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κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… fifth centuries CE. Numerous important literary figures, such as Horapollon, Nonnus, and Pamprepius, hail from the city, which has been characterized as 'the focal point of pagan intellectual reaction against Christianity' (Browne 177, 192). …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1219Ἁλιζώνουof 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), …Matched in noteshighshort
α3201ἌπιδεςApides… 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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of Panopolis, an epic-poet. He lived under Emperor Theodosius the Younger, by whom he was elevated to [the positions of] both Prefect of Praetorians and Prefect of the City; he also attained consular and patrician…

Κῦρος, Πανοπολίτης, ἐποποιός. γέγονεν ἐπὶ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ νέου βασιλέως, ὑφ' οὗ καὶ ἔπαρχος πραιτωρίων καὶ ἔπαρχος πόλεως προεβλήθη· καὶ γέγονεν ἀπὸ ὑπάτων καὶ πατρίκιος. Εὐδοκία…

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α4688ἈχέρωνAcheronFor 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).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1447ΔωδώνηDodone, 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… Against Celsus 3.368) or by a "tyrant of Macedonia" (thus Nonnus 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3996ἜχετοςEchetus, EchetosOn 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] …Matched in noteshighshort

η273Ἠλύσιον πεδίονElysian plaincf. 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.Matched in noteshighshort

ι636ἼσιςIsisps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 39.20.1-9 (on Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1072b). [1] See also iota 453 and iota 635; OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

κ462ΚασταλίαKastalia, Castaliacf. ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5/16/1-6 (on Gregory of Nazianzus, PG 36.1045b). [1] Near Antioch, in Syria.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-menThe name derives from ke/rkos "tail" (kappa 1402, kappa 1403) and the Kerkopes were mythological dwarvish and simian beings, associated with Thermopylae and Euboea, who feature in myths of Heracles and Omphale. See Lucian, …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1805Κλιμακόεσσανstepped, having steps… variant occurs in Pausanias' quotation of the Iliad passage, in Nonnus' Dionysiaca 18.56, and in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *iqw/mh.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, "Children of Kranaos". [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (But Nonnus, Dionysiaca 22.20, 45.308 has the formula "the rocky stone [kranah\ pe/trh] swelled, disgorging wine".) [3] Aristophanes, Birds 123; i.e. Athens. [4] From alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

χ454ΧρεμέτηςChremetes… Basil, Homilies 3.6) are derived from Aristotle, but see also Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13.374 & 380, 31.103.Matched in noteshighshort