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η609Ἡ Συρακουσῶν δεκάτηthe Syracusans' titheStrabo 6.2.4 : "it came to pass that the Crotoniates took up residence in so healthy a city, as we said before [6.1.12], and that Syracuse fell into such wealth that the name of …Matched in noteshighshort
γ189ΓέργηθεςGergêthes… Perhaps Gergitha, in the upper Kaikos valley of Asia Minor (Strabo 13.1.70); alternatively Gergis in the Troad (Herodotus 7.43.2; Xenophon, Hellenica 3.1.15, 21-23). [2] See more fully at Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.524A-B (12.26 Kaibel), quoting …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1580Κίγκαλοςdabchick… of ill-omen". However, the word also means snakeskin (and, in Strabo 3.2.6, hare), and there seems a strong possibility that two (or even more) proverbs have become conflated here. See also lambda 218. For …Matched in noteshighshort
ν590ΝύμφαιονNymphaion, Nymphaeum… for quite different information -- Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., citing Strabo. [1] Krateros FGrH 342 F8. The allusion is to the C5 BC Athenian Empire, of which Nymphaion was a tribute-paying member. See in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ268Κάλυμνοςkalymnos, calymnus… also Homer, Iliad 2.677 (web address 1) with scholia, and Strabo 10.5.19. [4] Apollodorus FGrH 244 F173.Matched in noteshighshort
λ546ΛιμηράLimera… Thucydides 4.58.2, 6.105.2; Pausanias 3.21.7, 3.23.6 & 10), but see Strabo 8.6.1 (web address 1): "Apollodorus observes that this city, because it has a good harbour [limen], was called limenera, which was abbreviated and …Matched in noteshighshort
μ405ΜεδιόλανονMediolanon, Mediolanum, MilanOn Mediolanum/Milan see Strabo 5.1.6 (4.2.1 refers to a different Mediolanum, in Aquitaine; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.), and generally OCD(4) p.923. The entry from the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites may be reached …Matched in noteshighshort
α1506ἈμασείαAmaseia, Amasia[1] A city of Pontus, the birthplace of the historian Strabo. In his book a description of his hometown is preserved (12.561). See web addresses 1 & 2. [2] Although several historical persons bore …Matched in noteshighshort
α4104ἈρχίαςArchiasSource: Aelian fr. 346 Hercher (343 Domingo-Forasté); cf. Strabo 6.2.4; the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 1091; and mu 1473. [1] More exactly, a Corinthian who became the oikist (founder) of Syracuse, c.734 BCE. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… but not followed by Adler). [7] OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). [8] Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and Stephanus of Byzantium say 'from Mopsopos'. [9] Ruhnken, as Adler notes, proposed emending this to 'to Antiochus'. [10] This actual …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from Korykos… are the pirates and not just the informants is in Strabo 14.1, Stephanus of Byzantium (Ethnica p.4-2 Meineke), and Zenobius 4.75, who also cited the passage from Menander as a proverb. Zenobius' version is …Matched in noteshighmedium

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