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ει291Εἰς λατομίαςinto (the) quarriesPhiloxenos the dithyrambic poet could not stand the poetry of the tyrant Dionysius because it was so bad. On one occasion Dionysius sent him to the quarries, but later decided to have him brought …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarries… put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when the tyrant read out his hackneyed verses refused to …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ445Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματαseparate are the boundaries of Mysians and Phrygians… And elsewhere: "it is not the part of one doing philosophy to profess and practice the art of prophecy nor any other sacred discipline; for the boundaries of the philosophers and those of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, Arkhutas… son of Hestiaios or Mnesarchos or Mnasagetes or Mnasagoras; Pythagorean philosopher. This man saved Plato from being murdered by the tyrant Dionysios. He championed the [Greek-]Italian federation, and was chosen general with full powers …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… The "she" in question is the 5th century CE Neoplatonic philosopher Aidesia/Aedesia of Alexandria, student of Proclus at Athens, daughter, wife, and mother of Neoplatonic philosophers: see alphaiota 79. [4] cf. tau 441 (and …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus 9. Hegesander tells the myth about them in his Memoirs as follows. They were the daughters of the giant Alkyoneus: Phosthonia, Anthe, Methone, …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1719ΚλεόβουλοςKleoboulos, Cleobulus… those of his time for strength and beauty, he studied philosophy in Egypt. He had a daughter named Kleobouline who composed riddles in hexameter verse. Kleoboulos wrote songs and riddles in 3,000 verses. Of …Matched in translationhighmedium
α249Ἀγκώνelbow… proverbial expression: wiping one's nose with the elbow. Bion the philosopher said: "my father was a freed slave, wiping his nose with his elbow;" it indicated clearly the saltfish-importer. See another proverbial expression, 'sweet …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3890Ἔφηβοςadolescent, ephebecf. epsilon 3888, epsilon 3889. [1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.8. (No such proverb, in fact, appears in the paroemiographers.) [2] Artemidorus 1.54 (beginning).Matched in noteshighmedium
α1002Ἀκροθίνιαspoils, akrothinia… the neuter plural headword occurs. [2] cf. Hesychius alpha2606. [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.19; cf. eta 462 and nu 387. [4] cf. Apostolius 15.12; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1906.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse… the Iberian peninsula of the mid second century BCE. [2] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.3; cf. alpha 4330 and especially tau 598. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1317. The verb here should be second …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… [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 itself …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… some form of words involving the name of the Attidographer Philochorus; cf. FGrH 328 F72.Matched in noteshighmedium
α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… revenge on her husband Tereus. See the OCD(4) entry on Philomela (p.1133). [5] Homer, Odyssey 19.518 (web address 3). [6] Sappho fr. 136 Page (but the adjective is i(mero/fwnos "lovely-voiced").Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… major occasion in a child’s life, on the basis of Philostratus, Heroicus 35.9 and inscriptions. On the other hand, the Choes included a drinking contest with a wineskin as the prize, and thus the …Matched in noteshighmedium