top of the pot, but these …Matched in noteshighshort
α441Ἀδελφειόςbrother… = alpha 1423. (It is omitted in mss. GIT.) This statement (and alpha 1423) seems to be a conflation of information from the historian Nicolaus of Damascus. It was Sadyattes (father of our Alyattes) …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3215Ἑστιᾶνto feast… verb is normally construed with an accusative, and the scholiast's statement to the contrary may be based on an misapprehension about the passage, which in full (941-2) runs i(/na mh\ ... ge/lwta pare/xw toi=s …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3176Ἐσπάθαwas using the spade… the quotation which follows (see next note). [3] A confusing statement that seems to contradict what has just been said. The point is that the use of the term in the quotation that follows …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… a proverb to a situation in order to undercut the statement) and irony (Rhetorica I p.181 Sudhaus; cf. R.R. Dyer, Journal of Roman Studies 80, 1990, 27-30). Quintilian includes in his definition of allegory …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… way surprising, since it seems rather linked to the following statement of the meaning: "it means very pleasant, worthy of the Dionysia". Perhaps the words prosdokw=n ― e)/sesqai were copied in a wrong place, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… Lucian recalls the primacy of excellence over monetary gain. The Scythian Anacharsis voices his wonderment at the punishments contestants endure for readily available celery, and Solon replies: "Best of men, we do not look …Matched in noteshighmedium

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