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1216
Διοτρεφής
Zeus-fostered, Zeus-reared
… the river Scamander as fed by the rain, thus by
Zeus.
LSJ entry at web address 1.
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1228
Διώκειν
to prosecute
… katalamba/nein feu/gonta. [3] cf. Aristonicus in Schol. Homer, Iliad 8.439a
"[*zeu=s
... a(/rma kai\ i(/ppous] *ou)/lumpon de\ di/wke": o(/ti kuri/ws diw/kein le/getai, o(/tan profeu/gh| tis, nu=n de\ e)pi\ tou= sunto/nws e)lau/nontos;"(Zeus) rapidly drove (his …
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1093
Δίκης
of justice
… as a girl sitting by the throne of her father
Zeus
is developed in Aeschylus' Aitnaiai (cf. fr. 530 Mette-282 Lloyd-Jones). See also Solon 4.15ff., where justice is silently observing human events both of …
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1446
Δωδωναῖος
Dodonian
From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.233, where
Zeus
of Dodona is apostrophized. For the adjective see already delta 1445; and for Dodonian
Zeus
see also under lambda 121. Dodona (delta 1447) in Epeiros …
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252
Ἠλιτόμηνον
missing the [right] month
i.e. untimely
born;
cf. alpha 1261. Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and see also the scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.118, where this neuter participle occurs (web address 1): …
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1284
Κελαινεφές
of the black clouds; black
… in Homer in two senses only (see Führer below), of
Zeus,
often when invoked in prayer, and of blood (cf. the use of kelaino/n, kappa 1285). It is appropriate to the "cloud-gathering" god of …
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3046
Ἀπερίτροπος
unheeding
… Orestes not returning, and of Hades not pursuing enemies. (For
zeugma
in this sense see generally LSJ s.v., II: "a figure of speech, wherein two subjects are used jointly with the same predicate, which …
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832
Ἀκερδὴς χάρις
unprofitable reward
… the play, the terrified chorus of old men pray to
Zeus
as god of thunder and lightning not to punish them for merely seeing a man accursed by giving them an 'unprofitable reward', clearly …
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1277
Ἀλκή
might
… 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 Simocatta, Histories 5.5.1; cf. de Boor (196) …
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1538
Ἀμβρόσιαι
ambrosial [locks]
… alpha 1540. [1] Homer, Iliad 1.529-530 (web address 1), of
Zeus
nodding; cf. epsilon 2073.
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1795
Ἄνα
up
… cf. epsilon 265. [3] Example in Homer, Iliad 3.351 (of
Zeus):
web address 3.
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2408
Ἀνηκούστησεν
ignored
… Homer, Iliad 15.236 (where the headword occurs, of Apollo defying
Zeus).
[3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Herodotus 6.14.2 (web address 1 below).
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3170
Ἀπηνής
harsh
… to Homer, Iliad 15.94, where the headword is used of
Zeus's
temperament. [2] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (2452).
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3420
Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
… Domitian intended his arrest (Philostratos 7). [8] Literally, "(he was)
born
not in the distant past nor recently." [9] Or "Gymnosophists." [10] Diogenes Laertius 8.59-62 (Empedocles). [11] Diogenes Laertius 8.2-3, 20-21 (Pythagoras). [12] Diogenes …
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3745
Ἄρατος
Aratus, Aratos
… collected at Gow and Page 2.29-31. Alexander (alpha 1127) was
born
c. 315 and his fragments are collected at Powell 120-21. [9] Although the Suda's list is an important source for the fragments of …
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4232
Ἀστέρειος
of a star, star's
… Electra 866 for 'sun's four-horser'. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.580 (of
Zeus),
with the gloss of the scholia there.
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251
Αἰολόπωλος
with piebald ponies; with swift-circling ponies
… course, the Trojan plain, where they were a gift of
Zeus
in payment for Ganymede; cf. E. Delebecque, Le Cheval dans l’Iliade (Paris,1951) esp. 27-30. In the Iliad the ill-fated Asius of Arisbe (Lexikon …
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215
Γείνατο
begot
… amended, in the Supplement, to eliminate the passive sense "is
born";
cf. gamma 214.
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40
Δάμασος
Damasos, Damasus
This is Saint Damasus,
born
c.305 and Bishop of Rome (i.e. Pope) 366-384; Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [1] Jerome, Famous Men 111.
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210
Δελφοί
Delphi, Delphoi
… in retribution for the king's sheepdogs having killed his child,
born
by the Argive princess Psamathe. Vengeance then snatched babies from mothers in Argos until the Argive hero Coroebus killed her. Pausanias 1.43.7-8 (web …
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283
Δευκαλίων
Deucalion, Deukalion
… his wife Pyrrha were the survivors of the flood which
Zeus
sent to punish humans for their lack of piety. A homonym is D. the son of Minos (and father of Homer's Idomeneus).
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995
Διείρεο
question (too) closely
… is quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.550 (web address 1), where
Zeus
warns Hera not to do this.
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1168
Διονύσια
Dionysia
… means that the "girl" had lived three Choes, but was
born
at the time of the Dionysia, stressing the link with wine. (The scholion Ravennas continues: "[Aristophanes says this] because wine is the subject …
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1242
Διωναία
Dionaia, Dionaea
[1] By virtue of being the daughter of
(Zeus
and) Dione (at 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. …
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289
Ἐῆος
valiant
… this adjective) occurs. See epsilon 3734. [2] Homer, Iliad 19.342
(Zeus
to Athene, about Achilles).
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401
Ἔκδιος
Ekdios, Ecdius
… unattested. (Alternatively, a compression of the phrase e)k *dio/s, 'from
Zeus',
as in e.g. Homer, Iliad 1.63.)
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1292
Ἔνη καὶ νέα
old and new
… becomes "the city where such a mortal would have been
born".
Thus, the passage can easily be understood if the word bro/ton is integrated after e)gge/nhtai. It is also possible that two different entries …
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2073
Ἐπερρόσαντο
they rushed toward
… see at alpha 1538), in reference to the hair of
Zeus
as he nods in assent. A large percentage of the attestations result from quotations of or commentary on this passage. [1] So far, …
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2980
Ἐρίγδουπος
loud-resounding, thundering
… broadly similar. In Homer the headword is an epithet of
Zeus.
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3674
Εὐράξ
on the blind side; on the open side
… Iris threatens to report it as hybris to her father
Zeus.
The etymology is unclear. Risch hesitantly follows the majority of scholia, lexica and commentaries in deriving it, by analogy with other adverbs in …
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