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δ228ΔεξικράτηςDexikrates, DexicratesC3 BCE. Kassel-Austin, PCG V p.16. [1] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.124B (3.97 Kaibel), quoting a fragment. This is the only play mentioned (or known from anywhere else), so the Suda's plural is clumsy.Matched in noteshighshort
λ863ΛύσιπποςLysippos, LysippusOld Comedy; OCD(4) s.v. Lysippus(1), by W.G. Arnott. [1] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.124D [3.98 Kaibel] and 8.344E [8.33]. [2] (The names of one or more plays have evidently been lost.) For the thyrsus see theta …Matched in noteshighshort
β513Βράβηλαsloes… a.k.a. damsons; see further below. [2] Theocritus, Idylls 7.146. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.49D-50B (2.33 Kaibel) -- citing the grammarian and commentator Seleucus Homericus of Alexandria (sigma 200), fr.42 FHG (but not adopted in FGrH …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2682Κυμβίαvessels… refers to a type of drinking vessel. For descriptions, see: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.488F [11.77 Kaibel]; Harpokration s.v. kumbi/on (= Photius, Lexicon kappa1199 Theodoridis), commenting on Demosthenes 21.158 (see further below); scholia to Lucian, Dialogues …Matched in noteshighshort
α1485ἈμμανίταιAmmanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites… in e.g. a fragment of Nicander [nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); but single mu there, i.e. a)mani=tai.Matched in noteshighshort
κ243ΚαλλιφάνηςKalliphanes, Calliphanescf. Clearchus fr.90 Wehrli (in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.4C [1.6 Kaibel]).Matched in noteshighshort
η572Ἦσαν πότ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι ΜιλήσιοιMilesians were strong (or) once they were… version of this iambic trimeter; Aristotle (fr. 557 Rose) in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.523F [12.26 Kaibel]; and the paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 5.3).Matched in noteshighshort
χ344Χλιδῶσαιto live luxuriantly… (b4) of the lyric poet Philoxenus [phi 393] preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.147A (4.28 Kaibel). cf. generally chi 339, chi 340.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1568Ἐξάρχοντεςbeginning… Odyssey 4.19), where the phrase molph=s e)ca/rxontes was much quoted (Athenaeus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, etc.etc.). [2] Quotation unidentifiable (though Adler tentatively suggested Nicolaus of Damascus; cf. omicron 172).Matched in noteshighshort
δ67ΔάπτωI devour… delta 70.) Similarly in Hesychius s.v. darda/ptousin; and see also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.363A (8.64 Kaibel). [2] Babrius 95.92 (of a lion); cf. pi 197. (The Athonite ms of Babrius, however, reads la/ptwn "lapping, licking.")Matched in noteshighshort
κ2630Κυθήρηθενfrom Kythera, from Cythera… The poet Hermesianax of Colophon used (in fr.7, preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.598E [13.71 Kaibel]) *kuqe/rhqen of Philoxenos (phi 393), shortening the second syllable for metrical convenience. The present headword *kuqh/rhqen is unattested outside …Matched in noteshighshort
ι645Ἰσμαρικὸς οἶνοςIsmarian wine[1] Archilochus fr.2, from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.30F [1.56 Kaibel]; cf. mu 548, upsilon 441. For Archilochus see generally alpha 4112. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 9.40, where the name occurs. On the …Matched in noteshighshort
χ132ΧάρμοςCharmus, Charmos, KharmosFor notes see alpha 731, the entry for Athenaeus, from which this entry has been extracted (and Heath's translation repeated).Matched in noteshighshort
κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… kandu/lh ka/ndaulos, etc.; see LSJ s.v. ka/ndaulos). The notion (in Athenaeus: below) that it is Lydian may arise from the mere similarity to the name of the famous Lydian king Kandaules. For alternative recipes …Matched in noteshighshort
α562Ἀερόενairy, cloudy, murky… Telestes [tau 265] fr. 1c.2 (= Page, PMG 805 = Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.617A [14.7 Kaibel]), where the headword is an emendation, for the transmitted a)erqe/n, by Bergk; it qualifies "breath" (in context of aulos-playing).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1596ΚικίλιοςKikilios, Kaikalos, CaecalusAbbreviated from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.13B-C [1.22 Kaibel], where editors print Meineke's emendation of the name to Kaikalos/Caecalus. [1] Oppian's (omicron 452) is the only one of these works to survive. [2] See also delta …Matched in noteshighshort
