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18 entries for Alkaios, Alcaeus

α1058Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposterSee also alpha 1057, and cf. alpha 1056. [1] Alkaios/Alcaeus [the comic poet: alpha 1274] fr. 31 Kock., now 37 Kassel-Austin. [2] Plato, Phaedo 92D (web address 1); dative plural, reproduced here. [3] From …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1598ΚίκιςKikis, Cicis[1] Alcaeus fr. 414. On Alcaeus of Mytilene, see alpha 1274.Matched in noteshighshort
β340Βληχρόνfaint… Theriaca 446, which the scholia there gloss with a)sqene/s. [2] Alcaeus fr. 319 Lobel-Page (16 Bergk). [3] Pindar fr. 245 Snell-Maehler.Matched in noteshighshort
α469Ἀδηφαγίαgreed… phrase in Lysias: fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a Carey). [2] Alcaeus fr.21 Kassel-Austin.Matched in noteshighshort
α3843ἈρήϊοιAres-like… scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.698, where the headword occurs. [2] Alcaeus fr. 23 Bergk (quoted in the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 56). [3] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
χ319Χιράςchap, chilblain, crackSee e.g. Diogenes Laertius 1.81 (Alcaeus on Pittacus) and generally LSJ s.v. xeira/s.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1858Κνέφαλονpillow… gna/faloi at gamma 327. (Another attested variant is gno/fallon in Alcaeus.)Matched in noteshighshort
χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… address 1), but the whole phrase is a version of Alcaeus fr. 360 Lobel-Page, of which a summary version is given below. [1] cf. Apostolius 18.32 and other paroemiographers, and see generally Tosi [cited …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… of this quotation from Aristophanes, Knights 539, see kappa 2319. 'Alcaeus' offspring' is Heracles (grandson of Alcaeus), but the verse is spoken by the Chorus, and Heracles does not feature in Knights. The verse …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1116Κατώρηςsubmerging… headword noun occurs in fragments of Sappho (fr.183 Lobel-Page) and Alcaeus (fr.412 Lobel-Page) and is glossed as 'sinking below' (ka/tw r(e/pwn). The present gloss is presumably a misunderstanding of earlier lexicographic comment (e.g. Theognostus) …Matched in noteshighshort
η203Ἠλέματοςidle, vain… the Aeolic/Doric form a)le- is attested in Sappho (fr.26,5) and Alcaeus (fr. 70,4), and possibly Theocritus, Idylls 15.4, where it is a conjecture for the paradosis a)de-. See LSJ at web address 1. It …Matched in noteshighshort
η162Ἤκαχονthey caused grief toGreek Anthology 7.1.1-2 (Alcaeus), an epitaph (quoted already in part at gamma 458) appearing on Homer's alleged tomb at Ios (Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A4); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 6), (vol. …Matched in noteshighshort
η251Ἠλιτοεργόςmissing work, deed undone… possibility of a dubious reading in a papyrus text of Alcaeus. [1] Greek Anthology 7.210.7 (Antipater of Sidon), of a mother-bird whose nestlings were killed by a snake; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I …Matched in noteshighshort
γ158Γένυσιwith jaws… occurs (in a simile about hunting-dogs). [2] Greek Anthology 6.218.7-8 (Alcaeus), the dedication of a eunuch priest of Cybele (Kybele, cf. kappa 2586) who escaped from a lion by beating his timbrels; cf. Gow …Matched in noteshighshort
γ458Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrumSee already gamma 457. [1] Greek Anthology 7.1.1-2 (Alcaeus), an epitaph (quoted again more fully at eta 162) appearing on Homer's alleged tomb at Ios; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 6), (vol. II, …Matched in noteshighshort
α2580Ἄνω καὶ κάτω(to search) up and down, high and low… It was widely used in Greek, perhaps as early as Alcaeus (fr.306.14 Lobel-Page). See Suetonius's use in the peri\ paidi/wn (ed. Taillardat pp. 153-4, who also discusses the use of pa=s as "decisive"). However, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ521Χρῖσιςanointing… Ios (Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A4), is attributed to Alcaeus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 6), (vol. II, 16-17), and further extracts from this epigram at gamma 458 and eta 162.Matched in noteshighshort
α388Ἀγύρτηςmendicant… Minoan goddess Rhea, cf. kappa 2586). [5] Greek Anthology 6.218.1 (Alcaeus), the dedication of a eunuch priest of Cybele who escaped from a lion by beating his timbrels; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I …Matched in noteshighshort