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ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… 126th Olympiad actually covers 276-273.) [6] Name transmitted here as Nikia; Nikaia is Bernhardy's correction (noted but not followed by Adler). [7] OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). [8] Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and Stephanus of Byzantium say …Matched in noteshighmedium
β519ΒρασίδαςBrasidas… as one of the Spartan signatories to the Peace of Nikias in 421 (Thucydides 5.19.2). Brasidas' mother was named Argileonis (Plutarch, Moralia 240C). [2] Contrary to the impression given here, Methone never revolted against …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ686ΜεταγένηςMetagenes… and one of the Spartan signatories to the Peace of Nikias (Thucydides 5.19.1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… Thucydides 5.84.3 lists the Athenian generals as Kleomedes and Teisias; Nikias was among the commanders in an earlier raid on the island (Thuc. 3.91.1f.), whence perhaps the confusion. [2] Translating the transmitted kata\ pa/ntwn. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α942ἈκουσίλαοςAkousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus… of age: witness the remark attributed to Sophocles in Plutarch, Nikias 15.)Matched in noteshighshort
δ619Διαλλάττεινto reconcile… held Spartans responsible for the failure of the "Peace of Nikias" and the resumption of the Peloponnesian War. [2] Evidently in a different proverb; cf. Aristophanes Acharnians 10 (web address 2; kappa 1465), and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2343Ἐπιθυμῶνdesiring… instead a convincing link with Gylippos (gamma 477), whom Plutarch, Nikias 28.3 [28.2 Loeb], describes as 'demanding to bring alive to the Lakedaimonians' the Athenian generals he had captured in Syracuse. [3] As already …Matched in noteshighshort
α3069Ἄπεστινis away… it may, the principal one was a younger brother of Nikias; see generally on him J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 404. [3] The Thirty Tyrants were Athenian oligarchs granted power …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… 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 1.1207. Son of Kollytos (the eponym of another deme) this …Matched in noteshighshort