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λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …highmedium
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas[Leonides], king of [the] Lakedaimonians, Anaxandrides' son, the twentieth king from Heracles. This man was the leader of the Greeks who resisted [the Persians] at Thermopylai. And in this place, it is said, Heracles …highmedium
λ329ΛεύκιοςLucius, Leukios[Lucius,] "son of Demaratus the Corinthian. This man marched into Rome having confidence in himself and his money, convinced that he would have a position second to none in the state on account of …highmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil[Meaning] a fiery [one]. Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: 'Lemnian evil'. For after the Lemnian men had abducted women from Athens and gotten children from them, they slaughtered the women together with the …highmedium
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice[Meaning] knucklebones sawed through in the middle and bored out. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'smooth tongue', as one that has been rubbed. The Athenians, too, are called as an epithet smooths, because …highmedium
λ626ΛιτυέρσηςLityerses, reaping songA kind of song. Menander in Chalkedonians [writes]: "singing a Lityerses all the while since breakfast". But some [say that it is] a kind of piping. Lityerses was a bastard son of Minos, who …highmedium
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotosA sweet-smelling plant; [the one] which some call 'myrrh-lotus.' Also [sc. attested is] 'lotuses', [meaning] pipes particular to the wedding chamber. "Lotuses were sounding, and the doors of the wedding chamber were rattling." In …highmedium
λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon[Lykaon,] the son of Pelasgos, king of the Arcadians, justly guarded the instructions of his father. And because he too wanted to keep his subjects from injustice he said that Zeus came to him …highmedium