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19 entries for Douris, Duris

ε1500Ἐν νυκτὶ βουλήcounsel in the night… proverbial phrase used] because of the fact that free time during the night gives opportunities for reflection to those about to take important decisions.Matched in translationhighshort
ε410Ἐκκέκοφθ' ἡ μουσικήthe culture has been cut outThey say that whereas the ancients engaged in philological enquiry during their symposia, their successors introduced the singing-girls and kithara-girls and dancing-girls. Hence some people used to use this saying when criticizing innovation.Matched in translationhighshort
χ236Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίαςbird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind… wind. Or [it is so called] because these birds appear during a storm, as Aratus says.Matched in translationhighshort
κ388Καρικῇ Μούσῃwith a Carian muse… [It is said] that a fisherman having seen an octopus during winter, said, "if I do not dive, I shall be hungry."Matched in translationhighshort
χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis… from peristera\ ['dove']. This man used to play his pipes during the sacrifices. He was [sc. also] a kithara-player. Aristophanes [writes]: "if Chairis sees you, he will come, to play the pipes uninvited". And …Matched in translationhighmedium
αι357ΑἰσχύλοςAiskhylos, Aischylos, Aeschylus… 13. Exiled to Sicily following a collapse of the stage during a performance of his, a tortoise was dropped on his head by an eagle that had been carrying it, and he died at …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… the theatrical performances and dramatic contests featured. This festival, held during the month of Elaphebolion (end of March), centered on the cult of Dionysos Eleuthereus (from Eleutherai, a village between NW Attica and SW …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3971Ἔφυγον κακόν εὗρον ἄμεινονthey escaped a bad thing [and] found a better… to a better. For at Athens it was the custom during weddings for a boy whose mother and father were still alive to go about carrying thistles along with acorns, and a winnowing-basket full …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation[A phrase used] in reference to hardships. For during the Peloponnesian War the Athenians dispatched Nikias against everyone and laid siege to them so strenuously as to make them perish by starvation. And in …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2053Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματιto carry a spear at the funeral and to make an announcement at the memorial… Prokris (pi 2488), a daughter of Erechtheus, was accidentally killed, during a hunt, by a javelin thrown by her husband Kephalos. See Apollodorus, Library of Greek Mythology 3.15.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, Athenaeus… a hospitable man, when 500 horsemen were billeted with him during the winter, gave each of them a cloak and tunic. [It is on record] that Charmus of Syracuse used to utter little verses …Matched in translationhighmedium
α523Ἀδράστεια ΝέμεσιςAdrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos… paroemiographers. [4] After relating the story of Adrastus's exceptional survival during the attack on Thebes, Libanius (Narration 10 [Foerster vol. 8, pp. 40-41]) adds that "This then seemed to come about in this way …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2586ΚυβέληKubele, Kybele, Cybele; Kubebe, The Great Mother of the Gods and Men… they subjugated in west-central Anatolia, and were imported to Rome during the Punic Wars (and widely extended in the Roman Empire by the Emperor Claudius, a devotee). Mother Cybele was more often known in …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian letters… semnuhr baui. "Aski kataski" is a recurrent invocation.) St. Paul, during a visit to Ephesus, encountered the practitioners of these "curious arts" and succeeded in having them burn many of their sacred books (Acts …Matched in noteshighshort
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… (p.149 Niebuhr); cf. sigma 1800. In this episode (555 CE) during the Lazic War (541-562), Wilgang, the commander of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) contingent supporting the Romans, offers this aphorism to …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… Aristotle -- quoting Simonides -- in History of Animals 542b4-24. During those days, especially around Sicily, the seas were calm and the weather clear; hence the phrase. Aristotle's description is the basis of the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… for the arrival of Demosthenes and the Messenians at Pylos during the Peloponnesian War, Gomme observed that the historian regarded being at the right place at the right time as a goal of ancient …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… to the offerings of ram-fleeces as scapegoats to Zeus Meilichios, during the purificatory rituals which took place in the month Maimakterion (cf. delta 1210). The meaning escorting out [of the city] the sacred fleece …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… Aristotle mentions him in Book 1 of On Justice. And Douris, in Book 4 of The History of Agathokles, [says the name comes] from the companion of Odysseus. Also Aristophanes in Daidalos, portraying Zeus …Matched in translationhighmedium

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