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Γαλάτεια
Galateia, Galatea
… among Hellenistic poets, chiefly through the agency of the Sicilian
Theocritus.
Usually it is Polyphemus who pursues Galateia, unsuccessfully (e.g.
Theocritus,
Idyll 11), but a parallel tradition develops in which Galateia is at least …
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250
Αἰολομίτρης
agile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem
… adjective, is found twice in extant classical literature: Homer and
Theocritus.
(i) In Homer, Iliad 5.707, it refers to the waistband of the Boeotian Oresbius (mentioned only at the time of his death). Its …
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1242
Διωναία
Dionaia, Dionaea
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… any rate in Homer, Iliad 5.370). For the epithet see
Theocritus,
Idylls 15.106; and on Dione see generally OCD(4) s.v. [2] e.g.
Theocritus,
Idylls 7.116.
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245
Ἄγκεσι
[in] forests
… not demonstrably so; there are other extant possibilities in e.g.
Theocritus
and Oppian. [1] For this glossing cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.321, where a)/gke' occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 6.186.4 (Diocles), dedications to …
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1049
Ἅλα
salt
… 1). Apparently a proverbial expression for a minimal gift; compare
Theocritus,
Idylls 27.61.
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3931
Ἀριστοτόκεια
bearing the best children
… web address 1); used at, and probably quoted here from,
Theocritus
(Idylls 24.73, vocative). Compare dusaristoto/keia at Homer, Iliad 18.54, where Thetis, mother of Achilles calls herself this (the prefix not questioning his excellence …
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251
Αἰολόπωλος
with piebald ponies; with swift-circling ponies
… and the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 137. (Of Castor in
Theocritus,
Idylls 22.34; contextless in Cercidas fr. 8.1.) They were famous for their horses, as was, of course, the Trojan plain, where they were …
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363
Βοήν
battle-cry
… For the transference of the word to battle itself see
Theocritus,
Idylls 16.97, quoted in LSJ s.v.
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1490
Δράγματα
handfuls of uncut corn, trusses
… given, though there are numerous alternatives (in e.g. Homer, Callimachus,
Theocritus
and the Septuagint). Same headword but different glossing in Hesychius, Photius, and elsewhere. In any event the noun, from the same root as …
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2837
Ἐπωμαδόν
shoulder-high, on the shoulders
… and 4.1770, and by later poets. [2] Adjective, used by
Theocritus,
Idylls 29.29 (web address 2: spelled e)pomma/dios in Aeolic dialect) and by later poets.
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η
417
Ἠώς
dawn
… aurora and Sanskrit usás. [6] Attested in Doric poetry, e.g.
Theocritus.
[7] Attested as accusative in Sappho: nominative au)/ws Sappho fr. 95 Bergk, 120 Diehls, 223 Page (that is, the Aeolic form is auwōs). …
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397
Ἰξύν
waist
… headword, accusative case, must be quoted from somewhere else (perhaps
Theocritus,
Idylls 25.246). [2] Greek Anthology 6.255.4-5 (Erycius), a cowherd tracks down a wayward bull; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (248-249); vol. II …
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376
Καρήατος
head's, of a head
… 1) but thereafter quite often as an epic intertext (e.g.
Theocritus,
Apollonius Rhodius, Nonnus).
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1874
Κνίζων
scratching
… similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (probably
Theocritus,
Idylls 6.25; cf. the scholia thereto). [2] Herodian the grammarian, in Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey 1745.64 and 1746.12. On hypothetical monosyllabic verbs, …
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406
Λήδας υἱέε
Leda's (two) sons
… and is presumably quoted from there. For something comparable see
Theocritus,
Idylls 22.1. For Leda see lambda 407; and cf. alpha 1897, alpha 4309, delta 1209, tau 1169.
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312
Χίμαρος
billy-goat
… (according to Adler); see also Hesychius, and the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idyll 1.5 (web address 1), where the headword appears. [2] This portion of the entry is taken from the A scholia to Homer, …
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