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α3089Ἀπετρύετοwas wasted… the sense of worn him out.) This is part of Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F135: the historian (nu 393) is contrasting himself with the mythological Heracles, whose labors were performed for king Eurystheus …Matched in noteshighshort
δ404Δηλήσεταιwill be baneful (to), will do mischief (to)… to the quotation itself, in the accusative plural, Adler suggested Nicolaus of Damascus (nu 393), and this is taken up and confirmed by Favuzzi [below] in his study of eleven Suda entries -- cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1604Ἐξεκεκλήκειhad called out… the headword itself implies nothing about dinner. [2] Perhaps from Nicolaus of Damascus (FGrH 90). Valesius, followed by Müller, Jacoby and Adler, would assign this to a lost passage from the Strategemata of Constantine …

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Ἀπετρύετο

was wasted

"And in the preparations for the dinners much of the public [funds] was wasted." [Meaning] was squandered. And elsewhere: "if Eurystheus had offered this challenge to Heracles, it would have wasted him."

Ἀπετρύετο· καὶ παρὰ τὰς τῶν δείπνων παρασκευὰς τὸ πολὺ τῶν δημοσίων ἀπετρύετο. κατεδαπανᾶτο. καὶ αὖθις· εἰ τοῦτον τὸν ἆθλον προὔτεινεν Εὐρυσθεὺς Ἡρακλεῖ, σφόδρα ἂν αὐτὸν ἀπέτρυσεν.

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ε2864Ἐπρυτάνευσεpresided over… creates a link with Ctesias FGrH 688 F7 and especially Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F5, on the Mede Stryngaios who was the ill-fated admirer of Zarinaia, widow of the king of the Sakai. …Matched in noteshighshort

α164Ἄγγαροςangaros, courier… 163, and alpha 165. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 7.24. [2] Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F4 (vol. IIA p. 333), with an explanatory gloss drawn from the context of the quotation; cf. pi 731. …Matched in noteshighshort

α441Ἀδελφειόςbrother… seems to be a conflation of information from the historian Nicolaus of Damascus. It was Sadyattes (father of our Alyattes) who dishonored his own sister -- or more probably niece: see under alpha 1423.Matched in noteshighshort

α521ἈδραμύτειονAdramyteion… throne (ca. 560), Kroisos served as the governor of Adramyttion (Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F65). Adramyttion is mentioned also in e.g. Herodotus 7.42.1; web address 2.Matched in noteshighshort

α1245Ἁλίσαςhaving gathered… nominative singular, of a(li/zw. [2] Quotation possibly from Ctesias, via Nicolaus of Damascus: see Favuzzi [cited under alpha 2798] 40-41. For Semiramis (Sammuramat) see sigma 219, sigma 200, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.1343).Matched in noteshighshort

α1277Ἀλκήmight… to Homer, Iliad 4.245. [2] Hesiod fr. 203 Merkelbach-West (in Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F33), on Zeus. [3] Polybius fr. 5 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that this fragment is in fact Theophylact …Matched in noteshighshort

α2041Ἀνάπυσταwell-known… Lexicon; it is quoted from Homer, Odyssey 11.274. [2] cf. Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F9 -- though there the adjective is used of her infatuation with Bellerophon; cf. sigma 515. [3] This would …Matched in noteshighshort

α2334Ἀνέσφηλενrecovered, recuperated… The headword must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F99.Matched in noteshighshort

α2433Ἀνῃρημένοςhaving taken up… cf. generally alpha 2202. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler's apparatus suggests Nicolaus of Damascus or Aelian.) [3] Another quotation of uncertain origin (already at alpha 2055, and again epsilon 400); Adler again suggests Aelian.Matched in noteshighshort

α2798Ἀνύτεινto accomplish… and Frendo (157-158). [2] Quotation tentatively attributed by Adler to Nicolaus of Damascus. Ultimately, perhaps, from Ctesias: see Andrea Favuzzi, 'Frammenti di storia assira nella Suda'. Annali della Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia, Universita …Matched in noteshighshort

