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- γ391Γοργόνες ΤιθράσιαιTithrasian Gorgons… Aristophanes, Frogs 477, where the headword phrase occurs, as TEIthrasian gorgons. The spelling is important, because Teithras was an Attic deme (and evidently one with prodigiously ugly women). Cf. tau 579 (where this fact …
- γ390ΓοργόνεςGorgonsps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.76.32-35, on the mention of Gorgons in Gregory of Nazianzus' speech Against the emperor Julian (PG 35.653.11). cf. gamma 391, gamma 392, gamma 393, gamma 394, gamma 395. For Perseus see …
- ε2024Ἐπεγράφουyou were enlisted under, you had (something) inscribed upon… scholia focus on the literal level (Lamachos has had a gorgon inscribed on his shield), while the wordplay (cf. LSJ: web address 2) involves an sense of the verb e)pigra/fomai that in this case …
- α4048Ἀρτίτομοςfresh from cutting… first of these see Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1515 (on the Gorgon's head).
- ε3776ΕὐτρόπιοςEutropius… [5] This is probably Medusa (mu 406), one of three Gorgons according to Greek myth. Apparently this mythical example alludes to Eutropius' alleged ugliness, for which Blockley (1983: 146 n. 138) cites Claudian, In …
- κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… Hesiod, Shield 224: "the head of a dreadful monster, the Gorgon, covered the broad of his back, and a bag [chest?] of silver -- a marvel to see -- contained it". The Etymologicum Gudianum …
- μ175Μαπέεινto seize… -- occurs in Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 231 (the depicted Gorgons long to seize Perseus: web address 1).
- γ400Γοργύνηgorgyne… 391) that the women of the Attic deme Teithras were gorgons - that is, alarming, dangerous and ugly (tau 579).