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122 entries for a plot [against someone]

κ955Κατεξαναστάντες τοῦ μέλλοντοςon their guard against the future… as no forms of the verb katecani/stamai (I rise up against, am on my guard against; cf. LSJ s.v., web address 1) occur elsewhere in Polybius, both Schweighäuser and Dindorf maintained doubts about the …Matched in noteshighshort
β429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracy… XV.2 Conomis. [4] Demosthenes 25.28 (web address 2). [5] Hyperides, Against Athenogenes 18 (web address 3).Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… he returned to Syracuse and urged the city to war against Rome. When Syracuse was besieged by Marcellus’ legions, he crossed to the Punic side, seeking to disrupt the Roman siege; but he died …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2387Ἐπίκλητοςextraneous; far-fetched… (Amos 1.5). [2] Polybius 8.11.2, in one of his tirades against Timaeus (tau 602).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2701Ἐπίτιμονworthy, enfranchised… be from that era (the closest surviving parallel is Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 41), but it could equally well be from a sophistic reworking of the argument (cf. Valerius Apsines 342, Rhetores Graeci (Walz) 4.707-8, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ428Καρτερόςmighty… phrases like karterw/teros ma/xh|, 'more mighty in battle' (Aeschylus Seven against Thebes 517: web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
γ21ΓαλάταιGauls, Galatai, Galatians… (4.530, apparatus). Nevertheless, the Polybian account of the Roman campaign against the Gauls in 189 is probably the ultimate source of the bulk of this entry. Livy's account of that campaign (38.12 - 27) …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ210ΜάρκιοςMarkios, Marcius… the Volscian general Tullus Attius, who brought charges of treason against Coriolanus (Dion.Hal. 8.57.3-4; cf. tau 243). The trial became a lynching, and, before he could commence his defense, Tullus' supporters rushed him and …Matched in noteshighlong
ι464ἸωάννηςIoannes, John… 490-570s. See generally RE Ioannes(21); OCD4 Philoponus. [1] The work against Proclus is the treatise Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World; the work against Severus is unidentified.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1573Κιβδηλίαadulteration, dishonesty… silver content; debasing coinage is in turn the action of someone wicked (though not obviously envious) --- hence the metaphorical use of the term in Aristophanes, noted below. [2] A distortion of the folk …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… been characterized as 'the focal point of pagan intellectual reaction against Christianity' (Browne 177, 192). Nevertheless, Christianity undoubtedly exercised a strong influence on Panopolis - witness its proximity to the White Monastery – and …Matched in noteshighmedium
ν376ΝικάνωρNikanor, NicanorFrom Harpokration s.v.; also in Photius (nu223 Theodoridis). [1] Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 18. He was son-in-law of Aristotle. See generally Whitehead (below) 413-414 with bibliography. For Stag(e)ira cf. sigma 977.Matched in noteshighshort
ν307Νηΐτηςnaval, of ships… 12.13, and Constantine Porphyrogenitus, On Themes Europe 6. On campaigns against the Vandals, see chi 245. [2] Aelian fr. 164 Domingo-Forasté (161 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort
η413ἬωνEon, Eion… of the speech is a mistake (in all lexica) for 'Against Aristokrates', i.e. not Demosthenes 24, but Demosthenes 23.199 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
μ172ΜαξιμῖνοςMaximinus… and 5. [2] The first half of the entry, until 'plots against him', is John of Antioch fr.142 FHG (4.594), now 221 Roberto, which is found at Constantine VII Porphyrogenitius, De Virtutibus et Vitiis …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1730Ἀμφιθέατρονamphitheatre… in an amphitheater, setting up an ambush (q.v. alpha 2764) against an irregular column of Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) and Roman attackers; cf. Frendo (22-23), omicron 925, and pi 2897. On Butilinus, …Matched in noteshighshort
η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… and the Scythians cf. generally delta 72. [1] Literally, tell someone to lament; cf. epsilon 3073, pi 2366. [2] This odd phrase is clearer in Macarius' version: 'after the Persian king had sent envoys …Matched in noteshighshort
μ931Μηλόβοτος χώραsheep-pasturage territory… replaced? Orthodox suggestions, first made in the 1820s, are the Against Autolykos (= lost speech III) or the Against Lysikles (= lost speech XII). For speculation that the present phrase is actually a version …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1200ΚαισαρεύςCaesareanSomeone from a city (of which there were several, e.g. kappa 1201) called Caesarea/Kaisareia. For such individuals see beta 259, pi 819, pi 2479.Matched in noteshighshort
ι84ἸγνάτιοςIgnatius, Ignatios… where the preposition eis does need to be construed as 'against', see Barry Baldwin, "Book Titles in the Suda", Journal of Hellenic Studies 103 (1983) 136-7, at 136 (adding for good measure the comment …Matched in noteshighshort
μ496ΜέλητοςMeletos, Meletus… actually bore the same name. [2] 444-441 BCE. He "fought against Sophokles" at that time in the sense that Sophokles was one of the (ten) Athenian generals at the time of the Samian revolt …Matched in noteshighshort
α1890Ἀνακαίασινat Anakaia, at Anacaea… of this locative in a fragment of Isaeus' lost speech Against Diocles.Matched in noteshighshort
α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus… (FGrH 73F2) and Marsyas (FGrH 135F2) as sources. [4] Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 20, apparently. See Whitehead [bibliog.] 419-421. [5] Quoted from alphaiota 376.Matched in noteshighmedium
ι501ἸωσαφάτJehoshaphat, Jehosaphat… successor of Asa, king of Judah. After fortifying his kingdom against Israel (2 Chronicles 17:1, 2), he set himself to cleanse the land of idolatry (1 Kings 22:43). In the third year of his …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ266ΛέωνLeon… (lambda 265). For Sacred Wars, declared by the Delphic Amphictiony against states allegedly guilty of sacrilege against Apollo, see OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α65ἈβωνοτειχίτηςAbonoteichites, Abonoteichos-man… personal name, this headword is probably an ethnic: that of someone from Abono(u)teichos, a city on the southern coast of the Black Sea (ancient Paphlagonia); Barrington Atlas map 86 grid D2.Matched in noteshighshort
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… (179 BCE) of Eumenes (epsilon 3579) and Ariarathes (alpha 3869) against Pharnaces of Pontus (cf. OCD(4) s.v Pharnaces I; Pontus: Barrington Atlas map 87 grid B4) when the latter offered a bribe to Seleucus …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, Ammonius… Saccas. Ammonios Sakkas taught the most prominent Neoplatonists, both pagan (Plotinus) and Christian (Origen: see the beginning of omega 182). See web address 1 below (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), and cf. sigma 33 (end). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1718ἘξήκεστοςExekestos, Execestus… Harpokration s.v., which proceeds to say 'Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Aristokrates [sc. mentions him]'. Thus, of the several attested individuals of this name, the relevant one here is the E. of Lampsakos mentioned …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1620ΚίμωνKimon, Cimon… the Eurymedon victory include: Thucydides 1.100.1; Plato, Menexenus 241D; Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 72-73; Diodorus Siculus 11.60.5-11.62; Plutarch, Cimon 12.2-13.6; Nepos, Cimon 2.2-4; Pausanias 1.29.14, 10.15.4. [4] no/mw| pole/mou; cf. e)s xeirw=n no/mon a)pike/sqai at …Matched in noteshighmedium