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α4329Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασινa man impervious to exhortations… this line. [3] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.45.1. [4] Aelian fr. 208a Domingo-Forasté (207 Hercher): cf. delta 1092. [5] Aelian fr. 52b D-F (49 Hercher). [6] Aelian fr. 47b D-F (44 Hercher). [7] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling… entry which follows. It comes from Euripides, Hecuba 1042. [2] Aelian fr. 44b Domingo-Forasté, 41 Hercher (on the invalid Nikanor). [3] Aelian fr. 93e D-F (90 Hercher). For the Samothracian mystery-rites see sigma 79. …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ392ΓοργόνηGorgon… (cf. line 574) but by falling into a ditch. [2] Aelian fr. 22b Domingo-Forasté (22 Hercher); cf. pi 2493. [3] See delta 1188 and notes there; also omega 293. [4] From the scholia to …

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Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασιν

a man impervious to exhortations

[Meaning] one who is neither soaking up nor admitting encouragement, but is hard, like rock, or like something else which is hard, so that he is not soaked through even by water. Sophocles [writes]: "but thus you will…

Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασιν· ὁ μὴ βρεχόμενος μήτε προσιέμενος παραμυθίαν, ἀλλὰ σκληρὸς ὢν ὡς ἡ πέτρα ἢ ἄλλο τι τῶν σκληρῶν, ὡς μηδὲ ὑπὸ ὕδατος βρέχεσθαι. Σοφοκλῆς· ἀλλ' ὧδ'…

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ε1441Ἐνστάτηςadversary, opponent… For Oedipus and his father Laios see omicroniota 34. [2] Aelian fr. 23 Hercher, 23 Domingo-Forasté. [3] Aelian fr. 248 Hercher, 246 Domingo-Forasté.Matched in noteshighmedium

α359ἌγριοςAgrios, Agrius… a Giant and of a Centaur in Greek mythology. [2] Aelian fr. 52c Domingo-Forasté (part of fr. 49 Hercher), on Pythagoras, tyrant of Ephesus. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 1035; again under delta 436.Matched in noteshighshort

α519Ἄδωραgiftless [gifts], no-gift [gifts]… with scholion. For a longer extract see epsilon 4028. [2] Aelian fr. 125d Domingo-Forasté (part of 122 Hercher); cf. epsilon 720. Here 'gift-less' presumably means pure, incorruptible; see generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α4610ἈφῖγμαιI have come… this second part of the entry in its entirety is Aelian fr. 94 Domingo-Forasté (91 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1348ἜννιοςEnnius, Ennios… Africanus. (For another of his friends see pi 2215.) [1] Aelian fr. 119 Domingo-Forasté, 116 Hercher (i.e. the present material). [2] Quoted again at mu 359. [3] Before his naturalization as a Roman citizen …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1546Ἐξάντηdanger-free, out of danger… at sigma 100. On Beïudaes see alpha 3361 note. [5] Aelian fr. 74h Domingo-Forasté (71 Hercher). [6] Zenobius 3.95, quoting Plato, Phaedrus 244E. See Tosi (cited under alpha 378) for more instances.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1612Ἐξεκύκλησανthey wheeled out… quotation given. On the ekkyklema see generally epsilon 132. [1] Aelian fr. 148 Domingo-Forasté (145 Hercher). The end of it, as transmitted here, is odd. Bernhardy conjectured pro/swpon ('covered in respect of his face') …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3362Εὐάγκαλονeasily-carried… It is presumably extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Aelian fr. 151 Domingo-Forasté (148 Hercher). For Aeneas cf. alpha 4653.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… committed against us.') [3] The remainder of this entry = Aelian fr. 28 Domingo-Forasté (25 Hercher). [4] cf. Hesiod, Works and Days 256 (web address 1). Aelian's words summarize the comparison between the just …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1145ΔιογένηςDiogenes… must have been common: "Zeus-born." Adler identifies this entry as Aelian fr. 103 Hercher (= fr. 106 in the more recent Domingo-Forasté edition (Teubner 1994) of Aelian). [2] The priestess’s response appears, according to …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1627Δυσείμωνill-clad… are displaying a principled austerity: Socrates in Xenophon, Agesilaus in Aelian, Cato Minor in Plutarch, Gelon in Diogenes Laertius. And note especially the case of Diogenes of Sinope (delta 1141, delta 1143, delta 1144, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3795Εὐφημίαgood speech… an unknown tragic poet by Snell (Tragica Adespota fr.562a). [2] Aelian fr. 265 Domingo-Forasté (267 Hercher); cf. epsilon 3735, and see further, next note. [3] Euripides fr.1087 Snell. In place of the nominative *eu)ripi/dhs …Matched in noteshighmedium

