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Δερκυλλίδας
Derkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas
… 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 "Sisyphos"
(Xenophon,
Hellenica 3.1.8). Derkylidas first appears in …
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2981
Ἀπέδοξεν
it seemed good not, it was resolved not
… must be quoted 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=.
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3111
Ἀπεψηφίσατο
voted off
1
1
… garbled version of the post-Arginusae trials, Athens 406 BCE. See
Xenophon,
Hellenica 1.7.1-35, esp. 1.7.1-2: "in Athens the people deposed all these generals except Konon ... Two of the generals who had taken part …
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4273
Ἀστυφέλικτον
undisturbed
… this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps
Xenophon,
Lakedaimonion Politeia 15.7 (on the Spartan monarchy), though there are other possibilities.
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4512
Αὐτονομουμένη πόλις
autonomously-governed polis
… "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 Thucydides 2.29.2; also IG I(3) …
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172
Δεκαδαρχίαι
tenfold-regimes
… victory in the Peloponnesian War. A variant term, in (e.g.)
Xenophon,
is dekarxi/a (cf. mu 627). [2] This "And" is a clumsy connection between two parts of the longer entry in Harpokration. [3] Demosthenes …
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837
Διαφρυκτοῦν
to use a roasted [bean]
… 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
… 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 a di/moiron (half-drachma) and the …
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Ἐκ τιμημάτων
from income-ratings
… one in Hesychius. The headword-phrase, e)k timhma/twn, occurs in e.g.
Xenophon,
Memorabilia 4.6.12, in a general definition of the governing principles of plutocratic (or oligarchic) constitutions. In an Athenian context the more usual idiom …
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2645
Ἐπιστροφῆς
tending-to
… of them, though many other instances are extant (beginning with
Xenophon,
Hellenica 5.2.9). For related words, which are capable of a wide variety of meanings, see epsilon 2644, epsilon 2643, and further references at …
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3509
Εὐθυμένης
Euthymenes, Euthumenes
[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 67, where the archon-year of Euthymenes is mentioned. "One would like to know much more about the terms and effects of this measure, and not least who …
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199
Χερεκράτης
Cherekrates
… Chairekrates was a student of Sokrates (sigma 829), mentioned throughout
Xenophon's
Memorabilia. Chairondas was the Athenian eponymous archon (mentioned for dating purposes by Aeschines and Demosthenes) of the momentous year 338/7.
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305
Χιλίαρχος
chiliarch; tribune
… officer often given command of a garrison, as in e.g.
Xenophon,
Cyropaedia 8.1.14. But it is also used as the equivalent of the Latin tribunus militum (see LSJ s.v.), and in the present instance …
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