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- 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.
- 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, …
- κ1127Καττύεταιis stitched together… In Aristophanes it is used in a metaphor for a plot being put together. See also kappa 1128, and cf. kappa 1129.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …