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D. Graham J. Shipley
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Ἀνάξιππος
Anaxippos, Anaxippus
A comic poet of the New Comedy, he flourished under Antigonos and Demetrios Poliorketes.
high
short
δ
22
Δακνόμενος
being bitten
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] being harassed, eaten up by the expenses of horse-rearing. For raising horses is reputed to be expensive; which is also connected to the Laconian curse. For indeed the Lakedaimonians …
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medium
δ
997
Διειρωνόξενοι
falsely-hospitable, guest-dissembling
[Meaning] those totally deceiving foreigners and lying by dissimulation and acting. [Said of] the Laconians; among whom also existed the law about expulsion of foreigners. That the Laconians were disgracefully-covetous and small-minded is shown …
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ε
736
Ἐλακωμάνουν
they were Lakono-crazy
[Meaning] they were in love with the constitution of the Lakonians. He mentioned them because at that time the Lakonians had the upper hand in the war.
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short
χ
364
Χοάς
pourings
[Meaning] outpourings, offerings over corpses, or libations. An oracle has been issued that it is necessary to bring choai to the deceased of the Aitolians, year on year, and hold a festival of the …
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