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- μ1170Μνήστοραmindful [of]… present quotation unidentifiable. For the nominative plural see Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 180 (web address 2). The scholia to that passage gloss it variously: mnh/mones; mnei/an kai\ e)nqu/mhsin e)/xontes; ei)dh/mones. "mindful; having rememberance and …
- κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… Nicetas Eugenianus, Drosilla and Charicles 6.590-591 "Who will say that someone who drank a vessel of poison will take part in a charming song?" [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)
- κ428Καρτερόςmighty… phrases like karterw/teros ma/xh|, 'more mighty in battle' (Aeschylus Seven against Thebes 517: web address 2).
- δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… on to show, properly means to impose a tithe (on someone else). See also delta 182 (and delta 186). [2] The states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian …
- γ157Γένυςhatchet; lower jaw… Sophocles, Electra 195-6 (web address 1 below: it has oi( ["against him"] for the lexicon's soi ["against you"] and w(rma/qh for a(rmo/qh here). [2] cf. already gamma 156, and again gamma 158.
- ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… i)tw/ is transformed into the third person imperative i)/tw, 'let someone go'. At line 237 we have what Peterson describes as 'a slow piu, piu, piu, rising to [sic] a brilliant crescendo' (147), and …
- χ518Χρίμπτεταιcomes near; touches… cf. Hesychius chi744, and esp. the scholia to Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 84, where the headword occurs. See also epsilon 4044. [2] Greek Anthology 7.23.6 (Antipater of Sidon), on Anakreon (cf. alpha 1916); cf. …
- μ496ΜέλητοςMeletos, Meletus… actually bore the same name. [2] 444-441 BCE. He "fought against Sophokles" at that time in the sense that Sophokles was one of the (ten) Athenian generals at the time of the Samian revolt …
- χ386ΧολῶI anger, I enrage, I provokeOf some specified thing, which angers someone in the accusative: see e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 1035, and generally LSJ s.v. Similar entries in syntactic lexica.
- ε78Ἐγκατῳκοδόμησενimmured, walled in… ["(having become) angry"] for the finite verb e)pe/mhne ["he made (someone) fall madly in love with (someone)"] there.
- κ1153Καχλάζειbubbles… glossing in Hesychius (kappa1135, kappa1938) and scholia to Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, where the headword twice occurs (115, 761: web addresses 1 and 2).
- ε3445Εὐεστοῖwell-being… must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Aeschylus (Seven against Thebes 187, Agamemnon 929) and Herodotus (1.85).
- δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised… fragment at theta 413 and pi 1114. [4] Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592 (web address 1); see already under delta 1070. This quotation illustrates a distinct, though related, verb, doke/w ('seem').
- α2187Ἀνδρόπαιςman-boy… term is also applied to (e.g.) Parthenopaeus in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 533. See also alpha 2706, and generally LSJ s.v.
- λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… [5] Aristophanes, Peace 146-147, with comment from the scholia there. "Plot" is the conventional translation of logos in dramatic contexts, i.e. the main story in the narrative or drama. [6] chi 569.
- λ732ΛωπίζωI strip, I uncoverThe headword verb literally means to disrobe (someone); cf. generally lambda 731, lambda 724, lambda 735. Its occurrences are confined to lexica (e.g. Hesychius lambda1510) and grammars, but for the compound e)klwpi/zw (epsilon 487) …
- δ1093Δίκηςof justice… and to receive justice without arms for the injustices 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 …
- α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning… is also attested in a general sense at Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 99 (web address 3).
- χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… elsewhere in comedy. [3] This is an error for 'Socrates, Against Eidotheus', a work dubiously attributed to that historian (FGrH 310 F16; RE 5A.804-10 'Socrates 3: Grammatiker'). The work was apparently on music and …
- ε3773Εὐτρεπῆprepared [things]… epsilon7249 (eu)treph/s) and the scholia to eu)trepei=s in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 91. cf. eta 653, and more generally epsilon 3774.
- ε3067Ἐρῶνloving… the scholia to the instance of e)rw=n in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 392 (see web address 1).
- κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughtered… archaic poetry. In Homer, Iliad 4.137, it describes a protection against thrown arms, whereas in Hesiod, Works and Days 536 it means a protection from snow. The present occurrence is the only attestation of …
- δ1070Δίκαιοςjust… fr. 56 Zintzen (26 Asmus, 28A Athanassiadi), quoting Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592-3 (where the word is a)/ristos "bravest" rather than di/kaios, see web address 1) ; again at delta 1327. [2] From alpha …
- ε3536Εὔκηλοςat ease… Hesiod, Works and Days 671 (web address 3); Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 238 (web address 4); and Sophocles, Electra 241 (web address 5). Also glossed in Hesychius, Orion [Author, Myth], ps.-Zonaras and the Etymologicum …
- β27Βαθεῖαν αὔλακαdeep furrow… case, is a version of baqei=an a)/loka in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 593 (web address 1 below). The noun -- the subject of the initial glossing -- can be, variously, au)=lac (alpha 4433), a)/loc …
- δ1601Δυσβουλίαill-counsel… adjective is similarly glossed in the scholia to Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 802, Sophocles, Antigone 95, Aristophanes, Clouds 587, and other passages where the headword occurs. For the headword -- a common enough noun …
- κ2694Κυνασβοτῆραςherdsman-dogs… a single compound word; instead, the commenter is concerned that someone might think that Ajax kills not herdsman-dogs (ku/nas both=ras) but both dogs, ku/nas, and herdsmen, both=ras. cf. generally beta 405.
- μ477Μέλεοςidle, miserable… s.v. II), as shown in the tragedians, e.g. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 779.
- ε2597Ἐπισπέρχειrushes… it is transitive, it might be quoted from Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 689, which attracted a good deal of scholiastic comment.
- α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bear… -- might have been expected to be transitive, "to make (someone into) a bear"; nevertheless, lexicographers and scholiasts seem confident that the active voice as well as the middle - also used here - …