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1219
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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2309
Ἀνερρίπιζεν
was fanning up, was rekindling
… must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Plutarch and
Nonnus.
cf. delta 1012.
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Αἴγλη
radiance; Aigle
… (perhaps of Dionysus, for the word is remarkably common in
Nonnus);
and the verb should probably be taken to mean "reveals" or "betrays" a mystery. For poana see alpha 2082, pi 2051. [4] 'Leagoras' …
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Αἰθαλόεις θεός
sooty god
… 108. The phrase as a whole appears to stem from
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 27.123 ('sooty Hephaistos'). [1] Repeated at kappa 1849.
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55
Βακχεία ποιμαντική
Bacchic herdsmanship
… to Athens and made them drunk). Dionysus is addressed in
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca as "Shepherd who enchants or delights men" (16.336, 38.105), in much the same way as the words 'shepherd' and 'pastor' are used …
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Ἐπήτριμος
tightly-packed
… singular, masculine/feminine) appears only in grammars, lexica, and late hexameters
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Dionysiaca 3.234; Oppian, Cynegetica 3.382), but other forms appear in Homer, and commentary on Homeric passages may be the ultimate origin of the …
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