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κ391ΚαρῖνοςKarinos, Carinus… contains two passages on the reign (283-285) of Marcus Aurelius Carinus (see OCD(4) s.v.). [1] Marcus Aurelius Carus (see generally sigma 809 and OCD(4) s.v.) overthrew Probus (cf. pi 2354) in the autumn of …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… Photius) s.v. [1] In Sicily. [2] See generally OCD(4) s.v. Carcinus(2). [3] Harpok. gives Xenocles of Thorikos as Karkinos' father. [4] A restoration in IG 2.2325, a list of victors in the tragic contests …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ396ΚαρκίνοςCarcinus, Karkinos… also epsilon 1147; and see below for modern scholarship on Carcinus and his sons. Two more tragic poets by the name of Carcinus appear in kappa 394; cf. kappa 397. [1] Xenocles, Xenotimus and …

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Karinos, Carinus

[Carinus], son of the emperor Carus, having come to power and [become] master of his desire, shot up [through] such great evil to tyranny, that to those who experienced it he made golden the tyranny acted out in tragic…

Καρῖνος, Κάρου τοῦ βασιλέως υἱός, γενόμενος ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ καὶ βουλήσεως κύριος, ἀνέδραμε τηλικοῦτον κακὸν ἐς τυραννίδα, ὥστε ἀπέδειξε χρυσὸν τοῖς πειραθεῖσι τὴν τραγωδουμένην…

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ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always obey the rules of the Canon. With the exception of oi)/moi …Matched in noteshighlong

κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… of Colophon, and the strains of the Sirens, and the charming songs." Similarly Nicetas Eugenianus, Drosilla and Charicles 6.590-591 "Who will say that someone who drank a vessel of poison will take part in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3362Εὐάγκαλονeasily-carried… ou)k eu)a/gkalon) of this adjective, which literally means easy to carry in one's arms. It is presumably extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Aelian fr. 151 Domingo-Forasté (148 Hercher). For Aeneas cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

α3967Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειοςchariot wheel… up, the subject of this entry switches to music. The "chariot nome" (played on the aulos) is mentioned by Plutarch, Moralia 335A and 1133A, and the "chariot tune" is an intrusive stage-direction (which generated …Matched in noteshighshort

α425ἈδάμAdam… unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" …Matched in noteshighlong

κ1514Κηλούμενοςbeing charmed… the cited masculine nominative singular), above, see also Laws 885D (charmed by gifts -- nominative plural), Republic 607D (by poetry -- dative plural) Phaedrus 259A (by the sound of cicadas -- accusative plural). Timaeus' …Matched in noteshighshort

η49ἨγηλάζωI guide, I lead… eta65 and eta66 the meanings of this verb are to carry and to set in motion, but also to take care and to do service. [2] (This addendum to the entry is also paralleled …Matched in noteshighshort

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… Justinian 3.20.4-7 (web address 1), the prison guard at Gelimer's Carthage palace releases the captive traders as Belisarius's (cf. beta 233, generally) fleet makes its approach (September 533 CE); cf. Kaldellis (184). On Gelimer, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α851Ἀκέσταςhealers… also called Sakas (see sigma 33, from whom the recurrent character in comedy may be drawn), for an artist, a historian and a couple of mythological characters. In a little-noticed note Joannes Philoponus the …Matched in noteshighshort

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… sun, wave-like in its shape'. When Pandarus falls from his chariot dead (Iliad 5.294-96) and his gleaming armour clangs on top of him, is it also multicoloured, discoloured by blood, rolling, well-crafted or (unlike …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1287Κελαινοφαήςblack-coloured… parodying the monodies of Euripides, in the mouth of his character Aeschylus. First he mocks the blatant redundancy of the words; secondly he uses a characteristic of Euripides, adding the suffix -fa/hs to adjectives …Matched in noteshighshort

α2660Ἀντιγόχνοιαιantigochnoiai… a garbling of the phrase a)ntu/gwn xnoi/ai, literally "axle-boxes of (chariot-)rails", which -- drawn from Euripides, Rhesus 118 (accusative case: web address 1) -- appears in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

γ277Γλάμωνbleary-eyed… cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 588, quoted below. (For Charon [Author, Myth], who has appeared earlier in the play, see chi 135.) [2] Sophocles fr. 396 Radt. The adjective in this quotation is …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1256Δίπαλτοςdoubly-brandished, twice-brandished… in reference to the double spears an Homeric warrior ordinarily carried, according to the literary and archaeological evidence collected by Lorimer (below). But uncertainty as to the meaning is evident in antiquity itself, as …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1301Κέληςdinghy, yacht… no longer keeps afloat the frame of Timarion, the already carved-out dinghy." Find another extract from this epigram at sigma 896. [6] cf. Hesychius kappa2167, the Synagoge, and Photius kappa555 Theodoridis (with other references …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ465Χρείαservice… comedy of that name. Alternatively (and preferably?), as Bernhardy suggested, 'Carthaginian' is a displaced gloss on Scipio's wound (for which cf. Polybius 3.66.2 & 9, 3.68.6).Matched in noteshighshort

α3638Ἀποφθίμενονhaving perished… given. [1] Greek Anthology 7.67.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses Charon [Author, Myth], here abridged; for full versions see beta 114 and omicron 124; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 126) and (vol. II, …Matched in noteshighshort

β117ΒαρκαίοιςBarkaian (ones), Barcaean (ones)… 727, where the dative plural headword occurs: "crashed into Barkaian chariots"; cf. omicron 1064. For Barke/Ptolemais see Strabo 17.3.20-21 (C837) and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. On its chariots see e.g. Aeneas Tacticus 16.14, with …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… see Plutus [Wealth] 715 (web address 2), where the slave Cario tells his master's wife how he has observed Asclepius examining some patients. To the question "how could you see it (...) when you …Matched in noteshighshort

ε588ἘκποκιῶI will de-fleece… the fact that the words are addressed by a female character in the play to a male character who is masquerading as female. The scholiast seems to think, perhaps correctly, that the humor lies …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3944Ἐφόλκιαtenders, towed-boats… unidentifiable. [4] Greek Anthology 7.67.5 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses Charon [Author, Myth]; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 126), (vol. II, 367-368), and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3638, beta 114, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α216Ἀγηλατοίcurse-expelling… a (plural) noun amidst (singular) verbs. Perhaps it has been carelessly repeated from the first part of the entry.Matched in noteshighshort

α564ἈερόπηAerope… name is also the title of plays by Agathon and Carcinus.Matched in noteshighshort

α678Ἄϊδριςignorant… iota 133. [3] From Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems about himself (Carmina de se ipso, PG 37.1245a).Matched in noteshighshort

α1046Ἀκύμοναcalm, wave-less… one (B in LSJ s.v.) from the verb kue/w "I carry in the womb"; but ultimately they are from the same root ku- meaning "swell, bulge." See both LSJ entries at web address 1. …Matched in noteshighshort

α3770Ἀργείους ὁρᾷςyou see Argives… another one, about suspicions of theft (said to be a charge comically levelled at Argives -- cf. alpha 3771). Additionally, the App.Prov. quotes Sophocles fr.201h (from the Eriphyle), where the phrase seems to originate.Matched in noteshighshort

α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bear… - was intransitive. [1] Lysias fr. 249 Sauppe, now 303 Carey OCT (from the lost speech On behalf of Phrynichus' daughter). [2] Euripides fr.767 Nauck; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 645 and fr. 370 Kock (386 Kassel-Austin).Matched in noteshighshort

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