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λ734Λωποδύτηςcloak-stripper… lwpodutei=n, [meaning] to steal outer-garments. "But the dead of the Persians, being unclothed and lacking burial, were a ready feast to the wild animals."Matched in translationhighshort
λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthy… sea-battle at Salamis, fled from Athens, but one of the Persians was stationed on Callias’ [property] and deposited his baggage there because of the precipitous rout, and the servants of the Persian threw a …Matched in translationhighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… the elephants' innards, he showing the banners." "And when the Persians happen across some wells, they gulp water down all the more greedily, and veer into a great evil: with the sudden injection of …Matched in translationhighshort
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… man was the leader of the Greeks who resisted [the Persians] at Thermopylai. And in this place, it is said, Heracles set aside his body and became a god. And Leonidas, when it was …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ330Λεύκιος ΑἰμίλιοςLeukios Aimilios, Lucius AemiliusThe conqueror of Perseus, became master of the Macedonian kingdom, in which, apart from other booty and riches, were found more than six thousand talents of gold and silver in the treasuries; but he, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ249ΛεοννάτοςLeonnatos, Leonnatus… pride was excessive, and he openly displayed a sort of Persian softness when it came to the brilliance of his weaponry and the rest of his military preparations. But once Alexander had died his …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ549Λιμιταναῖοιborder-troops, frontier-troops, limitanei… in the eastern part, thereby repulsing the attacks of both Persians and Saracens. They used to call them 'border-troops.' These men Justinian treated so triflingly and thoughtlessly that within 4 or 5 years those …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… keeps slanderers continually on his payroll to accuse them, makes personal accusations whenever he cannot find someone else [to do it], and stockpiles the gold from all the earth to deposit only for his …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ829ΛυκώρειαLykoreus, Lykorian… ethnikon of the place about to be mentioned and a personal name in its own right. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.51 invented (according to the scholia thereto) a Lycoreus as the attendant of King Amykos; …Matched in noteshighshort
λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… that even many of the ancients turned away from such persons as not reliable, it is possible to find many [instances] in the histories, notably Philip the father of Alexander [sc. the Great]. For …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ403Ληγατάριοςlegate… in Cassius Dio and Justinian. [3] Aorist indicative active, third person singular, of a rare verb lhgateu/w; extracted here from epsilon 829.Matched in noteshighshort
λ684ΛουκιανὸςLucian… an ornament to rulers, as he did not discriminate between persons and did not contemplate anything other than what the law suggested. Doubtless as a result he, turning away the uncle of the emperor, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ674Λοπάςgriddle, hotplate… name for the stone found in Greece. Aristophanes [writes]: "so personally I would not even accept bird's milk in compensation for the life you are now depriving me of. Nor do I enjoy mullet …Matched in translationhighshort
λ139ΛάσοςLasos, Lasus… Peloponnese (Greece). [3] 548/7-545/4. For Dareios, who became King of Persia, see generally delta 72, delta 73, delta 74. [4] See generally OCD(4) s.v. Seven Sages.Matched in noteshighshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… besieged by the Athenians to the point of starvation, were persuaded and surrendered themselves. Also [sc. attested is] "with Melian starvation", a proverb. Since the Athenians afflicted the Melians by besieging them to the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ314ΛευιαθάνLeviathan… he does not recognize Christ's divinity hidden in a human person.Matched in noteshighshort
λ474Λῃσταίraiders, robbers, brigands, pirates… fragments 31-36 pertain to events before Heraclius's defeat of the Persians under Rhazates (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v.) at Nineveh (cf. nu 415, Barrington Atlas map 89 grid F4) in early December 627. Find related …Matched in noteshighshort
λ329ΛεύκιοςLucius, LeukiosPolybius 6.11a.7 (not included in Loeb/Perseus edition); cf. Livy 1.34 (web address 1). [1] This is Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (whose Etruscan name, according to Livy, was Lucumo), the legendary fifth king of Rome (616-579 …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… he heard that the city would be blessed if it persisted with that man's laws, he determined never to come back, making certainty of the protection offered by the oath. And going down to …Matched in translationhighlong
λ265ΛέωνLeon… case. Consult the index to G. Kennedy, The art of persuasion in Greece, Princeton UP, 1963. The treatise On Issues is more plausibly attributed to [lambda 266] Leon of Alabanda. [5] In Athenaeus, Deipnosophists …Matched in noteshighmedium