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δ1495ΔράκωνDrakon, DracoAn Athenian lawgiver. This man [crossed] to Aegina for lawgiving purposes and was being honoured by the Aeginetans in the theatre, but they threw so many hats and shirts and cloaks on his head …highmedium
ε237Ἐδικαίουwas judging[Meaning he/she/it] was saying that [he/it] was just. "And [if?] someone does not restore the royal/imperial authority to himself, but was judging that he himself was entitled to be freed from blame ..." Appian …highmedium
ε464Ἔκλειψιςabandonment; eclipse[Abandonment] and [sc. also attested is] 'he/she/it abandoned': each of these is applied to the diapsephiseis which take place in the [sc. Athenian] demes concerning those being entered on the deme register. All those …

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An Athenian lawgiver. This man [crossed] to Aegina for lawgiving purposes and was being honoured by the Aeginetans in the theatre, but they threw so many hats and shirts and cloaks on his head that he suffocated, and…

Δράκων, Ἀθηναῖος νομοθέτης. οὗτος εἰς Αἴγιναν ἐπὶ νομοθεσίαις εὐφημούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰγινητῶν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ ἐπιρριψάντων αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν πετάσους πλείονας καὶ χιτῶνας καὶ…

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ε722Ἐκφυλλοφορῆσαιto leaf out['To leaf out'] and 'leafing-out'. If ever any of the citizens [sc. of classical Athens] appeared to be a wrongdoer and [thus] unworthy of belonging to the council of the 500, the council used …highmedium

ε1170Ἔνδειξιςendeixis, exposureIf anyone attempted to become an official or a juror while he was deprived of citizen rights or had debts to the public treasury which he had not discharged, any citizen who wanted could …highmedium

ε2494ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, EpinicusGovernor of the city under [the rule of] Basiliscus, a man never satiated with money-making and selling off the nations and all the cities and filling the provinces with unusual tributes. These were things …highmedium

ε2611ἘπιστάτηςchairmanOne of the prytaneis [sc. in classical Athens], chosen by lot, was known as the chairman. It was not possible for the same man to serve as chairman twice. He keeps the keys of …highmedium

ε2843ἘπώνυμοιEponymsCitizens and foreigners whose excellence made them suitable used to be honoured [sc. in classical Athens] with bronze statues; and one subset of these gave their names[s] to the tribes. They say that this …highmedium

ε3015Ἑρκεῖος ΖεύςZeus Herkeios[Meaning Zeus] for whom altars are set up in the courtyard inside a fence [herkos]; for they used to call the enclosure-wall a e(/rkos. Those who had a Zeus Herkeios had a share in …highmedium

ε3100ἘρύθριοςErythrios, Erythrius, EruthriosHe was [praetorian] prefect in the time of Zeno. When he saw that the public funds were not sufficient, since he could neither stand to put a greater tax burden upon the taxpayers nor, …highmedium

ε3511Εὔθυναaudit, euthyna[Meaning] an examination. Properly [the one] which the auditors bring in [sc. to court] against those who seem not to have led the city well, or to have served as an envoy badly. And …highmedium

ε3604Εὐνοῦχοςeunuch"There was a man (if we could grant him to be a man) enfeebled in spirit by the works of Epicurus, and become effeminate, a eunuch and a she-male, who, as if forgetting, came …highmedium

ε3770ΕὐτόκιοςEutokios, EutociusComing from Thrace, a person neither remarkable in intellect nor descended from good stock, but an average soldier who, however, had embezzled a lot of the common funds of his own legion and fled …highmedium

ε3955Ἔφοροιephors"Pericles, having persuaded the Spartans' Ephors with bribes in the best interests of the city [sc. of Athens], did not record this in his accounts, as though it were unmentionable and bringing great shame …highmedium

ει222Εἰσαγγελίαimpeachment, eisangeliaA name of a public lawsuit. There are three kinds of impeachments. One is for major crimes against the people which allow no deferral and for which there is neither a [sc. competent] magistracy …highmedium

χ16Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάexcellent things are difficult[sc. It is on record that] as Pittakos was laying aside his authority, he said to those who were amazed, "It is difficult to be noble." [Also that] Solon, recognizing his weakness, said, "Excellent …highmedium

χ136ΧάρωνCharon, KharonOf Lampsakos; son of Pythokles; lived during the reign of the first [King] Dareios, in the 79th Olympiad; but rather in the time of the Persian Wars, the 75th Olympiad. A historian, he wrote …highmedium

χ333ΧλαμύςchlamysNuma, the first king of the Romans, when he received an embassy of the Isaurians and observed their type of apparel, borrowing from them invented the wearing of the chlamys, uniting royalty with the …highmedium

χ486Χρηματισμόςbusiness, money-making"Everyone was assigned the task of doing business." That is, administration. And elsewhere: "receiving the ambassadors readily, he did business with them." Meaning he took counsel, he had conversation. And elsewhere: "[he] having established …highmedium

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