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Ἀγάθαρχος
Agatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus
A proper name. He was an outstanding painter from nature, the son of Eudemos, of Samian stock.
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α
130
Ἀγάλλει
glorifies, honours
[Meaning he/she/it] makes, prepares, adorns.
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Ἐγκυκλήθητι
have yourself rolled out
"If you don't have leisure to come out, have yourself rolled out." That is, have yourself wheeled out. And ekkyklema is the name for a wooden [theatrical] machine, which had wheels. [This was] the …
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Ἐξεκύκλησαν
they wheeled out
[Meaning] they carried out. Aelian [writes]: "when they wheeled him out into the theater, he had his head covered [because of?] his profligacy."
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275
Ἰκρία
benches, planks
[Meaning] straight timbers, or plankings of the ship. Also [meaning] the benches of the theatres, which were in the assemblies as well; for they [sc. the people] used to be seated upon timbers. Before …
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