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η271παροιμίαthe ten-company of Lykos, the ten-company of LycusA proverb. Lykos at Athens [was] a hero, in the shape of a wild animal, [whose temple stood] by the jurycourt. 'Company of ten' [signifies] being bribed in tens, to which the proverb [refers]. …Matched in translationhighshort
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a hero Anagyros took vengeance on the elderly settler who cut down the grove. Anagyrasians [were] a deme of Attica. One of them cut down …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus[Lykos] is a hero who has the shape of the beast [sc. of a wolf]. A stone monument to him stands near the jurycourts in Athens; to this, those bribing by tens used to …Matched in translationhighshort
λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-companyA proverbial phrase. [Used] because Lykos the hero had a shrine near the jurycourts [sc. in Athens], where the blackmailers would lie in wait. Three obols a day was set apart for him.Matched in translationhighshort
η477Ἡρακλῆς ξενίζεταιHerakles is being entertained, Heracles is being entertained… For people who take in Herakles go slowly; for the hero is a glutton. The etymology of the name [comes] from a certain oracle: "Phoebus [Apollo] is naming you with the name Herakles; for …Matched in translationhighshort
ει241Εἰς δέονneedfully, to meet a need'The hero summoned him by his father's name: "I found you needfully", he said, "for I wish to summon you to a feast."' Meaning I found you opportunely. And a [there is] proverb: 'for …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1138Καύνιος ἔρωςKaunian passion[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to improper desires; for the siblings Kaunos and Byblis had bad luck.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian (On the declension of nouns 3.2.733.4-5,29-30 = Lentz's edition 1.36) between *kro/twn, the S Italian city (and its eponymous hero) and krotw=n, the …Matched in noteshighshort
α4613Ἀφ' ἱερᾶςfrom a holySimilar entry in Hesychius, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Laws 739A and 820C. [1] The last line on the board. See LSJ s.v. i(ero/s IV.4. [2] Epicharmus fr. 225 Kaibel, now 202 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, project… combat as the Heraclids first tried to enter the Peloponnese (Herodotus 9.26). See RE 5.1913; Hesiod fr. 23a.31, 176.3 Merkelbach/West; Diodorus Siculus 4.58.3-5; etc. Pausanias saw the battle depicted on a stele at Tegea …Matched in noteshighshort
α2707Ἀντιπελαργεῖνto cherish in turnBoth the primary headword (a verb) and the secondary one (a noun; see n.2 below) have an untranslatable etymological component referring to storks. [1] cf. Zenobius 1.94. [2] Literally, "acting reciprocally like storks." See …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos… in the southern Peloponnese; modern Cape Matapan. [6] "Cricket"; a hero. [7] i.e. Archilochus himself. [8] Comica Adespota fr. 748 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Diogenianus 2.95.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort
αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word]. The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing] the sacred aigis used to visit the [sc. houses of] newly-married women. …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2396Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκειςyou are dragging [me] on a carding-comb… not here (but cf. kappa 1854), is the episode in Herodotus 1.92.4 (cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858E) of Croesus doing this to the friend of Pantaleon (e)pi\ kna/fou e(/lkwn die/fqeire). For …Matched in noteshighshort
χ327Χθόνια λουτράunderground baths… to the veneration of certain deceased relatives and dignitaries as heroes and chthonic (as opposed to Olympian) deities. See Burkert 190-207.Matched in noteshighshort
ε754Ἐλάφειονhind's[1] (Here in the neuter, as both of these nouns are.) Hind's 'horn' is note by ps.-Herodian; and for hind's 'flesh' see e.g. Geoponica 5.38.2, 13.8.1. [2] Zenobius 3.66 (= Etymologicum Magnum 326.10). See …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1419Δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχειςdespite being a slave you have [long] hair… and scholion; proverbial in Apostolius 6.34. [2] As at e.g. Herodotus 7.7.1 (web address 2), of Egypt after Xerxes' punitive invasion. Note also the proverb 'more enslaved than the Messenians'.Matched in noteshighshort
ει324Εἰς Τροιζῆνα δεῖ βαδίζεινyou need a walk to Troezen… (pi 2150). For Pogon (between Troezen and Calauria island) see Herodotus 8.42.1 (web address 1). The proverb -- also in theta 462 -- had another version with sailing rather than walking, and (more substantively) …Matched in noteshighshort
α4703Ἀχθοφόρονburden-bearing… and other Egyptian monuments, as transmitted in book 2 of Herodotus (see esp. 2.124.2-3, 2.136.3-4); cf. alpha 3819.Matched in noteshighshort
α125ἈγαθώνιοςAgathonios, Agathonius[1] Herodotus 1.163 gives it as Arganthonios (text at web address 1). See also tau 137. [2] In southern Spain; probably the Biblical Tarshish. See generally tau 137 and OCD(4) s.v. (p.1433). [3] Zenobius …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1213Διὸς ψῆφοςZeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote… on the west pediment of the Parthenon; see also e.g. Herodotus 8.55, Pausanias 1.24.3. [1] Cratinus fr.7 Kock (and K.-A). [2] Apostolius 6.20 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
χ311ΧίλωνChilon… 'Seven Sages' (p.1357). [1] For his famous visit to Sparta (Herodotus 5.49-51) cf. omicroniota 91; see also upsilon 306 on him. [2] From Diog. Laert. (above); accusative case there.Matched in noteshighshort
α2287Ἀνεπαρίασανthey broke treaties like the Parians… by Athenian forces under Miltiades in 489 BCE; see principally Herodotus 6.133-136. [1] This initial gloss is not in the paroemiographers, and misunderstands the episode (and the proverb); the whole point is that the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3053Ἑρμώνιος χάριςHermonian favourcf. Zenobius 3.85 and, for the "history", Diodorus Siculus 10.19.6. (Herodotus 6.137-140 has other stories.) [1] c.512 BCE. For Dareios I of Persia cf. delta 72, delta 73. (Delta 74 is a later homonym.) …Matched in noteshighshort
γ473Γύγου δακτύλιοςGyges' ring… king of Lydia in c.680 BCE is radically different (see Herodotus 1.8-14, at web address 1); the version here summarizes Plato, Republic 359C-360B (web address 2). [1] For the noun sfendo/nh in this sense, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4368ἌτλαςAtlas… historians, Mount Atlas is a mountain in northwest Africa, cf. Herodotus (4.184) and Strabo (17.3.2), evidently a coastal promontory opposite Gibraltar, to the north of today's Atlas Mountain Range (Barrington Atlas map 1a grid …Matched in noteshighshort
χ444Χωρὶς ἱππεῖςcavalry away!Such an episode appears neither in Herodotus 6.109 ff (web address 1) nor in any other writer on the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE), from Ephorus to Plutarch. (Adler notes that Crusius attributed it …Matched in noteshighshort
κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… somewhere, presumably one of the authors cited (besides whom see Herodotus 7.155: web address 1). [1] Timaeus FGrH 566 F8. [2] Aristotle fr.586 Rose (603 Gigon). [3] cf. Zenobius 4.54 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3674Εὐράξon the blind side; on the open side… an Ionian and Aeolian dialect form (fr. 19 line 47). Herodian (De Prosodia Catholica 3,1. 510.6) lists it among adverbs ending in -x that have the oxytone (acute) accent on the final syllable (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort