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α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a hero Anagyros took vengeance on the elderly settler who cut down the grove. Anagyrasians [were] a deme of Attica. One of them cut down …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι600ἾροςIros, Irus[Meaning] the beggar [of that name]; [spelled] with a long iota. But [there is also] i(ro/s [meaning] i(ero/s, with crasis. "This place is holy, as I conjecture, full of laurel, olive-tree, and vine -- …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3067Ἐρῶνloving[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he] yearning for, desiring.Matched in headwordhighshort
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
δ1145ΔιογένηςDiogenes… become milder and gentler in nature. This, too, the tragic hero Haemon, Sophocles’ [character], demonstrated, when he was in love with Antigone and quarreled with his father Creon [Author, Myth]; for you see he …Matched in translationhighmedium
η88Ἤδηby this time… of course, was not concerned with Pythagoras.) [7] A Trojan hero. [8] More probably Pyrrhus, as in Diogenes Laertius and elsewhere (see next note). [9] For the basic story of Pythagoras' disappearance/reappearance see also …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1288Κελαινώπανblack-faced.… 553-54. The note refers to the play, not to the hero of the play.Matched in noteshighshort
λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrineA heroon in the middle of the Kerameikos. For Leos son of Orpheus had a son named Kulanthos, and three daughters named Phasithea [sic], Theope, and Euboule, whom the Athenians honored with the heroon …Matched in translationhighshort
ι160Ἱέρατοwas a priest… purpose of the group was private cult activity, especially concerning heroes and minor deities. The orgonenes seem to have been especially connected with foreign deities, whose rites had an orgiastic character. An inscription from …Matched in noteshighshort
η566ἭρυλλοςHeryllos, Heryllus… only). Otherwise attested only in grammarians and lexicographers: Hesychius eta857; Herodian, *Peri\ paqw=n, vol. 3.2, 205, quoted by Etymologicum Magnum 142.56 and 143.3; Herodian, *Peri\ parwnu/mwn, vol.3.2, 859.Matched in noteshighshort
α214Ἀγηλατεῖνto drive out, to drive out a curse[Meaning] to pursue, to drive into exile, to set upon. Herodotus [sc. uses it in the sense of] to do violence.Matched in translationhighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… [sc. attested is the nominative] busso/s, [meaning] ocean's depth, in Herodotus.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1717Δυσχείμεροςwintry, with harsh winters… in the Iliad (web address 1); also used by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Aristotle and others.Matched in noteshighshort
α2459Ἀνιέρειοςvictimless (offering)[Meaning that] in which a victim is not sacrificed. Also [sc. attested is] a)ni/eros, [meaning] one who has no share in sacrifices.Matched in translationhighshort
αι74Αἰγυπιόνvulture, black vulture… attested is] ai)gupiw=n in the [genitive] plural, [meaning] of vultures. Herodotus [uses the word]. The nominative case [is] ai)gupio/s, [meaning] the vulture.Matched in translationhighshort
α215Ἀγηλατεῖνto banish as accursed… the one who arranged to drive out these things". And Herodotus [writes]: "he arrived with a large force and drove out seven hundred Athenian families as accursed."Matched in translationhighshort
κ2677ΚυματίαςwavyLSJ s.v. cites instances from Aeschylus, Herodotus and Cercidas. Comparable entries, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1779 and 1825).Matched in noteshighshort
ι578Ἵππος ΝισαῖοςNisaian horse, Nisaean horse… the Red Sea, and that the mares are all tawny. Herodotus [says that] the place [called] Nisaea is part of Media. Polemon wrongly says that the Nisaean horse [is] white. Orpheus speaks [of them] …Matched in translationhighshort
ε257Ἑδωλιάσαιto floor… Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "on the hedolia" in Herodotus [meaning] on the supports of a ship. Sophokles [writes]: "the flames were already blazing around the decks at your ships' sterns."Matched in translationhighmedium
α4046Ἀρτίπουςsound-footed… other lexica. For the headword see e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 58; Herodotus 4.161. (For the prefix cf. generally alpha 4044, alpha 4045.)Matched in noteshighshort
μ507Μελίνηmeline, millet… It is a pulse, and grammatically masculine; for Sophocles and Herodotus and Xenophon made it feminine. But the same Xenophon, in Anabasis, spoke of [sc. masculine] melinos and melinoi. Some consider meline a kind …Matched in translationhighshort
η283Ἦμαρday… ["pleasure"], a(/ma [and] a)/mudis ["together"]; so h(me/ra [and] h)=mar. But Herodian says that neuter [nouns] ending in -os, if they begin with a syllable long by nature, are unaspirated; like ai)=sxos ["shame"], eu)=xos ["boast, …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε4063Ἑψίαamusement, recreationLikewise in ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. More fully in Hesychius epsilon7708, with an attribution of the headword to Sophocles (fr.3 Radt). cf. epsilon 4064, epsilon 4065, epsilon 4066, epsilon 4067, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4518Αὐτόςhimself… Homer [says]: "[which led to Hades] many brave souls [of heroes], then the men themselves [it made] spoils [for dogs]." And Aristophanes [writes]: "his mind [is] outside, but he is inside with his feet …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture… The noun is correctly glossed in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, "delight"; Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 113 "enchanting of hearing"; and Hesychius kappa2498 "delight, joy". No other lexicon offers this interpretation. For that matter, the meaning of …Matched in noteshighshort
η274Ἤλυσιςcoming… in e)leu/somai, h)/luqon, e)lh/luqa. cf. Hesychius eta400; also glosses on Herodotus 2.123.2, where the compound perih/lusis occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
α1322Ἀλλοθρόουςforeign-uttering, strange-uttering… the scholia there. Besides epic, also used in tragedy, and Herodotus; not in Attic prose.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3445Εὐεστοῖwell-being… possibilities include Aeschylus (Seven against Thebes 187, Agamemnon 929) and Herodotus (1.85).Matched in noteshighshort
α1597Ἁμιλλῶμαί σοιI vie with you… use of this verb with the dative case (as in Herodotus, Euripides and elsewhere: see LSJ).Matched in noteshighshort
λ275Λεώςpeople… metathesis. Both lew/s and lho/s occur in the text of Herodotus. See LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort