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- κ2290Κῷος πρὸς ΧῖονCoös against Chios, Coan against Chian… from the same root as the adjective koi=los "hollow". At Strabo 8.5.7 it means "cavern". Taillardat discusses these throws (see Bibliography), especially the effect of throwing Chios after Coös, and suggests, contrary to Hesychius …
- κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… other sentence is unknown. Eustathius, on the other hand, follows Strabo 6.1.12.31f. and argues (Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 369.18-32, cf. Commentary on the Odyssey 2.147.23-30) that the phrase refers to the proverbial athletic training …
- α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… nesting (Simonides). The Alcyon Sea was so named, according to Strabo, because this corner of the Gulf of Corinth is both a nesting place for the kingfisher and a stretch sheltered from the wind. …