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αι205ΑἱμόνιοςHaimonios, HaemoniusA Roman; wounded during the war of the Persians against the Athenians he [nevertheless] ran to Athens, went in to [see] the prytaneis, and said to them 'Rejoice, we are rejoicing'; he then fell …Matched in translationhighshort
α4507ΑὐτόλυκοςAutolykos, Autolycus… convicted of removing his relatives to a place of safety during the Chaironeia crisis, and the jurors condemned him. [Sc. also attested is] autolykoi, poor men, in effect those serving themselves.Matched in translationhighshort
α1313Ἀλογίου δίκηprosecution for lack of accounting… not giving an account of the sums of money administered during the tenure of their office.Matched in translationhighshort
λ713Λόχμαςthickets… like men. Also, "having rubbed oil upon [her] entire body during the day" she warmed herself in the sun in order to become tanned like a man.Matched in translationhighshort
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 …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε736Ἐλακωμάνουνthey were Lakono-crazy… Aristophanes, or the herald who is speaking. [2] 414 BC, during the Peloponnesian War.Matched in noteshighshort
α3199Ἀππία ὁδόςAppian Way, Via Appia… Way and the aqueduct were commissioned by Appius Claudius Caecus during his censorship in 312 BCE. At that time it reached from Rome to Capua (Livy 9.29). Paving began in 295. Later in the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… of Aphrodite, he thought he saw Aphrodite standing by him during the night, and saying this to him: 'Why are you slumbering, great-hearted lion? Fawns are close by'. With a start he realised that …Matched in translationhighmedium
η505ᾙρημένηνhaving chosen, having been chosen… treated with contumely"; cf. LSJ s.v. prophlaki/zw (web address 1). During the Lazic War (541-562), in the winter of 556-557, a delegation of influential Misimians (subjects of the Lazi (Colchians; cf. kappa 1979); Misimia …Matched in noteshighshort
α4119Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντεςarchon (and) archons… evidence supports the idea that the archons could interrogate litigants during the hearing-in-chief itself; rather, they passively presided over the lawsuits that came before them. It is very tempting to agree with Pearson that …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ258ΔερκυλλίδαςDerkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas… rather a Spartiate who won distinction in several military commands during the late fifth and early fourth centuries. Xenophon reports that he won a reputation for cleverness and deception which earned him the nickname …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… beta 233) to Chosroes (cf. chi 418) as a hostage during negotiations (542 CE) over the withdrawal of Persian forces from Roman territories in the east; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 119). [4] Procopius, …Matched in noteshighshort
β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is, during the triumvirate (43 BCE onwards) of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1126Διμοιρίτηςdouble-pay soldier, half-file commander… and for the knights (Id. Knights 51 [web address 3],800). During the Peloponnesian War it was the normal pay for sailors enrolled in the fleet: Thucydides 8.45.2 (web address 4); Xenophon, Hellenica 1.5.7 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… since any negative detail about Carinus may have been exaggerated during the reign of Diocletian, his rival and successor (delta 1156).Matched in noteshighmedium