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λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than Lynkeus… the Dioskouroi). [2] This is a different Lynkeus, king of Argos [Myth, Place] (Pindar, Nemean 10.12: web address 1) and husband of Hypermnestra, who spares him when she and her sister Danaids (daughters of …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… Cratinus fr. 347 Kock = 392 K.-A.): "paroimi/a ti/s e)stin *argolikh\ *le/rnh kakw=n, h(\n a)podiopompou/menoi e)/legon. ta\ ga\r a)pokaqa/rmata ei)s tou=to to\ xwri/on e)ne/ballon, "there is a common saying, 'Argolian Lerne of ills' [= …Matched in noteshighshort
α2499Ἀνθ' Ἑρμίωνοςinstead of Hermione… the Babylonians of Aristophanes. [1] At the tip of the Argolid: epsilon 3043.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3996ἜχετοςEchetus, Echetos… King Echetus of Epirus see (besides Homer, below): Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1092-1095; Hesychius s.v.; ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.48; Michael Apostolius s.v. *fala/ridos a)rxh\ kai\ *)exe/tou; and under beta 279 and tau 1187. [1] Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… and, in parts, marshy place near the sea south of Argos [Myth, Place] (see web address 1: Pausanias 2.36.6-37.6). Thus another interpretation of the phrase might be 'quagmire of spectators', or 'cesspool of spectators' …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… three lots to pop out of the hydria would assign Argos [Myth, Place], the second Laconia, the last Messenia. Cresphontes wanted Messenia, so he placed a lot of moist earth in the pot, knowing …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… cry was taken as one of ill-omen (e.g. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1085). [1] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 250. [2] The halcyon days were associated with a habit of nesting and incubating for …Matched in noteshighmedium