ει45Εἴδωλονlikeness, image, phantom… (29 Blass). [2] Homer, Odyssey 11.207. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Aelian fr. 91 Domingo-Forasté (88 Hercher). [5] Aelian fr. 88b Domingo-Forasté (85 Hercher). [6] George the Monk, Chronicon 65.11-66.7, commenting on Exodus 20.4-5 LXX. …Matched in noteshighmedium

η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf… at Colonus 1211. See also nu 325, omicron 704. [3] Aelian fr. 75 Domingo-Forasté (72 Hercher); cf. eta 592, eta 605, mu 474, pi 1991. The answerer is not named, but DW suggests that …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ364Χοάςpourings… as far as e)pa/gein, is incorporated in alpha 932 (akos): Aelian fr. 76f Domingo-Forasté. The whole sentence, with the vital addition of 'to the Athenians' at the start, is part of chi 504 (chresmos): …Matched in noteshighmedium

α848Ἀκέσματαremedies… but herbs to soften the pain). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Aelian fr. 107 Domingo-Forasté (104 Hercher). This is a fragment concerning Polyeidos (Polyidus), a celebrated mantis (seer and oracle-giver), mentioned by Homer. See in …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1007Ἀκρόλιονopening-sacrificeAlternatively, a)kro/leion or a)kroqi/nion. cf. pi 2966. [1] Perhaps Aelian (so Adler). For Polyxena, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, and this episode (in tragedy, not in Homer) see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.1177). [2] Quotation …Matched in noteshighshort

α1594Ἅμιλλαcontest… the Euripides connection explicit by citing e.g. Hecuba 226.) [2] Aelian fr. 201 Domingo-Forasté (199 Hercher); again at alpha 3764.Matched in noteshighshort

α3893ἈρίσταρχοςAristarkhos, Aristarchos, Aristarchus… 'Aristarchus(3)'. The principal paragraph of the present entry derives from Aelian (fr. 104 Domingo-Forasté). [1] In Arkadia (central Peloponnese). [2] A.L. Brown in OCD s.v. notes that "no precise meaning can be attached" to …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4235Ἀστεῖοςurbane… Plato, Republic 349B, where the headword occurs. [2] Adler suggested Aelian as the source of this quotation, but see next note. [3] Rather, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 902 (see web address 1 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4568Ἀφ' αἵματοςof [the same] blood… the headword phrase occurs. [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Aelian. In fact from John of Antioch: see Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 55.Matched in noteshighshort

αι376Αἰτναῖος κάνθαροςEtnaean dung-beetle… LSJ s.v. ka/nqaros; cf. Diogenianus 1.59 and other paroemiographers. [2] Aelian fr. 215b Domingo-Forasté (214 Hercher). For Aristaios see already alpha 3898. For Etna cf. alphaiota 373, alphaiota 374, alphaiota 375.Matched in noteshighshort

γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous… nominative/singular; either way, again quoted from somewhere. Extant instances include Aelian, On the nature of animals 9.13 (probably deriving from Aristotle), on frogs. [4] This participle occurs six times (at a verse-end) in Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ340Δεινόνterrible… 32 Kock, now 31 K.-A. Again at omicron 315. [4] Aelian fr.111a Domingo-Forasté (108 Hercher), quoted more fully at kappa 1762 (where the participle is ei)do/tas "knowing" rather than ble/pontas "looking" as here).Matched in noteshighmedium

ε399Ἐκδίκουςavenging; lawless… for the twin meanings of it see LSJ s.v. [2] Aelian fr. 218 Domingo-Forasté (217 Hercher). [3] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 919-920 (web address 1). [4] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 929-931 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

ε808ἘλευθεροστομῶI speak freely… precise form, but Bruhn (Rheinisches Museum 45.274) related it to Aelian fr. 317 Hercher (for which see pi 2120).Matched in noteshighshort

ε947Ἔμβολαbolts, rams… statues melted down and made into rams. Quotation attributed to Aelian (fr. 75 Hercher, 78b Domingo-Forasté). Conjoined by Hercher to another unattributed quotation found in alpha 1410. [3] Greek Anthology 6.236.1-2 (Philippos of Thessalonike). …Matched in noteshighshort

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