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η512Ἠρίαbarrows, mounds… III.3 Conomis. cf. eta 511, eta 520. [1] On e)/ra "earth", see epsilon 1643, epsilon 2887, epsilon 2966.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2659Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδροβόλουon Mandrobolos' property… History of Samos 800-188 BC (Oxford 1987) appendix 2; 'Samian Earth' seems to have been a kind of fuller's earth. [2] A ram, because, according to a scholiast on Nicander's Alexipharmaka, this was the …Matched in noteshighshort
ει155Εἰν Ἀρίμοιςin (the) ArimeansHomer, Iliad 2.783. ('Earth groaned beneath them as it does for Zeus the Thunderer in his anger, when he lashes the ground above Typhoeus in the Arimean Mountains, where people say Typhoeus lies abed': …Matched in noteshighshort
χ376Χοϊκόςmud, made of mud… equivalent of the Hebrew "Adam" (alpha 425) -- from adama, "earth" -- in a typological passage on Christ as Second Adam. Same entry, according to Adler, in Lexicum Ambrosianum 284; and cf. already Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to be to Plotinus, Enneads 3.4.2, where the verb is dendrwqh=nai without the prefix. [3] The phrase 'in Scripture', though placed last, should possibly be understood with …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1124Διμήτωρtwice-born… thus being considered as having been born once from the earth and again from the vine"), and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the idea that justice is rewarded by the fertility of earth see Homer, Odyssey 19.109ff.; further parallels are Aeschylus, Supplices 627-29, Eumenides 937-87; Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 269-71. The notion is also to be seen …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3901Ἐφημερίαephemerality… Odyssey 18.136-7, which might be translated as "The mind of earth-bound mortals is such as the day the father of gods and men brings to them." [2] This part of the entry = Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out… church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… 2.19 ff. Mordechai, while "at the king’s gate", discovers the plot against the king organized by two of his eunuchs. It is not Mordechai who reveals to the king the details of the conspiracy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2998ἘριούνιοςEriounios… on Homer, Odyssey 24.1ff.) is from a rare word for "earth," e)/ra (perhaps from an unattested adjective in -ios). It would thus refer to the role of Hermes Chthonios as underworld guide. Its frequent …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… matter in a powdery aspect, and the passage of the Earth through the tail of one of these heavenly bodies had brought about the inflammation of the powder in the part lightened by the …Matched in noteshighlong
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… one fragment, "coldness is the connection" (presumably which holds the Earth in a solid state); see Diels and Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 60B1a. From surviving testimonia (principally Hippolytus), he would seem to have …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… and were therefore driven from their home by the angry earth, which refused to produce crops for them, as well as by the ghost of Ganges. [5] That is Briseis, taken away by king …Matched in noteshighmedium
ω156Ὥραseason, hour… Belisarius begs Antonina's son Photios to join in a vengeance plot against Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (10). On Belisarius, husband of Antonina, see beta 233 generally. On Antonina and Theodosius see epsilon 671 note. On …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on… tyrant Phalaris is told by Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4. The plot failed, but Phalaris displayed clemency by allowing the lovers to live in exile. Phalaris ruled Akragas c.570-554 BCE. See alpha 1812, alpha 2634, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2494ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, Epinicus… the wife of Leo I, he organized with her a plot against Emperor Zeno in 415 AD. After the latter fled from Rome, Basiliscus (DIR entry by Hugh Elton at web address 2) was …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… Pandrosus. For speculation on the role of Phineus in the plot of the play see the Loeb edition of the fragments (ed. H. Lloyd-Jones, 1996, pp.308-09). Some have suggested that it was a satyr-play.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2006Κόμοδαrewards, pay, advantage… at one and the same time, oddly specific (why only earthquake and not e.g. flood?) and frustratingly vague (does the gift go to the earthquake's victims, or to placate the gods?).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1132Δῖνοςrotation… from the scholia there. [2] A dinos was a deep earthenware drinking-vessel wide at the top and running down to a point, thus resembling a vortex. Compare generally delta 1133. [3] See Clouds 265, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… that [phenomenon] is called dioshmi/a". Some natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, thunders and storms, were held by the Athenians to be bad omens, so that they would interrupt an assembly and suspend a deliberation …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1549ἈμέλιοςAmelios, Amelius… 183. [1] In Syria; but in fact (Porphyry, Life of Plotinus 7) he came from Etruria, in central Italy. [2] 246-269.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1932Ἐπακτόνacquired… Latte on Hesychius epsilon4119 says Euripides, Phoenician Women 343). [2] Plotinus, Enneads 1.2.1 (abridged); read nominative mimhsame/nh for the Suda's accusative mimhsame/nhn. Plotinus offers this as an argument that one might make, not as …Matched in noteshighshort
μ172ΜαξιμῖνοςMaximinus… and 5. [2] The first half of the entry, until 'plots against him', is John of Antioch fr.142 FHG (4.594), now 221 Roberto, which is found at Constantine VII Porphyrogenitius, De Virtutibus et Vitiis …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, Ammonius… Saccas. Ammonios Sakkas taught the most prominent Neoplatonists, both pagan (Plotinus) and Christian (Origen: see the beginning of omega 182). See web address 1 below (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), and cf. sigma 33 (end). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. Exhausted from his apprenticeship, Porphyry then retreated to Sicily for five years, returning to Rome as Plotinus' successor. [7] Pamphilus and …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… is very similar to the union with the One, which Plotinus experienced four times in his life, and Porphyry only once. Even the doctrine concerning evil can be understood on the ground of a …Matched in noteshighlong