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δ92ΔάτοςDatos, Datus, Daton, DatumAbridged from Harpokration s.v., citing various historians (Ephorus, Theopompus, Philochorus) who mention it. See already delta 91. The neuter form, Daton, actually seems to be the most authentic. Although originally Thrakian, the town was …Matched in noteshighshort
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
ι689Ἱστίονsail… cf. iota 690, iota 691, iota 692, iota 693. [2] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.25.5; quoted again at pi 1758. [3] Zenobius 4.44, etc. ('Histia' is Hestia; cf. epsilon 3214.) See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighshort
κ346Καπνοῦ σκιάsmoke's shadow[1] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.44. [2] Sophocles, Philoctetes 945-947 (web address 1); also quoted at kappa 165. [3] Not in the preserved literature. [4] Used in a literal sense in reference to clouds at …Matched in noteshighshort
μ107Μαλθακόνgentle, soft, feeble, weak, luxuriant… by Diogenes Laertius (2.15 = Greek Anthology 7.95.3-4) on the philosopher Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (alpha 1981): despite the intervention of his friend Pericles (pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181) to prevent him being executed …Matched in noteshighshort
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
α3668Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρyou ruined the wine by pouring in water… (p.154); this is his fr. 4 Nauck. On the Peripatetic philosopher and scholar Khamaileon of Pontic Herakleia (C4/3) see generally OCD(4) p.304, s.v. Chamaeleon. The claim in alpha 3907 that Khamaileon mentioned a Cyclops …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3248Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακταιevils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated… e)/sxata e)sxa/twn kaka/, 'evils ultimate of ultimates' (deriving from Sophocles, Philoctetes 65) -- evils that can be either inflicted, as here, or suffered. For the former cf. Aelius Aristides, In response to Plato on …Matched in noteshighshort
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
δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence… Chrysostom In Ep. 2 ad Cor. 61.488.4 Migne: tou=to di/wke, filosofi/an kai\ a)reth\n "love of wisdom and virtue, that is what you should follow". However, the expression here looks like a common saying, and …Matched in noteshighshort
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
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… of allegory in some rhetorical lists of figures of speech. Philodemus, however, in reporting this, excludes griphos and urbane witticism from allegory, accepting enigma, paroemia (the misapplication of a proverb to a situation in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… pastiche of tragic laments (cf. its later use at Sophocles, Philoctetes 743, 790). See also iota 56. Modern texts read the same phrase twice: a)ttatai\ a)ttatai/. The prefix para- is used in Byzantine literary …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, project… Oxford, 1992) §10. O.Crusius argued that the epigram is Hellenistic (Philologus 48, 1889, 1799), but later commentators compare it to the collection of epigrams attributed to Theognis [OCD(4) 1459-60]: Bergk (Poetae Lyrici Graeci 3.690); …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… To the degree that this abstract noun developed in Greek philosophy (e.g. the lost treatise of Demetrius of Phalerum) and popular thought, from the 4th. Century B.C. on, the meaning of pure chance and …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… what lexicographers et al. learned about theorika was phi 441 Philochorus (cf. under theta 219), and his convention seems to have been to leave the participle implicit (see the note at mu 801).Matched in noteshighshort
κ41Καθ' αὑτοῦ ΒελλεροφόντηςBellerophon against himself… sake of." This, and what follows, all comes from John Philoponus, Commentaries on Aristotle's De anima 111.24-112.33. [3] Virtue makes us virtuous. [4] Strength is not what makes us strong. [5] These are the …Matched in noteshighlong
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
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… hence "conjure away" (Plutarch, Cato Maior 22 met' eu)prepei/as tou\s filoso/fous e)k th=s po/lews) or "chase away" a pollution (Cassius Dio 37.46.1 mi/asma, a damage (Iamblicus, On the Mysteries 1.13.21 bla/bhn, every kind of …Matched in noteshighshort