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κ1189Καιρόςopportune time[1] In fact Sophocles (as, Adler reports, in ms B), Electra 75-6, with scholion; cf. epsilon 3615. [2] An extra, general observation on the above. It is not from the Sophoclean scholion; rather, from …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table[Meaning] a cheap and poor one. And Sophocles says: "O lord Ajax, there is no evil greater for men than this necessary fortune." He is speaking of what is "necessary" in two senses, sometimes …Matched in translationhighmedium
α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judgesSophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… earth into the water-pot when lots were cast for Messenia. Sophocles [writes]: "not tossing the lot as a runaway down in the middle [...], but [one] which was going first to make a light …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3580ΕὐμενίδεςEumenides… says that the Holy goddesses are different from the Eumenides. Sophocles [writes]: "for the terrible goddesses, maidens of the earth and darkness, hold them." And [there is] a proverb: "different things [are] beautiful in …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… in] by those who are always catering to the masses." Sophocles [writes]: "'what matter [xrh=ma] do you attend to, Ajax? Why do you set out on this attempt neither summoned by messengers nor hearing …Matched in translationhighmedium
α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… the genitive singular] a)hdou=s; such [was] Sappho according to Mytilenians. Sophocles [writes]: "ill-starred, she will not sing the lament of the piteous nightingale, but she will sing shrill dirges and the thuds of her …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… hard to cross, for there are stakes in it." And Sophocles [writes]: "for a woman quick to anger, like a man who is the same way, is easier to guard against than a quietly …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3394ΕὐγένιοςEugenios, Eugenius… emperor Anastasius. He wrote a colometry of lyrics by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides from 15 plays; On what the paeonic palimbaccheus is; On the formation of names for temples (e.g. Dionyseum, Asclepium); Assorted Lexicon …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ445Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματαseparate are the boundaries of Mysians and Phrygians… given. The first quotation merely illustrates the commonplace 'separate'. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 808-10 (web address 1), interspersed with the scholia thereto. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 213 Zintzen (132 Asmus); see …Matched in noteshighmedium
η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf… Works and Days 40 (web address 1); cf. scholion on Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1211. See also nu 325, omicron 704. [3] Aelian fr. 75 Domingo-Forasté (72 Hercher); cf. eta 592, eta 605, mu …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… 1. [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued from the volcano on the island which was reputedly Hephaistos' forge. The present headword phrase …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful[1] A verbatim quotation of Sophocles, Ajax 654-70, part of Ajax's famous Trugrede (Deception Speech) delivered before his suicide (web address 1); cf. alpha 519, alpha 1144, epsiloniota 152, epsiloniota 296, mu 1234, nu …Matched in noteshighmedium
α249Ἀγκώνelbow… [4] Artemidorus 1.74; cf. omicron 349. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Sophocles, Ajax 805-6 (web address 2); the first adjective is garbled here. [7] cf. Mantissa Proverbiorum 3.31 and the quotation which follows here. [8] …Matched in noteshighmedium