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η542Ἥρωαςheroes… plural phrase, quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.151 (Stoic doctrine). For 'hero' cf. eta 556.Matched in noteshighshort
η543ἩρώδειονHerodeion, Herodeum… grid G2. South of Jerusalem. Built by, and named after, Herod (eta 544). Mentioned several times by Josephus e.g. Antiquities of the Jews 16.14; Jewish War 1.265 (web address 1), 419, 673.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3087ἘροιάδαEroiadai, Eroeadae… The truncated spelling of its name in the Suda headword, Eroiada, is a textual aberration.Matched in noteshighshort
η535ἩρόδικοςHerodikos, HerodicusPerhaps intended to refer to the Hellenistic writer/philosopher Herodicus of Babylon (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.); but see also gamma 388 for H. the brother of Gorgias; and under omicron 654.Matched in noteshighshort
η547ἩρωδιάςHerodiasThat of the wife (and niece) of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome (sigma 65): see under eta 544.Matched in noteshighshort
η544ἩρώδηςHerodes, Herod, Herod the Great… the Baptist; cf. under alpha 985, iota 503. [2] For Herodias, see eta 547; for this Salome and another, sigma 65. [3] Herod Agrippa was in fact the grandson of Herod. Agrippa's father was …Matched in noteshighmedium
η127Ἠερόειςmistycf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.191 (*)ai+/dhs d' e)/laxe zo/fon h)ero/enta "Hades received the misty realm"), as well as other lexica. See also eta 126.Matched in noteshighshort
α4006Ἅρπεζον>20 ὅτι τὸ ἐκ χαλίκων ᾠκοδομημένον τειχίον ἄνευ πηλοῦ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ τινὲς ἅρπεζον καλοῦσινhedgingQuoted from alphaiota 189. The Herodotus passage is 1.180.2, on the fortifications of Babylon.Matched in noteshighshort
αι33ΑἰγεῖονAigeion, Aegeum… generally OCD(4) p.16). [1] Harpokration uses a more plausible term, "hero-shrine" [heroon] - which indeed appears here too, in the final sentence. [2] Dinarchus fr. III.2 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort
κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… below). There is some debate over the identity of "the hero Kalamites" (tw=| Kalami/th| h(/rwi). This may be a physician or bone-setter (one who uses splints, ka/lamoi) named Heros who is mentioned in Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort
γ455ΓρίοςGrios, ? Grinos… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (545). The name of a hero, according to Herodian, On Prosody [Grammatici Graeci 3,1] 110.18 (accented *Gri=os there); possibly, then, an error for Grinos/Grinnos, mentioned in Herodotus 4.150.2-3 as …Matched in noteshighshort
ι202Ἱερῶςin a sacred mannerSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is an adverbial form from i(ero/s; cf. generally iota 198.Matched in noteshighshort
ι198ἹερῷsacredDative singular of i(ero/s, with same or similar glossing in other lexica; quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.464. cf. generally iota 197, iota 202.Matched in noteshighshort
χ303Χιλήfodder… 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the Suda's e(te/rhs ("other"). [3] Quotation and context unidentifiable. [4] cf. Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι16ἼακχοςIakkhos, Iacchus… is referring to the battle of Salamis (480 BCE); cf. Herodotus 8.65.1 for this detail. [3] Also spelled i)a/xw or i)axw=: cf. Etymologicum Magnum 462.48. [4] Aelian fr. 270b Domingo-Forasté (272 Hercher again); 'Areian' …Matched in noteshighshort
ι190ἹεροσόλυμαHierosolyma, JerusalemSee also iota 194. The spelling in this entry, apparently influenced by Greek i(ero/s, occurs in later books of the Septuagint. Both spellings occur in the New Testament. The Hebrew is (יְרוּשָלַיִם [jəɣuʃɔlɑjɪm]).Matched in noteshighshort
ι775ἸφίστιοςIphistios, Iphistius… Hesychius iota1129, Iphistios is the name of an Athenian local hero, the eponym of the tiny deme Iphistiadai. (There is no separate Suda entry for Iphistiadai, but see e.g. Diogenes Laertius 3.41: Plato's will …Matched in noteshighshort
μ469ΜελέαγροςMeleager, Meleagros… For the two best-known bearers of it see OCD4 s.v.(1) [hero of the Calydonian Boar hunt; cf. under omicron 849, and see also mu 468] and (2) [philosopher and poet, author of the Garland …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1495Ἐντυγχάνεινto encounter, to meet, to run into… the two verbs, with particular reference to meeting a named hero, Orestes (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε241Ἐδίωσενdrove out… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. Manuscripts of Hero [Author, Myth] of Alexandria, De automatis 24.3 have e)di/wsa; in Homer the aorist is diw=sa, in Xenophon die/wsa.Matched in noteshighshort
αι216ΑἰνειάδεςAineiades, Aeneades, sons of Aeneas[1] The Trojan-war hero, evidently; see alphaiota 214. The participle katago/menoi here is omitted in certain manuscripts. [2] In Perraebia (N.Greece). [3] For this variant see e.g. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ainia.Matched in noteshighshort
ι203Ἱερῶσθαιto have been consecratedPerfect middle-passive infinitive of i(ero/w; Thucydides 5.1.1 (web address 1). Likewise or similarly in other lexica. cf. iota 158.Matched in noteshighshort
αι214ΑἰνέαςAineas, Aeneas… this is intended to be the name of the Trojan hero (OCD(4) s.v.), it is usually spelled Aineias in the Iliad (and cf. generally alphaiota 215). Nevertheless, for 'Aineas' see, apparently, Iliad 13.541; Sophocles …Matched in noteshighshort
α4160ἈσκανίαAskania, Ascania… des frühgriechischen Epos I (fasc.8) 1403-04). In the Aeneid the hero's son is named Ascanius. The name is probably Thraco-Phrygian.Matched in noteshighshort
α562Ἀερόενairy, cloudy, murky… a writer using the Doric dialect. (The epic form is h)ero/en; cf. eta 126.) In extant Greek the only possibility is Telestes [tau 265] fr. 1c.2 (= Page, PMG 805 = Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.617A …Matched in noteshighshort
α826Ἄκαιναakaina… in akainai are especially common in the technical treatises of Hero [Author, Myth](n), but see also e.g. Diodorus Siculus 20.91.4 (as conventionally restored) for square akainai. For the Pelasgians see pi 934, and generally …Matched in noteshighshort
α4613Ἀφ' ἱερᾶςfrom a holySimilar entry in Hesychius, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Laws 739A and 820C. [1] The last line on the board. See LSJ s.v. i(ero/s IV.4. [2] Epicharmus fr. 225 Kaibel, now 202 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, project… combat as the Heraclids first tried to enter the Peloponnese (Herodotus 9.26). See RE 5.1913; Hesiod fr. 23a.31, 176.3 Merkelbach/West; Diodorus Siculus 4.58.3-5; etc. Pausanias saw the battle depicted on a stele at Tegea …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3070Ἔρωςlove… 143.30-144.3. [6] This is presumably again a Stoic issue. The erotic person, it is said, is so called in two senses: (i) the one who, in being excellent or good (spoudaios), is qualified in …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… Etymologicum Magnum 545.51, where both are mentioned as possibilities. This hero is named as progenitor for an aristocratic Athenian family, the Kynnidai, who are mentioned in the oratory of Lykourgos (fr. 7.1) and who …Matched in noteshighmedium

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