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β104Βαρβαρίζειbehaves like a barbarian… Lexicon beta63; cf. generally alpha 3728. On the concept of "barbarian" in Greek thought, see OCD(4) s.v. (p.223). [2] Plato, Alcibiades 1 120B, where the participle barbari/zontes occurs (see web address 1 below). [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… the Suda substitutes gegannume/nos. [9] The text of Agathias has barbarikwta/thn ("barbaric"); the Suda substitutes baruta/thn ("serious"). [10] Quoted also at mu 533.Matched in noteshighmedium
ι544ἹππίαςHippias… Hippias son of Peisistratos was directing the advance of the barbarians into Marathon. In a dream the previous night it seemed to Hippias that he had slept with his own mother. He interpreted the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1020Ἐμπίςgnat… George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum line 64; Per l'incursione dei barbari 64 Tartaglia; on barbarian attacks on Constantinople: Avars in 612/614 and 623 and Persians in 609 and 615; cf. Tartaglia (161, note 13). …Matched in noteshighshort
β2Βαβακατρεῦbabakatreu… two other possibilities: that Baisatreu is the name of a barbarian god or that the whole phrase is deliberate gibberish.Matched in noteshighshort
κ388Καρικῇ Μούσῃwith a Carian muse… a scholion on Plato, Laws 7.800E (web address 1). For "barbarian-speaking Carians," see Homer, Iliad 2.867. [3] cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus [metropolitan of Philadelphia, 1336-82], Proverbs 5.9: *ka/rios ai)=nos: e)pi\ tw=n a)porou/ntwn ti diapra/casqai: a(lie/a …Matched in noteshighshort
ε837ἝλληνHellene, Greek… again in ps.-Zonaras). "Hellene" can mean Greek as opposed to barbarian, Gentile as opposed to Jew, pagan as opposed to Christian, Hellenistic Greek speaker as opposed to Attic speaker.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1272Μόσσυνεςtowers… 5.4.1ff, on the campaign of the Ten Thousand against the barbarous Mossynoikoi ("Towerdwellers") of the Black Sea (text at web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ι432ἸουθοῦγγοιIouthoungoi, Iuthungi… entry for Iuthungi at web address 1 (a glossary of "barbarian" peoples) and the Wikipedia article at web address 2 (connecting them with the Semnoni). Primary sources include Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Legationibus 380-1, 384-6; …Matched in noteshighshort
ν569Νῶτοςback… (Note, however, that ms V here reads not *)Aba/rwn but barba/rwn.) The meaning of the 'saying', not otherwise attested, is unclear. The headword exists in two forms, nw=tos masculine and nw=ton neuter. Here the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ490ΛίβερναLiburnian, liburnian… CE in the Hellespont. See Alan Cameron and Jacqueline Long, Barbarians and Politics at the Court of Arcadius, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1993, p. 238.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2031Ἐπεθείαζεwas putting on the god… is unplaced and lacks context that would help identify the barbarian leader. The location might suggest either Rome or Byzantion, inasmuch as both cities were built upon seven hills; Blockley (287, note 330), however, …Matched in noteshighshort
α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… [3] George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum 25; Per l'incursione dei barbari 25 Tartaglia; on the incursions of the Avars into the Roman Lower Danube frontier prior to their siege of Constantinople (June 626). On …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… of the following error, consider the same as Epidamnos. A barbarian king of the region, Epidamnos by name, built a city on the sea-coast and named it after himself. Dyrrachos, the son of his …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… Nongreek (*Xronikoi\ kano/nes kai\ e)pitomh\ pantodaph=s i(stori/as *(Ellh/nwn te kai\ Barba/rwn). For an overview of this work, including the historiographical preface to the Canons, see Mosshammer [below], Introduction and Chapter 1, particularly pp. 15, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ131ΜαναΐμManaim, Manane… the Suda's patriographical sources as a generic term for northern barbarians. The attribution of the statue (mentioned in the next sentence) to Manaim/Manane is uncertain, as is the veracity of his putative victory. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… of the Argonauts (shades of Troy). Alternatively, Phidaleia, daughter of Barbysios, the local king, founded the city and Byzas gave the city his name when became its king through marriage (shades of Aeneas). Byzas …Matched in noteshighmedium