α3025Ἀπενιαυτίσαιto go away for a year… 1.13; cf. sigma 816. [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Nicolaus of Damascus. In fact from the Excerpta de virtutibus et vitiis -- see Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 54 -- and the city …Matched in noteshighshort

δ82Δασμόςdasmos, tribute… Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.24 (web address 1 below). [3] Attributed to Nicolaus of Damascus by Bernhardy. In any event, the topic is evidently the youths-and-maidens "tribute" for the Minotaur.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1591Δυσανασχετοῦσιthey are displeased… indicative. [3] Attributed by Favuzzi (cited under delta 404) to Nicolaus of Damascus. Alternatively, a loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 4.36.3, where, inter alia, a form of the headword verb (present active participle, masculine …Matched in noteshighshort

ε385Ἐκδεέςlacking… unattested) adjective. [1] Quotation unidentifiable; variously attributed to Aelian and Nicolaus of Damascus. Equally uncertain is the episode (and personnel) involved, but a reasonable conjecture might be the theft of the Palladion from Troy …Matched in noteshighshort

ε551Ἐκπαγλούμενοιbeing struck… II). [1] This quotation is tentatively attributed by Adler to Nicolaus of Damascus; but [DW] it might actually be a summary of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.40.1, on Hercules overcoming the fire-breathing giant …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1312Ἐνημμένοςclad in, fitted with… (web address 1). [3] Adler tentatively attributes this quotation to Nicolaus of Damascus (nu 393), two of whose fragments concern Heracles. And see generally lambda 253.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1373Ἐνθύμιον(something) laid to heart; wrath… where the headword occurs. [3] Bernhardy attributed this passage to Nicolaus of Damascus (nu 393); see the story at alpha 4309.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1400Ἔννουςthoughtful… A TLG search shows that it is in fact from Nicolaus of Damascus (FGrH 90 F13), on Heracles.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1539Ἐξαναστάςhaving emigrated… 277. [1] Quotation not identifiable with certainty, but Adler suggested Nicolaus of Damascus, and see now Favuzzi (cited under delta 404).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… Unknown source, perhaps via the Excerpta Constantiniana; Adler tentatively suggested Nicolaus of Damascus. The headword itself, a feminine noun, is rare in classical Greek, first appearing (several times) in the artillery manual of Philo …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1568Ἐξάρχοντεςbeginning… of Halicarnassus, etc.etc.). [2] Quotation unidentifiable (though Adler tentatively suggested Nicolaus of Damascus; cf. omicron 172).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1909Ἔωσενshoved… fr.256 Hercher, 254a Domingo-Forasté; cf. Excerpta de insidiis 8.25 (= Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F12), and for a possible continuation of the story see epsilon 3022 (Aelian fr. 254b Domingo-Forasté). [2] From Aelian …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2017Ἐπαισχέςshameful… by Adler, but it is an approximation of part of Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F5 (F12 Müller) = Excerpta de virtutibus 335.20 ff.; cf. epsilon 2864, sigma 1230. [2] Quotation not identified by …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2103Ἐπεφόρησενpiled on… shows that it is, rather, an approximation of part of Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F44 (found in the Excerpta de insidiis of Constantine Porphyrogenitus) on the adulterous queen Damonno of Lydia.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2132Ἐπείραwas making an attempt… Astydameia. That version is clearly derived from a quotation of Nicolaus of Damascus (FGrH 90 F55) in Constantine Porphyrogenitus' Excerpta de virtutibus 340.23 - 341.5, wherein the woman is referred to only as "the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2158Ἐπήγγελλενused to proclaim… Cyropaedia 7.4.2. [2] Quotation not attributable with certainty (but perhaps Nicolaus of Damascus; see again at mu 1092). [3] Procopius, Secret History 6.12; quoted more fully at epsilon 1915. The verb form here is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2457Ἐπιμαστίδιοςbreastfeeding… vocabulary (in origin at least): see LSJ s.v. [1] From Nicolaus of Damascus, FGrH 90 F13, on Heracles and the sons of Megara. See Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 57.Matched in noteshighshort

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