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δ1145ΔιογένηςDiogenes… readily suggest themselves, but the name 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] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε723Ἐκφῦναιto grow out of… some mss of the Suda (FVM) use gennhqh=nai ('to be born') instead of e)kgennhqh=nai ('to be born from') as the gloss. The headword itself, an aorist active infinitive, must be quoted from somewhere: Euripides …Matched in noteshighshort
α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… generally OCD(4) p.5, under 'Achaeus(2)'. [1] 484-481. [2] Sophocles was born in the mid 490s. [3] 448-445. "Jointly" evidently means "contemporaneously".Matched in noteshighshort
κ391ΚαρῖνοςKarinos, Carinus… Adler notes, Wölfflin and Casaubon proposed inserting eu)= before gegono/twn, born to the nobility, which emendation Blockley (p. 13) appears to accept; but cf. epsilon 133 and upsilon 15. [3] Eunapius fr.4 FHG (4.14); …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε739ἙλλάνικοςHellanikos, Hellanicus… for gegono/ti. The original text would be translated, "Hekataios was born," (instead of Hellanikos) which does not make sense in the context. For Hekataios see epsilon 360. [4] The original text reads "and a …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… 836 (web address 1 below). The second trimeter, "having been born a male and from a male line", appears to be an addition. [3] Euripides, Bacchae 317-318 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1943Κολοκτρυώνkoloktryôn… Declension of Nouns p. 724) and glossed by Hesychius kappa3367: "born from a maimed large rooster". All this is wasted ingenuity, however, because in Aristophanes the phrase to\n cou=qon i(ppalektruo/na (quoting Aeschylus fr. 134) …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1142ΔιογένηςDiogenes… in (e.g.) Snell, TGrF pp.185 and 254-8. [1] Or: was born. [2] i.e. the suppression of Athenian democracy by the Thirty, a.k.a Thirty Tyrants: 404/3 BCE.Matched in noteshighshort
ν299Νὴ Δίαby Zeus!… used frequently in comedy and prose with the name of Zeus and other gods; it indicates affirmation. The ma/ of the gloss is used in epic and tragedy as well as comedy and prose, …Matched in noteshighshort
ν393ΝικόλαοςNikolaos, NicolausBorn c.64 BCE. OCD4 Nicolaus; FGrH 90; Kassel-Austin, PCG 7.55. [1] Incorrect: the true figure was 144. [2] An extract from this (FGrH 90 F132) now follows. [3] i.e. rhetorical education, as opposed to …Matched in noteshighlong
μ67Μάκελλαmattock… Agamemnon 525-6; Sophocles fr.727) for the phrase and concept of 'Zeus's mattock'. Again at mu 1338.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1062Ἐμοί τε ἐπιστολαίI have letters… one of mythology's Seven Against Thebes, boasted that not even Zeus could stop him scaling the city's walls -- whereupon he was destroyed by a thunderbolt. [2] The electronic text erroneously repeats qeou\s (singular …Matched in noteshighshort
α4397Ἀτυζομένηdistraught… and to "that bird mad with grief, the messenger of Zeus," Electra likens herself to Philomela. In the Attic version of the myth, Philomela was raped by her brother-in-law Tereus, who cut out her …Matched in noteshighshort
α3046Ἀπερίτροποςunheeding… Orestes not returning, and of Hades not pursuing enemies. (For zeugma in this sense see generally LSJ s.v., II: "a figure of speech, wherein two subjects are used jointly with the same predicate, which …Matched in noteshighshort
χ535Χρόνου πόδαtime's foot… Euripides fr. 487 (from the Melanippe), ai)qe/r' oi)/khsin *dio/s ("aither, Zeus's dwelling"). The second is best-known for its appearance in Bacchae 889 (web address 2), where the word for 'foot' appears, as here, in …Matched in noteshighshort
μ236ΜαρτύρομαιI call to witness, I protest… with scholion. [2] Aelian fr. 161 Domingo-Forasté (158 Hercher). On Zeus Xenios, see xi 37. [3] In Photius and the Lexica Segueriana, and alpha 3286 (whence it is copied here), have it the other …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… as a girl sitting by the throne of her father Zeus is developed in Aeschylus' Aitnaiai (cf. fr. 530 Mette-282 Lloyd-Jones). See also Solon 4.15ff., where justice is silently observing human events both of …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… cloak (dia\ tou= tribwni/ou): there are holes in it, for Zeus' sake, and not a few ones!" (o)pa\s ga\r ei)=xen ou)k o)li/gas, ma\ to\n *di/a). See also Birds 915, where in the "epic" designation …Matched in noteshighshort
α1795Ἄναup… cf. epsilon 265. [3] Example in Homer, Iliad 3.351 (of Zeus): web address 3.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1832ΚλωθώKlotho, Clotho… still earlier Cypselus chest. However, their genealogy as daughters of Zeus and Themis and personification in the trinity of Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos were the fruit of Hesiodic theology' (B.C. Dietrich in OCD(4) s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
α4232Ἀστέρειοςof a star, star's… Electra 866 for 'sun's four-horser'. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.580 (of Zeus), with the gloss of the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort
ν222Νεοχμόςnovel… 156 (where Kreon is called this). [2] Priscus fr. 52 Bornmann, formerly attributed to John of Antioch. The passage refers to the emperor Theodosius II, and is given in full at theta 145 (q.v.). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2073Ἐπερρόσαντοthey rushed toward… see at alpha 1538), in reference to the hair of Zeus as he nods in assent. A large percentage of the attestations result from quotations of or commentary on this passage. [1] So far, …Matched in noteshighshort
α832Ἀκερδὴς χάριςunprofitable reward… the play, the terrified chorus of old men pray to Zeus as god of thunder and lightning not to punish them for merely seeing a man accursed by giving them an 'unprofitable reward', clearly …Matched in noteshighshort
ει291Εἰς λατομίαςinto (the) quarries… 2862, delta 1178, and phi 395. [2] The fable of 'Zeus and the tortoise' attributed to Aesop (no. 125 Chambry). This fable is translated by O. and R. Temple in The Complete Fables. Aesop, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2689ἈντιόπηAntiope… is meant, as will emerge. In some versions (e.g. Apollodorus) Zeus is the lover; but on the "one of the citizens" model he comes from one of the Boeotian towns involved in this myth. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… See also Harpok.; Pollux 7.150. (The comment is addressed to Zeus.)Matched in noteshighmedium
ει142Εἱμαρμένηfate… quoted text says: "the divinity and intelligence and fate and Zeus are all one, and he [sc. the divinity] is also called by other names". [5] A quotation from Chrysippus or some of his …Matched in noteshighmedium