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Ἀλκαῖος
Alkaios, Alcaeus
[Son] of Omphale and Herakles. He became great and strong and noble in war.
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478
Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ
money money (is the) man
… proverbial, like the sayings of the Seven Sages. Pindar and
Alcaeus
mention it. Similar to it [are] "the office reveals the man", "steer your own course" and "know thyself".
Alcaeus
says it is said …
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υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλός
money money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble
… who are successful due to wealth. Aristodemos says [this]. And
Alcaeus
mentions Aristodemus: "for as Aristodamos once in Sparta", he says, "spoke a speech that was not helpless: 'money, money;' and so forth." And …
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469
Ἀδηφαγία
greed
… and costing a lot, as a metaphor from fully-grown racehorses.
Alcaeus
in the [play] Comitragedy calls tippling lamps "greedy".
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495
Ἰωνικός
Ionic
… ["in the Ionic style"], meaning gracefully. "They [Ibycus, Anacreon, and
Alcaeus]
used to wear headbands and dance in the Ionic style." Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [says this].
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388
Ἀγύρτης
mendicant
… Minoan goddess Rhea, cf. kappa 2586). [5] Greek Anthology 6.218.1
(Alcaeus),
the dedication of a eunuch priest of Cybele who escaped from a lion by beating his timbrels; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I …
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1058
Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
See also alpha 1057, and cf. alpha 1056. [1] Alkaios/Alcaeus [the comic poet: alpha 1274] fr. 31 Kock., now 37 Kassel-Austin. [2] Plato, Phaedo 92D (web address 1); dative plural, reproduced here. [3] From …
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2405
Ἐπίκουρος
Epicurus, Epikouros
… [8] The reference is to the expulsion of the Epicureans
Alcaeus
and Philiscus in 154 BCE as a result of their ethical teaching. [9] An ancient city in Crete, a former Lacedaemonian colony mentioned …
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203
Ἠλέματος
idle, vain
… the Aeolic/Doric form a)le- is attested in Sappho (fr.26,5) and
Alcaeus
(fr. 70,4), and possibly Theocritus, Idylls 15.4, where it is a conjecture for the paradosis a)de-. See LSJ at web address 1. It …
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521
Χρῖσις
anointing
… Ios (Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A4), is attributed to
Alcaeus;
cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 6), (vol. II, 16-17), and further extracts from this epigram at gamma 458 and eta 162.
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