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521
Διαγνώμη
decree, resolution
… like, also, an outcry. The word [is] a peculiarity of
Thucydides.
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4512
Αὐτονομουμένη πόλις
autonomously-governed polis
… (and its cognate u(ph/koos) of "subject" or dependent cities, compare
Thucydides
2.62, 4.56, 6.82, 7.57.3ff.; Xenophon, Hellenica 4.1.36, etc.; see Meritt/Wade-Gery/McGregor, The Athenian Tribute Lists III.155f. [3] Besides the lexica, compare the scholia to …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… bloody behaviour of the Thracians see Aristophanes, Lysistrata 563f; cf.
Thucydides
7.29.4, describing a savage attack of the mercenaries on Mycalessos. [4] cf. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 1.34 to\ a)stra/ptein to\n *di=a, h)/toi to\n …
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842
Ἑλληνοταμίαι
Hellenotamiai, Treasurers of Greece
… Sparta (pi 820). [2] The wording of this entry follows
Thucydides
1.96.1-2 almost verbatim but diverges from it in this last sentence and so distorts the emphasis. In
Thucydides
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258
Δερκυλλίδας
Derkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas
… strategic city of Abydos on the Hellespont from the Athenians
(Thucydides
8.61-62). He then apparently stayed at Abydos as harmost, or governor, but was disgraced in some argument with the Persian satrap Pharnabazos in …
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431
Δημήτριος
Demetrios, Demetrius
… iota 638. The Isthmian armistice is rarely mentioned, but see
Thucydides
8.9.1. [5] This material reappears at epsilon 2459 and omicron 994 (end).
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436
Δημιουργός
artisan, craftsman
… other lexica. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1035. [3] An approximation of
Thucydides
1.56.2, on one of the Athenian orders to its ally Potidaea in 432 BC. (Since the noun in question is the compound EPIdemiourgoi, …
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446
Δημοκρατία
democracy
… create associations that are too modern. See (e.g.) Herodotus 6.43,
Thucydides
6.89, Aristotle Politics 1279b18; and see generally OCD(4) 436-7 (s.v. 'democracy, non-Athenian and post-Classical'). [1] Polybius 11.13.7. It continues: "whereas a tyranny, the …
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837
Διαφρυκτοῦν
to use a roasted [bean]
… the pre-C4 procedure of appointing officials by lot. See e.g.
Thucydides
8.69.4 (web address 1); Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.9 (web address 2); and generally Staveley (below) 61-2. cf. kappa 2575, kappa 2577, kappa 2578.
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1126
Διμοιρίτης
double-pay soldier, half-file commander
… was the normal pay for sailors enrolled in the fleet:
Thucydides
8.45.2 (web address 4); Xenophon, Hellenica 1.5.7 (web address 5). [3] A semantic connection is stressed in the gloss between a wage of …
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843
Ἑλληνοταμίαι
Hellenotamiai, Hellenic Treasurers
… (commenting on Andocides 3.38). [2] A figure drawn ultimately from
Thucydides
1.96.2 (cited by Harpok.). For Aristides see generally alpha 3903.
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1295
Ἔνη
the day after tomorrow, the second day after
… time was to some extent fortuitous and fortunate" (Commentary on
Thucydides
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