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- κ2744Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… Lycurgus fr. 39 Conomis. See also Photius, Lexicon kappa1233 Theodoridis.) Apollodorus of Athens, son of Asclepiades, prolific scholar active in second-century BCE Alexandria. See generally OCD(4) 120, under 'Apollodorus(6)'; FGrH 244, where this is …
- ι200ἹερώνυμοςHieronymos, Hieronymus… Akragas in the C6 BCE, see generally phi 43. For Apollodoros, tyrant of Kassandreia in the C3 BCE, see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 22.5.2 and other passages in F.W. Walbank, Commentary on Polybius ii.40. Both …
- χ370ΧόεςPitchers, Choes… of this material as deriving from the learned Hellenistic historian Apollodorus of Athens (= Apollodorus (6) in OCD(4) p.120). [1] Though the epithet 'Lenaios' is clear, both here and in the scholiast, it cannot …
- β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… It is based in part on observations of the grammarian/lexicographer Apollodorus of Cyrene (RE 1.286 'Apollodorus 65'). It should be read in the context of complementary observations in beta 486, beta 487, beta 488, …
- λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… Lykos FGrH 570 F1; Proxenos of Epirus FGrH 703 F8; Apollodorus FGrH 244 F287. See also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.376B-C [9.18 Kaibel]; Sophron fr. 104 Kaibel, now 99 K.-A. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 465-6, with scholion. …
- κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… kappa 2116); OCD(4) s.v.. [10] The Hellenistic scholar and historian Apollodorus of Athens, another writer surviving only in fragments; this one is FGrH 244 F107. See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Apollodorus(6)'.
- α2689ἈντιόπηAntiopeSee Apollodorus, Library 3.5.5 (web address 1). Euripides made Antiope the subject of a (lost) tragedy. For Dirce see delta 1266. [1] Sexual "corruption" is meant, as will emerge. In some versions (e.g. Apollodorus) …
- κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… "from all around, on every side". See LSJ. [3] i.e. Apollodorus the grammarian (alpha 3407). This etymology, also implied in the following sentence, was supported by Boisacq, but is today rejected (e.g. Ernout-Meillet) in …
- κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victory… preserves the missing name, Lycus (FGrH 380 F5). See also Apollodorus, Library 3.24.
- β265ΒηρούνιονBerounion, Virunum… 560). [3] For the story of the Calydonian boar, see Apollodorus, The Library 1.8.2-3 (told in the context of the story of the death of Meleager [Author, Myth]).
- α4309ἈταλάντηAtalante, Atalanta… s.v., p.191) and in most accounts, such as that of Apollodorus, the wife of Akastos is named Astydameia: cf. under epsilon 2132. Paradiso [below] unravels the complex source-background which lies behind that entry, the …
- κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicism… Cynics. [1] Actually, this definition belongs to the Stoic philosopher Apollodorus: see Diogenes Laertius 7.121, and kappa 2711. [2] Diogenes of Sinope (c.445-360): delta 1143. Despite what the Suda says, it is uncertain whether …
- λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… men by women (lambda 450), was the better known. See Apollodorus 1.9.17 at web address 1. [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued …
- κ1039Κατηγόρημαpredicate… Stoics' semantic theory. [1] This definition belongs to the Stoic Apollodorus (D.L. 7.64). For the translation of pragma by 'state of affairs', see alpha 2827, note 2. [2] Or 'what is signified'. [3] That …
- ε3585ΕὔμολποςEumolpus, Eumolpos… Persephone, is found in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (and Apollodorus 1.29-32). Celeus, ruler of Eleusis in the Hymn, accepts the disguised Demeter as a nurse for his son Demophon. [6] For this genre …
- δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… of Ajax: Sophocles, Ajax 1285-87 (web address 1). Late sources (Apollodorus 2.8.4; Pausanias 4.3.3) tell of how Cresphontes (kappa 2377), Temenus and the sons of Aristodemus cast lots to divide the Peloponnese among themselves. …
- α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… = 42A White. [7] Euripides' play is lost, but see Apollodorus 3.13.8: P. was blinded by his father Amyntor after Phthia, Amyntor's concubine, falsely accused him of having seduced her. (He was later cured …
- λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… being turned into the wolf (lykos) which echoes his name. Apollodorus, also, credits him with 'fifty' sons, though Pausanias (8.3.1-5) could name only 28. For the myth and primary source references, see Graves (1955), …