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β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… way, for profit. Also [sc. attested are] bwmakeu/mata and bwmoloxeu/mata. Apollodorus of Cyrene [sc. says it means] the witty flatterer and jester. Some [sc. say that it means] the man who flatters with a …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2689ἈντιόπηAntiopeSee Apollodorus, Library 3.5.5 (web address 1). Euripides made Antiope the subject of a (lost) tragedy. For Dirce see delta 1266. [1] Sexual "corruption" is meant, as will emerge. In some versions (e.g. Apollodorus) …Matched in noteshighmedium
β279Βίαιοιviolent… [4] This unnamed "tyrant of the Cassandreians" (formerly Poteidaians) is Apollodorus. According to Polyaenus, Stratagems 6.7, Apollodorus "became the most murderous and cruel tyrant of all who had been tyrants both among the Greeks …

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Βωμολόχος· ὁ περὶ τοὺς βωμοὺς λοχῶν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαβεῖν τι παρὰ τῶν θυόντων. μεταφορικῶς δὲ καὶ ὁ παραπλησίως τούτῳ ὠφελείας ἕνεκά τινας κολακεύων. καὶ βωμακεύματα καὶ βωμολοχεύματα.…

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α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, ArchelausSon of Apollodorus or of Midon; a Milesian, a philosopher, called a 'natural philosopher' with respect to his philosophical school.. [It is on record] that he was the first to introduce natural philosophy from …Matched in translationhighmedium

β206Βδελύττεσθαιto feel loathing at… to feel disgust at, to suffer nausea, to recoil from. Apollodorus of Cyrene [sc. uses it to mean] to hate. From this also [comes the noun] bdelugmi/a ["nausea"], [resulting] from hatred; also [attested is …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ456ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes… was again slandered as having disclosed the opposing speeches to Apollodorus and Phormio. So he gave this up as well, and entered politics. He had a speech impediment, and moved his shoulder in an …Matched in translationhighlong

ι200ἹερώνυμοςHieronymos, Hieronymus… overthrow, saying, for instance, that no tyrant, not Phalaris, not Apollodorus, not any other, was more harsh than he. He acquired power while still a child, then, after living no more than three or …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1272ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, Alcaeus… alpha 1274. Quite a common name in mythology: see also Apollodorus, Library 2.4.5. (A. the son of Perseus and Andromeda) and 2.5.9 (A. the son of Androgeos). However, the one in question here, as …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… of Ajax: Sophocles, Ajax 1285-87 (web address 1). Late sources (Apollodorus 2.8.4; Pausanias 4.3.3) tell of how Cresphontes (kappa 2377), Temenus and the sons of Aristodemus cast lots to divide the Peloponnese among themselves. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1546ΔρύοπεςDryopes… Theiodamas and slaughtered the ox. See Pherecydes FGrH 3 F19); Apollodorus 2.7.1; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1212ff.; Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 160ff.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2053Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματιto carry a spear at the funeral and to make an announcement at the memorial… hunt, by a javelin thrown by her husband Kephalos. See Apollodorus, Library of Greek Mythology 3.15.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

χ568ΧρύσιπποςChrysippus, Chrysippos… first, D.L. takes the testimony of Hermippus (fr.51 Mueller) and Apollodorus (fr.46 Jacoby). For the second, he explains the situation that produced Chrysippus' laugh: seeing a donkey eating some figs, he suggested that the …Matched in noteshighshort