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α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusFl. c. AD 200. See generally RE Athenaios(22); NP Athenaios(3); OCD4 Athenaeus(1); Olson (2006), vii. [1] In Egypt (see nu 58). [2] cf. delta 359, sigma 1397. What follows is excerpted from Athenaeus 1.3D-4A …Matched in noteshighmedium
α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …Matched in headwordhighmedium
ε1824Ἔξω Γλαῦκεaway o Grey one… 7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1900Κόγχηνcockle, mussel… by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'. For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1272Δὶς κράμβη θάνατοςtwice-cooked cabbage (is) death… see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
κ243ΚαλλιφάνηςKalliphanes, Calliphanescf. Clearchus fr.90 Wehrli (in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.4C [1.6 Kaibel]).Matched in noteshighshort
η572Ἦσαν πότ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι ΜιλήσιοιMilesians were strong (or) once they were… version of this iambic trimeter; Aristotle (fr. 557 Rose) in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.523F [12.26 Kaibel]; and the paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 5.3).Matched in noteshighshort
χ132ΧάρμοςCharmus, Charmos, KharmosFor notes see alpha 731, the entry for Athenaeus, from which this entry has been extracted (and Heath's translation repeated).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop… of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, witness Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.421B [10.18 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… as being a solution in which the meat is plunged. Athenaeus also uses the word frequently for the spicey, salted pickle or sauce in which a cook prepares his dish, either in cooking or …Matched in noteshighshort
α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… scholium on Aristophanes, Acharnians 640 (for which see below). Compare Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.96C (3.49 Kaibel), 7.284F (7.22 Kaibel). See also pi 461. [3] Scholium on Aristophanes, Birds 76. [4] On this phrase see further …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… is a sfu/raina (also a "hammer" fish, as identified by Athenaeus, Deipnosphists 7.323A-C = 7.122 Kaibel), and a sfu/raina is either a "bicuda" ("Sphyraena spet") -- or a ke/stra. Dalby 2003 s.v. barracuda identifies …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1325Ἔνηφιon the day after tomorrow… epsilon3025 correctly has "to the third [day]", ei)s tri/thn; likewise Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.100B [3.56 Kaibel] and a scholion to Aristophanes, Acharnians 172.Matched in noteshighshort
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… an answer to be given for a prize of forfeit." Athenaeus, in his lengthy and useful discussion of riddles at dinners and symposia (10.69-89 Kaibel = 448B-459C, cf. Epitome, ed. S.P. Peppink, 2.2.44-52), attributes …Matched in noteshighshort
α3891Ἄρισταbest… adjective, used adverbially. [2] For this proverb see also e.g. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.568DE (13.24 Kaibel). Its verb, (?)bowdlerised here in the Suda and in some of the paroemiographers to the meaningless u(fei=, should in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1206Καὶ σφάκελοι ποιοῦσιν ἀτέλειανeven pains bring tax-exemption… 1711, and Zenobius 4.76. The story first appears in ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 16.6; see also Diodorus Siculus 9.37.2-3.Matched in noteshighshort
α100Ἀβυδηνὸν ἐπιφόρημαAbydene dessert… For a different explanation (involving taxes and harbor dues) see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.641A [14.47 Kaibel], citing Aristeides, On Proverbs.Matched in noteshighshort
α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut now anything might happen… of Sikyon by the scholiast, see the drinking-song quoted by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695D = 15.50 #20 Kaibel ("Under every stone, my friend, there lurks a scorpion. Take care that it does not strike you; …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2440Ἐπὶ Λειψυδρίῳ μάχηa battle at Leipsydrion… brave struggle'. For the rest of the present material cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695E (15.50 Kaibel). [1] In Attica: pi 680, pi 681. [2] In the late sixth century BCE. For the Alkmaionids see generally …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… -- as opposed to payments for e.g. assembly attendance (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 41.3, etc.) -- is hard to come by, some have identified this Diophantus as the well-attested Sphettian politician of a later generation, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4438Αὐλητοῦ βίον ζῇςyou are living a piper's life… musical hanger-on of the Athenian eponymous archon each year (Aristotle(?), Athenaion Politeia 62.2 [web address 1]); and if the gloss on the proverb is correct -- a crucial proviso -- others without such guaranteed …Matched in noteshighshort
η85Ἢ δεῖ χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγεῖνwhether one should eat a tortoise's flesh or not eat it… also chi 192. Besides the paroemiographers (Zenobius 4.19, etc.) see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.337B [8.17 Kaibel], with two versions playing on the kre/a/xrh/ ("flesh"/"should") ambiguity. [1] Demon FGrH 327 F10. [2] This contrast makes no …Matched in noteshighshort
α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarries… to have spent some time in the stone quarries, for Athenaeus (Deipnosophists 1.6F = 1.11 Kaibel) records the story that he was sent there for seducing Dionysius' mistress. See also delta 1178, epsiloniota 291, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1684Ἄμυρις μαίνεταιAmyris is mad… entry parallels the one in Photius, Lexicon alpha1275. See also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.520A-B (12.18 Kaibel). The date must be before 510 BCE, when Sybaris (in S Italy) was destroyed. On the episode see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι230Αἶνοςtale, story… nu 578. [3] From Clearchus (kappa 1714), On Riddles: see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.452C-D (10.76 Kaibel). [4] Julian, Oration 7, 202A-B; again at mu 1389. For Hesiod see Works and Days 202-12, the tale of …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει291Εἰς λατομίαςinto (the) quarries… to have spent some time in the stone quarries, for Athenaeus (Deipnosophists 1.6F-7A [1.11 Kaibel]) records the story that he was sent there for seducing Dionysius' mistress Galatea. See also alpha 2862, delta 1178, …Matched in noteshighmedium
η62Ἡ γλῶττα τῷ κήρυκι τούτων τέμνεταιthe tongue of these is cut for the herald… been preserved in the various collections of scholia (and in Athenaeus).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1282Διοίσεινto bear through, to differ… may perhaps be seen in Menander fr. 304 Koerte (in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.243A [6.42 Kaibel]), now 265 K.-A.: ... diafe/rei *xairefw=ntos ou)de\ gru=, "is not different in anything from Chaerephon, not even in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2082Ἀνάστατοιanastatoi… [1] See generally alpha 3863; and for the point cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.114A (3.80 Kaibel). [2] A garbled version of Aristophanes fr. 202 Kock, now 211 Kassel-Austin. (It is even worse at chi 121, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε555Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλουout of every timber… meaning that not every material is appropriate for good work. Athenaeus in Deipnosophists quotes twice (5.187D and 5.215C = 5.12 and 5.55 Kaibel) a similar proverb used by Demochares (delta 472) of unscrupulous politicians. …Matched in noteshighshort