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κ2554ΚοινοδήμιονcommunalThe headword is unattested outside grammars and lexica (though Philo Judaeus has the very similar koino/dhmos). cf. kappa 2553, Hesychius kappa3256.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2434Ἐπιλαχόνταhaving obtained by lot… Most of the (few) extant instances outside lexicography come from Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort
λ523Λίθος[the] stone… (web address 1). [2] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Philochorus FGrH 328 F21.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3947Ἐφορείαoversight… Lexicon epsilon2465, where Theodoridis identifies it as Christian, related to Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 3.15.Matched in noteshighshort
η545ἩρώδηςHerodes… Herodes(13) = Claudius (72); OCD4 Claudius Atticus Herodes(2); PIR2 C802; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.1.545-566. [1] See RE Claudius(71). Herodes' grandfather's name was in fact Hipparchus. [2] [phi 4] Favorinus. [3] [pi 1889] …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ45ΔαμιανόςDamianus, DamianosRE Damianos(2); NP Damianos; PIR2 F253; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.23-4. [1] Again at sigma 1126 (end).Matched in noteshighshort
α2981Ἀπέδοξενit seemed good not, it was resolved not… from somewhere: there are instances in Herodotus, Xenophon, Pausanias and Philostratus. Impersonal a)pe/docen is the opposite of e)/docen as a decision-making formula: see LSJ s.v. a)podokei=.Matched in noteshighshort
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… On gods, says Plutarch. This is Lucullus' friend the Academic philosopher Antiochus of Ascalon (c.130-68), on whom see generally G. Striker in OCD(4) s.v. 'Antiochus(11)'. [7] Not in the surviving Geography but in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ851Διαψήφισιςreview-ballot… Aeschines 1.77 (and also citing Atthidography: Androtion FGrH 324 F52, Philochorus FGrH 328 F129). cf. delta 850.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1929Κολάκρετονkolakretes, treasurerBdelykleon to his son Philokleon in Aristophanes, Wasps 722-724 (web address 1). For the office of kwlakre/ths (sic: it should be spelled with omega, and anyway has no form corresponding to the present headword), …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3955Ἔφοροιephors… Ephors were magistrates at Heraclea on the Black Sea. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.27. The use of pitch strips (similar to modern depilatory strips) and male hair removal was regarded as …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1360ΚεραμίςKeramis, Ceramis, Kerameis… Jensen and citing Diodorus the Periegete (FGrH 372 F18) and Philochorus (FGrH 328 F5) for the information given.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1111Δικτάτωρdictator… Paullus, cos. 182 and 168 BCE), and under eta 545 (Philostratus on Herodes Atticus). [3] Likewise in Photius. For the accountability criterion cf. already delta 1110. [4] Similarly in ps.-Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1936Ἐπακτρία χώραEpaktrian territory… -- bears some general resemblance to Strabo 9.1.20, which cites Philochorus FGrH 328 F94 on the twelve ancient poleis of Attica, but there is extra, implausible detail. [1] For Kekrops see kappa 1271, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThe principal source of this material is a fragment of Philochorus (FGrH 328 F202) preserved in the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2759Κυρίαsovereignty… historiography -- indicates that the (feminine) headword comes from a philosophical context; see generally LSJ s.v. ku/rios, II.1. [2] Entry thus far = Photius, Lexicon kappa1247 Theodoridis, and likewise or similarly elsewhere (e.g. Pollux, …Matched in noteshighshort
β147Βασιλείαkingship… Laertius 7.122 (from the life of Zeno of Citium, Stoic philosopher); he has "the wise", rather than "the good", throughout; cf. delta 1424. [2] The source of what follows is unclear. [3] i.e. Philip …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a dioshmi/a (web address 2); see also Dio Chrysostom 38,18; Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.34. For other portents, such as a flash of lightening, see Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 792; Clouds 579; Philostratus, op.cit. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2405ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… killed Epicurus' brothers nor the physical ailments that afflicted the philosopher himself are attested elsewhere. [4] The cause of Epicurus' death (in 270 BCE) was a urinary blockage and associated dysentery. [5] Metrodorus of …Matched in noteshighlong
ε3770ΕὐτόκιοςEutokios, Eutocius… by Kuster. This individual can scarcely be the celebrated Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician Eutokios of Askalon (b. ca.480 CE; OCD(4) p.557), but perhaps an ancestor. [1] Barrington Atlas map 70 grid F2; present-day Beth …Matched in noteshighmedium
β524ΒραχμάνBrahman, Brachman… Brahmans, and who they were, see generally Richard Stoneman, 'Naked philosophers', Journal of Hellenic Studies 115 (1995) 99-114. [2] Cross-referenced at mu 76. [3] Ganges: gamma 4.Matched in noteshighlong
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… what lexicographers et al. learned about theorika was phi 441 Philochorus (cf. under theta 219), and his convention seems to have been to leave the participle implicit (see the note at mu 801).Matched in noteshighshort

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