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κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 10, where the hero Dikaiopolis, recounting some recent experiences of pleasure and pain, recalls how at a recent theatrical festival he was "open-mouthed" (i.e. agog) in anticipation of …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1688Δυσπινῆsqualid (things)… tragedians use it to generate solemn atmospheres evoking an historic, heroic garment. Nonetheless it is evident that in this context Aristophanes seeks to create nothing but a comic effect. See (at web address 2) …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
α3886ἈρίωνArion… means to 'make a chorus sing a stasimon'." [7] Compare Herodotus 1.23 [web address 1]: Arion "was the first man we know to have composed the dithyramb and given it a name." According to …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ35Μᾶζαbarley-cake… to LSJ s.v., it was deemed properispomenon by the grammarian Herodian (2. 937) but was later paroxytone. [4] Presumably a comment on the actual staging of the play. [5] Aristophanes, Peace 1 (trans. O’Neill …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… might refer, but not exclusively (more ambiguously Pollux 7.46.3). Unless Herodian (1.16.3) and Irenaios (1.7.2) are being pleonastic, the sense of the headword can be separate from purple-ness. See also alpha 3460 and beta …Matched in noteshighmedium
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
αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… definition here), of music of varied modes, of gods and heroes capable of metamorphosis, chiefly in the Orphic Hymns (alphaiota 249), or of unreliable people, whose words and opinions cannot be trusted; it may …Matched in noteshighshort