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1381
Δορίκλυτος
spear-famed
… epithet is applied to Idomeneus (see web address 1). Also
dourikluto/s
and
dourikleito/s.
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2533
Ἄνθρωπος
man
… too. Nevertheless, a fourth and a fifth way (growing prophetic
during
sleep or illness) are arguably implicit.
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1170
Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης
Dionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite
… meekness. To John the Apostle, Dionysius addresses word of support
during
his exile. The Suda does not mention the letter to the hierarch Titus, concerning the symbolism of "spiritual nourishment". A letter to Apollophanes …
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Εὐρύβατος
Eurybatos, Eurybatus
… Aristotle, On Justice fr. 84 (see note 7 below). [5]
Douris
FGrH 76 F20. For the companion in question, who is named 'Eurybates' (*eu)ruba/ths) in mss of Homer, see Homer, Odyssey 19.247 (web address …
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4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… what would have been the majority for release (Polybius 33.1.5).
During
his praetorship, Aulus was among those senators who welcomed the delegation of philosophers, Carneades, Diogenes, and Critolaus, on the Capitoline (Cicero, Academica 2.137; …
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2424
Ἐπίκτητος
Epiktetos, Epictetus
… preceding note); most say that he was hit and bound
during
his slavery by his master (Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration I against Julian PG 35.592.14; Epistle 32 to Philagrius 10.2; Celsus in Origen, Against …
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399
Ἀγχίθυρος
next-door, near the door
… inadvertently making camp in close proximity to defending Persian forces
during
the aborted siege of Chlomaron in the summer of 586; cf. de Boor (85) and Whitby (54). Chlomaron (cf. chi 348) was a …
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523
Ἀδράστεια Νέμεσις
Adrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos
… paroemiographers. [4] After relating the story of Adrastus's exceptional survival
during
the attack on Thebes, Libanius (Narration 10 [Foerster vol. 8, pp. 40-41]) adds that "This then seemed to come about in this way …
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906
Ἀκμήν
moment
… address 1), on the Byzantine general Dagisthaios (cf. delta 3).
During
the Lazic War (541-562) in 549 CE, Lazi ambassadors to the emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446) accuse Dagisthaios of incompetence, treachery, and collusion …
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1108
Ἀλέγοις
might you have a care for
… promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6)
during
a storm at sea, is attributed to Diodorus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from …
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1428
Ἀλύειν
to be beside oneself, to be overwhelmed
… (slightly differently) at alpha 1575. His initial assault (553 CE,
during
the Gothic War of 535-554) on the Goth garrison at Cumae (modern-day Cuma, Italy, some 20 km west of Naples) having been repulsed …
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1938
Ἀνάληψις
recovery
… address 1). In early July 216 BCE (Walbank, p. 421),
during
the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE), Hannibal (cf. alpha 2452) withdrew eastward following his stunning victory in the Battle of Lake Trasimene (Barrington …
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2158
Ἀνδράριον
manikin
… see under pi 358. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.7 (p.30 Niebuhr).
During
the Gothic War (535-554 CE), Leutharis and Butilinus, two brothers about to lead an army of Franks and Alamanni against the Romans in …
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2688
Ἀντίξοον
adverse
… the Agathias passage which now follows. [3] Agathias, Histories 1.14.
During
the Gothic War (535-554) in 553 CE, the Heruli military commander, Fulcaris--audacious, but also given to recklessness--assembles an irregular force of Heruli and …
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2900
Ἀπαντᾶν
to meet and to come together
… address 1). The battle took place in early 209 BCE,
during
the Second Punic War.
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3174
Ἀπηξιωμένων
deemed unworthy, disowned as unworthy
… Simocatta, Histories 3.17.2; on Hormisdas's refusal to turn over Daras
during
negotiations with the Romans in mid-579, in contrast to his father's earlier willingness to cede the fortress city; cf. de Boor (145), Whitby …
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3361
Ἀποκναίειν
to wear out
… Histories 2.18.15, on an exceptionally courageous and determined Roman soldier
during
the siege of Persian-held Beïudaes (the modern-day village of Fafi, in the Tur Abdin region of southeast Turkey) in the summer of 587; …
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4576
Ἀφελές
simple
… (p.149 Niebuhr); cf. sigma 1800. In this episode (555 CE)
during
the Lazic War (541-562), Wilgang, the commander of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) contingent supporting the Romans, offers this aphorism to …
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109
Βάρβιος
Barbios, Barbius
… quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is,
during
the triumvirate (43 BCE onwards) of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus.
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150
Βασίλειος
Basil, Basilius, Basileios
… praise on martyrs, the so-called martyrial encomia. They were delivered
during
the yearly celebration in honour of the martyr, which was held on the day his or her death was commemorated by local communities. …
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490
Βωμολόχος
altar-ambusher
… of Procopius (pi 2479) and covers the years 553-59 AD,
during
which Narses (nu 42), the Persian-Armenian eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that …
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335
Γνωματεύων
making decisions [on]
… fr. 5.4 Blockley (52-53), on the duplicity of Avar envoys
during
negotiations with the Romans in 561-562. On the Avars, see alpha 18 generally. Find another extract from this fragment at upsilon 620.
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356
Γνωσιμαχῆσαι
to challenge one's own opinion [on]
… here (Herodotus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Isocrates) but took on in parallel,
during
the Christian era, a precisely opposite one: to stick argumentatively to one's own opinion. See in brief LSJ s.v. [1] Much more commonly …
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258
Δερκυλλίδας
Derkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas
… rather a Spartiate who won distinction in several military commands
during
the late fifth and early fourth centuries. Xenophon reports that he won a reputation for cleverness and deception which earned him the nickname …
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1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… [Plutarch], Vitae X oratorum 835b3; Scholia on Aeschylus 1, 125;
Duris
FGrHist 76 FF 67 and 68); Plutarch, Alcibiades 21.3, Nicias 13.3; scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 477. [2] See scholion on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… since any negative detail about Carinus may have been exaggerated
during
the reign of Diocletian, his rival and successor (delta 1156).
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1355
Δομνῖνος
Domninos, Domninus
… by both of these names: first Larissa but renamed Laodicea
during
the reign of Seleukos I or one of his successors. Barrington Atlas map 68 grid C3 ('Larissa/Sizara'). [2] This whole entry, in fact, …
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1677
Δυσωπῶ
I put to shame; I exhort
… subject is Titus (*kai=sar), son of the new emperor Vespasian,
during
the siege of Jerusalem. (For Josephus see generally iota 502, iota 503.)
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549
Ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ
willing but with an unwilling heart
… the reflections of Chosroes II (cf. generally chi 418 note)
during
the Roman siege of Martyropolis (cf. alpha 3649 note) in the autumn of 590; cf. de Boor (182) and Whitby (126). The Homeric …
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736
Ἐλακωμάνουν
they were Lakono-crazy
… Aristophanes, or the herald who is speaking. [2] 414 BC,
during
the Peloponnesian War.
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