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α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, Athenaeus… divided it among those who came to the festival. And Ion of Chios, when he won a victory in the tragic competition at Athens, gave every Athenian a jar of Chian [sc. wine]. And …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence… a)reth/n, feu=ge yo/gon "pursue glory and excellence, flee blame"; Euripides, Ion 439-440 su/ [...] e)pei\ kratei=s a)reta\s di/wke (web address 3). Bernhardy's suggested correction of the entry to a)reta\s di/wke, rests on this Euripidean …Matched in noteshighshort
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I sink"] …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1149Ἄλευεkeep away fromIonians say "avoid" this way. And [there is] a saying: "keep away from a bigger man."Matched in translationhighshort
β270Βίαντος Πριηνέως δίκηBias of Priene's justiceBias was a famous judge in the Ionian city of Priene, c.570 BCE. See the detailed account in Diogenes Laertius 1.82-88 and more briefly Strabo 14.1.12. The point of the quotation from Hipponax (an …Matched in noteshighshort
χ582Χρυσὸς ΚολοφώνιοςColophonian gold, Kolophonian gold… the gold-mines around Thrace and [the river] Strymon with certain Ionians and worked hard for the gold. Interpretation of a dream: by gaining gold you will fail to achieve the things you desire.Matched in translationhighshort
χ444Χωρὶς ἱππεῖςcavalry away!When Datis had invaded Attica, they say that the Ionians, after his withdrawal, climbed trees and signalled to the Athenians that the cavalry were away; and on learning that they had gone Miltiades charged …Matched in translationhighshort
ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… is more common in classical Attic prose; e)s occurs in Ionic, in some kinds of poetry (on the distribution of the two forms, see LSJ s.v.). There is no difference in meaning. [2] For …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3674Εὐράξon the blind side; on the open side… word attracted much commentary. Heraclides says that it was 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
χ42Χαλκιδίζεινto Chalkidize… feature seen in Eretrian dialect, but not in Chalkidian (or Ionic in general).Matched in noteshighshort
η286Ἤμβροτενmissed (the mark or goal)For this entry cf. Lexicon Ambrosianum 335, Hesychius eta437-439, and the Homeric scholia, e.g. to Iliad 5.287 and 3.18b1.5, and to Odyssey 7.292. This odd Homeric aorist of a(marta/nw became fixed in Greek language …Matched in noteshighshort