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δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… Cresphontes wanted Messenia, so he placed a lot of moist earth in the pot, knowing it would never jump out of the hydria (either because it dissolved in water in the pot or because …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ236Γῆ κληρουχικήallotted land, cleruchic land… phrase translated here "by lot" can equally mean "in a plot"; the kleros is both process and outcome.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
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
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
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
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