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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
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
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, …

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Κρότωνος ὑγιέστερος

sounder than a tick; sounder than Croton

[It is right] to take this of the animal; for [they say that] it is the same all over and has no cut, but is completely unwrinkled; and because of this they say of it, sounder than a tick. A tick is an animal, which…

Κρότωνος ὑγιέστερος· τοῦτο δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ ζῴου δέχεσθαι· τὸ γὰρ εἶναι πάντοθεν ὅμοιον καὶ μηδεμίαν ἔχειν διακοπήν, ἀλλ' εἶναι λίαν ὁμαλῶς· διὰ τοῦτο ἀπ' αὐτοῦ λέγουσιν, ὑγιέστερος…

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science and technology3

science and technology3

trade and manufacture3

trade and manufacture3

meter and music2

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α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… Apostolius 2.96) and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 (Aristophanes) pp.51-52. [3] On hero-cult see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.672). [4] Anagyros, evidently. (At epsilon 78, where this mini-narrative is summarised, the father is the subject -- but …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… [F24 Conomis] and Nymphodorus [FGrH 572 F22] [sc. mention them]. Herodotus [4.189.1] says that these things are called aigees by Libyans". (See alphaiota 59.) Compare also Hesychius alpha1725. [1] For 'wearing' cf. LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… (OCD(4) 124 'Apollonius (13)'; cf. bibliography below) and his son Herodian (OCD(4) 674 'Herodian(1)''; see bibliography below). The majority of the examples in the Suda can be found in a treatise on grammar attributed …Matched in noteshighlong

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

α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, Abydus… form of the ethnic adjective (nominative singular masculine), beginning with Herodotus 4.138. For an instance in the Suda see pi 71.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

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… of the brine used for preserving fish, meat and vegetables (Herodotus 2.77; LSJ at web address 1). Galen lists three main types of preserving (web address 2) meat from putrefaction: salt, brine, vinegar (de …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

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

α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… "arch-general" would be the Archangel Michael. [4] See on this Herodotus 1.66: a Delphic oracular response given to the Spartans in respect of their territorial designs on Arkadia in the mid C6 BCE. For …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

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

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

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

αι357ΑἰσχύλοςAiskhylos, Aischylos, Aeschylus… not a relation, because he came from a different deme (Herodotus 8.84): see M.R. Lefkowitz, The Lives of the Greek Poets (London 1981) 69. [2] See epsilon 3800. [3] So the transmitted numeral, equating …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ29Γαλῆweasel… Artemidorus) 'pains'. [5] Diogenianus 3.71 and other paroemiographers; first in Herodotus 4.192.3. [6] cf. tau 137. [7] cf. eta 464.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

δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… occasion in a child’s life, on the basis of Philostratus, Heroicus 35.9 and inscriptions. On the other hand, the Choes included a drinking contest with a wineskin as the prize, and thus the reference …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

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

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… Sophocles' play, is talking of the lots that the Greek heroes cast in a helmet at Homer, Iliad 7.175ff. (web address 2), to choose one to fight the duel with Hector. Teucer reports the …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as an adjective, it can be found in two alchemic texts (Fragm. Alch. 2.334.17; Moses 2.314.9 Berthelot-Ruelle). But cf. in the religious sense, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

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

ε3154Ἐς κόρακαςto the crowsSee also epsilon 3155, and generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.771. [1] Eustathius, in his commentary to Homer, Odyssey 13.408, attributes to a Pausanias (not the topographer but the Attic lexicographer: his fr.183 …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

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

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