ε780Ἐλεδώνηeledone… Aelian fr. 146 Domingo-Forasté (143 Hercher); and cf. more generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.318E (7.107 Kaibel), citing Aristotle and Speusippus. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 524; see under tau 308, and cf. tau 313.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1431Κεστρεύςmullet, kestreus… Animals 13.19; Geoponica 20.41 -- though they are distinguished in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.306D-E (7.77 Kaibel) and 8.356B (8.52 Kaibel). The kestreu/s is defined as a ke/falos in the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 790b, the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1325Ἔνηφιon the day after tomorrow… epsilon3025 correctly has "to the third [day]", ei)s tri/thn; likewise Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.100B [3.56 Kaibel] and a scholion to Aristophanes, Acharnians 172.Matched in noteshighshort
γ187Γεργέριμονover-ripe… Callimachus, Hecale fr.248, with comments from the scholia there; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.56C (2.47 Kaibel). See also delta 1549, epsilon 729, and phi 494.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… illustration of the perceived enmity of cabbage and wine, from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.34C-E (1.62 Kaibel). Athenaeus also cites Timaeus as reporting that the Sybarites ate cabbage before drinking, because it would make wine "dimmer", …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1665Ἀμυγδαλῆalmond… see generally the dossier of material and citations collected in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.52Bff (2.39ff Kaibel); included in it is this question of accentuation, differentiating between the tree and its nuts. See also LSJ s.v.; …Matched in noteshighshort
α1296Ἀλκτῆρεςprotectors… part of an oracle of Apollo quoted also by (e.g.) Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.602C (13.78 Kaibel), and Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4: qei/as a(ghth=res e)fameri/ois filo/tatos, "guides of divine friendship for mortals". See further H.W. Parke …Matched in noteshighshort
α3891Ἄρισταbest… adjective, used adverbially. [2] For this proverb see also e.g. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.568DE (13.24 Kaibel). Its verb, (?)bowdlerised here in the Suda and in some of the paroemiographers to the meaningless u(fei=, should in …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1627Δυσείμωνill-clad… of hexameter poetry attributed to Hesiod (fr. 372 Merkelbach-West, in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.116A [3.84 Kaibel]): "ill-clad fisherfolk" In Hesychius s.v. the (singular) headword is glossed with a)kth/mwn, "possession-less". Wearing only an i(ma/tion without a …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2670Ἐπιτετράφαταιthey are entrusted… quotations of the Homeric line or, in the case of Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.134F (4.13 Kaibel), in a parody of Iliad 5.750 (web address 3), where the current (plural) verb is soloecistically employed with a …Matched in noteshighshort
α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… in Nabataea, 312 BCE. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.26. [3] From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31C-D (1.57 Kaibel), citing Alcman and Polybius; cf. generally alpha 1482.Matched in noteshighshort
χ210Χέρνιβαhand-bath… below). See also Herodian the Grammarian 1.246, as well as Athenaeus Deipnosophists 9.76. [2] Quotation, again at chi 213, unidentifiable. (Adler suggests one of her usual suspects, Aelian.) The form xerniptome/nous is a present …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2440Ἐπὶ Λειψυδρίῳ μάχηa battle at Leipsydrion… brave struggle'. For the rest of the present material cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695E (15.50 Kaibel). [1] In Attica: pi 680, pi 681. [2] In the late sixth century BCE. For the Alkmaionids see generally …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2619Ἐπιστεφέας κρατῆραςcrowned craters, crowned mixing-vessels… words reversed. The comments here are an opaque paraphrase of Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.13D-E (1.23 Kaibel). [1] This is a partial quotation of the Homeric sympotic formula pa=sin e)parca/menoi depa/essin (e.g. Iliad 1.471): "making an …Matched in noteshighshort

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