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γ468Γρυπάνιονwrinkling… [3] FGrH 326 F1; cf. epsilon 162. On kinds of earthquakes, see beta 520.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1620Ἐξελοφίζετοused to be quarried out… from missing parts of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.) The "earth" in question is presumably pozzolana, a precursor of cement, mined in the vicinity of Dikaiarcheia (= Puteoli) in Campania, delta 1061. For "earth-hills" …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2659Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδροβόλουon Mandrobolos' property… History of Samos 800-188 BC (Oxford 1987) appendix 2; 'Samian Earth' seems to have been a kind of fuller's earth. [2] A ram, because, according to a scholiast on Nicander's Alexipharmaka, this was the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1723ΚλεομένηςKleomenes, Cleomenes… to Alexandria, meeting his death in 219 after a failed plot against the Macedonian king of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator, named here. [1] alpha 2345.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1124Διμήτωρtwice-born… thus being considered as having been born once from the earth and again from the vine"), and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… 239, kro/kou bafa\s d' e)s pe/don xe/ousa , "Shedding to earth her saffron-dyed robe." (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… 2.19 ff. Mordechai, while "at the king’s gate", discovers the plot against the king organized by two of his eunuchs. It is not Mordechai who reveals to the king the details of the conspiracy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ745ΚαταρράκταιCataracts [of the Danube], Kataraktenstreke, Iron Gate… the island town of Ada Kaleh, a Turkish enclave." NASA Earth Observatory; see images at web address 1, Wikipedia entry at web address 2. See also epsilon 3019 with notes. [1] For the Straits …Matched in noteshighshort
δ691Διαπεσούσηςafter it had collapsed, if it had collapsed… this passage, reading e)pibolh=s ("attempt, assault") instead of e)piboulh=s ("plan, plot"). [1] Extracted from somewhere else, evidently.Matched in noteshighshort
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… and were therefore driven from their home by the angry earth, which refused to produce crops for them, as well as by the ghost of Ganges. [5] That is Briseis, taken away by king …Matched in noteshighmedium
ω156Ὥραseason, hour… Belisarius begs Antonina's son Photios to join in a vengeance plot against Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (10). On Belisarius, husband of Antonina, see beta 233 generally. On Antonina and Theodosius see epsilon 671 note. On …Matched in noteshighshort
ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the earth. [3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, and cf. epsilon 949). [4] Diodorus Siculus 31.5.3 (via the Excerpta …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2494ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, Epinicus… the wife of Leo I, he organized with her a plot against Emperor Zeno in 415 AD. After the latter fled from Rome, Basiliscus (DIR entry by Hugh Elton at web address 2) was …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… that destroyed the Punic troops. See Polybius 7.2: "after the plot against king Hieronymos of Syracuse [iota 200] ... Zoippos and Andranodoros persuaded Hieronymos to lose no time in sending ambassadors to Hannibal. He …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… that [phenomenon] is called dioshmi/a". Some natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, thunders and storms, were held by the Athenians to be bad omens, so that they would interrupt an assembly and suspend a deliberation …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε484Ἐκλόνησενdrove into confusion… from Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 9.225, where it refers to an earthquake, though there are other possibilities. [2] Aorist of klwni/zw, third person singular; again at kappa 1833.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2225Κώθωνkothon; Kothon… Carthage. The original actually says that the Romans heaped up earthen ramparts before the gates and slung these inflammable subjects onto them, together with pitch, thus setting fire to several towers. [5] After 'sulphur' …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1535Ἔξαμμον μιλίουexammon of the Milion… 618 (Chron. Pasch. 711), and removed an official, nicknamed "the Earthquake,” who had attempted to double the price of bread (ibid. 715-716). It is certainly possible that Heraclius, involved in activities similar to those …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
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. Exhausted from his apprenticeship, Porphyry then retreated to Sicily for five years, returning to Rome as Plotinus' successor. [7] Pamphilus and …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1124Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜαμαίαςAlexander Mamaias, Alexander son of Mamaia… Nevertheless, Elagabalus lost the support of the Senate and began plotting against his cousin Alexander, whom he recognized to be broadly supported by the Praetorian Guard. At the age of eighteen, along with his …Matched in noteshighmedium