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Ἁλιζώνου
of sea-girt
… its form in the epigram is a(lizw/noio; for a(lizw/nou see
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 48.199. [1] Greek Anthology 7.218.3 (Antipater of Sidon); epitaph for Lais, the legendary Corinthian hetaera; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19), …
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3201
Ἄπιδες
Apides
… address 1) tells how Cambyses killed an Apis-bull. [1] Compare
Nonnus'
commentary on stories mentioned by Gregory of Nazianzus in his Invective against Julian (PG 36.1052c); also George the Monk, Chronicon 64.19ff. [2] Again …
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Ἀχέρων
Acheron
For Acheron see already alpha 4687. The source of the present entry is ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.31 (on Gregory of Nazianzus, PG 36, 1053d-56a).
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Δωδώνη
Dodone, Dodona
[1] cf. already delta 1446. [2] cf. already delta 1445. [3] A Christian remark, from a scholion (Cat. Bodl. p.47) on Gregory of Nazianzus = ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.17 (adding 'because of their not …
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2424
Ἐπίκτητος
Epiktetos, Epictetus
… Against Celsus 3.368) or by a "tyrant of Macedonia" (thus
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PG 36.933; Cosmas of Jerusalem PG 38.532). These accounts show a rather apophthegmatic character, intended to oppose the interior freedom of Epictetus' soul …
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3996
Ἔχετος
Echetus, Echetos
On King Echetus of Epirus see (besides Homer, below): Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1092-1095; Hesychius s.v.; ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.48; Michael Apostolius s.v. *fala/ridos a)rxh\ kai\ *)exe/tou; and under beta 279 and tau 1187. [1] …
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273
Ἠλύσιον πεδίον
Elysian plain
cf. ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.8.1-4. See also eta 272, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Elysium. [1] cf. kappa 1530, kappa 2230.
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454
Χρεμέτης
Chremetes
… Basil, Homilies 3.6) are derived from Aristotle, but see also
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 13.374 & 380, 31.103.
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