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9 entries for Douris, Duris

λ351Λεχώϊαbirthing, of childbirth[Meaning] those things which occur during delivery of a child. "But, maidens, you who are bringing birthing gifts to the girl, now pour warm tears on the cold grave."Matched in translationhighshort
λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… it all up into lint-bandages." The light produced from torches during wartime is called a beacon.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… clan, one of the orators selected to join Demosthenes. Irreproachable during his life, he died of a disease and left sons; but after they had become the object of malicious prosecution, the orator Demosthenes …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… battle with the enemy (Histories 2.5.4). But, according to Simocatta, during the retreat after defeat by the Romans, many of the Persians then died from over-hydration after finding water wells; cf. de Boor (78) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… his mockery. The extensive scholia by Arethas, archbishop of Caesarea during the early 10th century, echo the Suda's disgust over the De morte Peregrini (pp.216-220 Rabe). On this Byzantine polemic, which is sustained by …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ265ΛέωνLeon… not have written a history of Alexander if he died during the reign of Philip. See A. Woerle, Die politische Taetigkeit der Schueler Platons (Darmstadt 1981) 126-127.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… (in)famous for the conspiracy he launched against the Roman Republic during the year of Cicero's consulship (63 BCE), see generally Ernst Badian in OCD(4) s.v. 'Sergius(RE 23) Catilina', with bibliography. The main sources for …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… 2, web address 3, and web address 4 for Longinus during the reigns of Zeno and Anastasius. For the role of Isaurians such as Zeno and Longinus in the empire see Feld (below). [1] …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… capture of Spartan forces on Sphakteria in 425 BCE, i.e. during the Peloponnesian War (see Thucydides 4.8-41: web address 4); Sphakteria played no part in the Persian War. Adler notes that in the present …Matched in noteshighmedium

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