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- α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, Athenaeus… c. AD 200. See generally RE Athenaios(22); NP Athenaios(3); OCD4 Athenaeus(1); Olson (2006), vii. [1] In Egypt (see nu 58). [2] cf. delta 359, sigma 1397. What follows is excerpted from Athenaeus 1.3D-4A [1.5 …
- α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …
- α3207ἈπίκιοςApicius… fourth-century. The present entry's material, after the opening ethnikon, summarizes Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.7A-C (1.12 Kaibel). See also alpha 3213, alpha 3214. [1] So again at kappa 387 and kappa 1649. But manuscript M has …
- α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… scholium on Aristophanes, Acharnians 640 (for which see below). Compare Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.96C (3.49 Kaibel), 7.284F (7.22 Kaibel). See also pi 461. [3] Scholium on Aristophanes, Birds 76. [4] On this phrase see further …
- α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarries… to have spent some time in the stone quarries, for Athenaeus (Deipnosophists 1.6F = 1.11 Kaibel) records the story that he was sent there for seducing Dionysius' mistress. See also delta 1178, epsiloniota 291, …
- α1684Ἄμυρις μαίνεταιAmyris is mad… entry parallels the one in Photius, Lexicon alpha1275. See also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.520A-B (12.18 Kaibel). The date must be before 510 BCE, when Sybaris (in S Italy) was destroyed. On the episode see generally …
- α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… 3). [2] cf. alpha 4420. The word appears also at Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.122A (3.94 Kaibel); Eustathius Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey vol. 2 p. 189.6; Hesychius alpha7814; Plutarch, Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. …
- α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good Spirit… this genitive-case phrase occurs. See also alpha 966. [1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.675B-C (15.17 Kaibel), where the G.S. is equated, not necessarily correctly, with Dionysos. [2] cf. Hesychius s.v., and see generally J.D. Mikalson, …
- α4402Ἀοιδόςbard… definitions, which are also in other lexica, the source becomes Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14B-D and 1.16D (1.24 and 1.28 Kaibel). [1] delta 440. [2] Homer, Odyssey 8.248. [3] Homer, Odyssey 12.188.
- α1930Ἀναλαμβάνεινto gather up… Likewise in syntactical lexica. [2] Here begins material taken from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.21B-D (1.38 Kaibel); it includes the quotations from Plato and Alexis. The opening verb is the impersonal e)/mele, not (as here) e)/melle. …
- α1687Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖνto drink in one gulp… this entry in also in Photius (Lexicon alpha1278); see also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.783D-E (11.25 Kaibel). [1] i.e. deriving a)musti/ from the verb mu/w, 'close one's mouth' with alpha privative. [2] See epsilon 1537. [3] …
- α2082Ἀνάστατοιanastatoi… [1] See generally alpha 3863; and for the point cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.114A (3.80 Kaibel). [2] A garbled version of Aristophanes fr. 202 Kock, now 211 Kassel-Austin. (It is even worse at chi 121, …
- α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… at least 6 books of unreliable Memoirs, often cited by Athenaeus; see OCD(4) s.v. (This is his fr. 46 FHG = 4.422.) Some authorities believe that the nest floated on the calm sea for …