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Χαρώνδας
Charondas, Kharondas
A proper name.
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Γλάμων
bleary-eyed
… in the eyes and has eyes that are runny, like
Charon
[Author, Myth]. A bleary-eyed person [is] an unclean person. And Sophocles [sc. uses the term] in reference to a bird: "bleary in their …
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3638
Ἀποφθίμενον
having perished
… given. [1] Greek Anthology 7.67.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses
Charon
[Author, Myth], here abridged; for full versions see beta 114 and omicron 124; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 126) and (vol. II, …
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114
Βάρεις
barges
… 125. [4] Greek Anthology 7.67.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), addressed to
Charon
[Author, Myth] by Diogenes; already at alpha 3638 (in part) and, again, at omicron 124. See Gow and Page (vol. I, 126); (vol. …
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Ἐφόλκια
tenders, towed-boats
… unidentifiable. [4] Greek Anthology 7.67.5 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses
Charon
[Author, Myth]; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 126), (vol. II, 367-368), and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3638, beta 114, …
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Κρέας
carcass, flesh, meat
… see n.1 below. [1] Aristophanes, Frogs 190-191 (web address 1):
Charon
[Author, Myth] (OCD(4) s.v.
Charon(1))
proffers a possible exception to his refusal to ferry Xanthias, a slave, to Hades along with Dionysus; cf. …
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1998
Ἀνάπαυλαν
rest
… dead. "Who is [bound] for rests from evils and troubles?"
Charon
[Author, Myth] announces [this], and lists as destinations. "Who is for the Plain of Oblivion?" The Plain of Oblivion is a place of …
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Βλακεία
laziness, sloth
… scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 140, where there is mention of
Charon
[Author, Myth] and his two-obol fee (web address 2). (At tau 997 "grooms" becomes "generals.) See also omicron 8, phi 235.
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