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- ι412ἸόλειαIoleiaFor 'golden-haired Ioleia', a.k.a. Iole (iota 413), see e.g. Strabo 14.1.18 (quoting Callimachus).Matched in noteshighshort
- ι419ἸόπηIope, Jope… single-pi variant on the toponym Joppa/Joppe (iota 420); in e.g. Strabo 1.2.35. Also, in mythology, the daughter of Iphikles whom one story said Theseus married; see e.g. Plutarch, Theseus 29.1-2.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ487Γυμνοπόδηςbarefoot… to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. For the adjective see Strabo 7.2.3 (of women).Matched in noteshighshort
- μ656Μεσῆϊς πηγήMesseid spring… (web address 1). The -ss- spelling is also used by Strabo (9.5.6) and Pausanias (3.20.1).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2376ΚρεώφυλοςCreophylus, Kreophylos… by Heracles. For an ancient summary of this dispute see Strabo 14.1.18.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2723ΚυνόσημονKynosemon, Cynosemon, Kynossema… e.g. Euripides, Hecuba 1265-73 (web address 1); Diodorus Siculus 13.40.6; Strabo 7.55(56) (web address 2); and cf. already kappa 2722. [1] The peninsula which forms the European shore of the Hellespont straits (Dardanelles). See …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ644ΜερόπηMerope… parents of Phaethon in Euripides' play of that name (cf. Strabo 1.33; Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.750ff., 2.184, Tristia 3.4,30). [2] For this see already kappa 2302. Note also the imaginary land invented by Theopompus of …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, Aristotle… 3040, where the name is written 'Hermias'. [4] According to Strabo, Hermeias shared the tyranny with his master Euboulos and then succeeded him. See Strabo 13.1.57: web address 1. [5] Between the asterisks the …Matched in noteshighmedium
- α714Ἀθέμισταlawless [things]… Aelian fr. 198 Domingo-Forasté, 195 Hercher (again at pi 1549). Strabo 13.3.4 provides more details: "it is at the Phryconian Larisa that Piasos is said to have been honoured; he, they say, was ruler …Matched in noteshighshort
- χ4Χαΐαgenuine, fine, true… [pp.1226-7] points out the modernity of the term); see e.g. Strabo 8.20.20. (Pindar records the dedication of a large number of them at fr. 122.) In any case, the connection between Corinth and the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… been conflated with the Galatian ruler Castor, on whom see Strabo 12.5.3; Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotaro. (On Deiotarus himself see OCD4 s.v.) [3] delta 1209.Matched in noteshighmedium
- ι52ἸάσωνJason, Iason… father cannot be the grammarian Menecrates of Nysa mentioned by Strabo (14.1.48), though he is presumably a member of the same family (on which see also Heath [1998]). [1] In northern Caria. [2] pi …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… the western shore of Italy, just north of the "foot". Strabo 6.1.5 and Eustathius (1409 on Homer, Odyssey 1.185, copying Strabo) call the hero Polites. According to Strabo the shrine lay near the city …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε937Ἔμβαρός εἰμιI am weighty… see also beta 122 and pi 1455. [1] So e.g. Strabo 1.3.18. [2] Mounykhos is cross-referenced at mu 1289. [3] The name means 'Mister Weighty' (but apparently implying intellectual rather than bodily "weight"). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… 670, 'Hermias(1)'. [1] Barrington Atlas map 56 grid D3. [2] Strabo (13.1.57) states that Hermias attended the lectures of Plato and Aristotle in Athens. [3] Wormell (p. 90) conjectures that the Suda may have …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε3787Εὐοῖ σαβοῖEuoi, Euoi, Saboi!… and the following one: "Hyes Attes! Hyes Attes!" It is Strabo (10.3.15: web address 2, cf. scholia to Demosthenes 18.295) who associates them, reasonably, with the rites of Sabazius and Cybele-Attis. [2] Likewise in …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… but not followed by Adler). [7] OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). [8] Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and Stephanus of Byzantium say 'from Mopsopos'. [9] Ruhnken, as Adler notes, proposed emending this to 'to Antiochus'. [10] This actual …Matched in noteshighmedium