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11 entries for Perses

ι564ἹπποκράτηςHippocrates, Hippokrates… in Epid. 6.3.18 (Loeb ed, vol. iv, 229) for killing persons with severe healing methods. "H. killed fever patients with burning, much wrestling and hot baths, bad procedure." So what kind of teacher would …Matched in noteshighlong
μ147ΜάνηςManes, Mani… of Terebinthus. It perhaps represents a derogatory name of the Persians and Greeks for the Arsacid royal family from Parthia, to which Mani belonged, as uncivilised nomads. The Persian cities were under the Arsacids …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius in his war against the Persian king Chosroes II (628 CE). See Bekker (below) col. 1742 note to lines 74-76. Together with lines 9-10 of the Pisidian's scoptic poem …Matched in noteshighlong
ι401ἸοβιανόςJovianus, Jovian… but here with a change in the final noun (to 'Persians' from Homer's 'ships'. The garments are of course Greek, not Roman. (A chlaina is a thick woolen mantle or cloak, and a chiton …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… mouth of Pisetaerus (for a character drawn from Alcibiades 'the persuader of his companions' is a better name than Pisthetaerus; see Dunbar and others), the suffix is intended to represent -isti 'in the fashion/language …Matched in noteshighlong
δ442ΔημοκήδηςDemokedes, Democedes… the story of Demokedes' return as a guide to the Persians, his flight back to Kroton, etc.Matched in noteshighlong
μ210ΜάρκιοςMarkios, Marcius… Marcius (fl. early C5 BCE) was a historical or legendary personage is uncertain; see OCD(4) s.v. Marcius Coriolanus. In any event, tradition has it that he led Roman forces in conquest (493) over the …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… a woman called Damaris and others. Further evidence about his person is wanting. Down the ages a great number of theological writings were attributed to a "Dionysius of Athens", generally identified with the Areopagite. …Matched in noteshighlong
α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelechSource for the main paragraph (after the initial gloss): George the Monk, Chronicon 148.2-149.20. [1] Hebrew: אבימלך "my father is king." Used derogatorily and incessantly (31 times) throughout the Abimelech episode in Judges 9 …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2405ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… a scheme familiar in Christian writers (e.g. Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum), Aelian shows in this work the effects of divine punishment -- essentially, in terms of physical ailments -- on individuals guilty of being …Matched in noteshighlong
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… in the entry. [6] Christological imagery links Isaac to the personage of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-2 at web address 3 below). See also delta 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the magnitude …Matched in noteshighlong