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κ454Κάσιον ὄροςKasian mountain[It is located] near the [river] Euphrates. Also [sc. attested] is Kasian Zeus; there Trajan dedicated silver jugs and an enormous gilded ox-horn, spoils of his victory over the Getae. And [there are] epigrams …Matched in headwordhighmedium
λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginusLonginus, Cassius. Philosopher. Teacher of the philosopher Porphyry; a polymath and critic. He lived in the time of the Caesar Aurelian, and was executed by him for having conspired with Zenobia, the wife of …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1124Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜαμαίαςAlexander Mamaias, Alexander son of Mamaia… the city of Emesa (present-day Homs). The contemporary Roman senator, Cassius Dio, condemned him for being a tyrant; having multiple wives, including a Vestal Virgin; flaunting other Roman religious traditions; and generally leading a …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε238Ἐδικαιώθησανthey were justified, they were adjudged… person plural; cf. delta 1078, epsilon 237, epsilon 239. [2] Cassius Dio 15.57.46a (phi 516 has a shorter extract). For 'the Campanians attempted to accuse Flaccus and the Syracusans Marcellus' cf. Livy 26.30.12: 'of …Matched in noteshighmedium
β588ΒυζάντιονByzantion, Byzantium[1] For this second sentence cf. Cassius Dio 74.14.5-6; Hesychius of Miletus FGrH 390 F1 para.13; Cedrenus p. 442, 10-11 Bonn. [2] sigma 181.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2695ἈντίοχοςAntiochos, AntiochusAn extract from Cassius Dio 77.19.1-2, via Xiphilinus, pertaining to events of the year 215 AD. See also alpha 2880. [1] LSJ s.v. ignores this sense of the adverb kunhdo/n, but it (kappa 2704) …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… Aristophanes, Acharnians 1177-78, with scholion (concerning Lamachus: lambda 81). [2] Cassius Dio 68.8.2. (See the note at epsilon 2466.) [3] From phi 755.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε344Ἐκκαλεῖταιcalls out, provokes… by Adler, who declared rash Mai's attribution of it to Cassius Dio. Latterly Favuzzi [see under alpha 1596] 198-199 canvasses the likelihood, on vocabulary grounds, of Appian, Dio, and John of Antioch, and argues …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3375Ἀπολαβόντεςhaving intercepted… as an approximation of Antiquities of the Jews 5.227. [3] Cassius Dio 62.23.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3238Ἁπλῷ λόγῳin a simple statement… where "in a simple manner" occurs (web address 1). [3] Cassius Dio 62.23.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ668ΜεσομήδηςMesomedes… 1337. [5] See generally nu 473. [6] This material = Cassius Dio 77.13.7.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity… Justin II see alpha 82 note. [3] Quotation unidentifiable [4] Cassius Dio 75.2.2. [5] cf. the scholia to Plato, Phaedo 60B (and to Republic 405D), where this word occurs. [6] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 956-7 (web …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as an adjective, it can be found in two alchemic texts (Fragm. Alch. 2.334.17; Moses 2.314.9 Berthelot-Ruelle). But cf. in …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4603Ἀφηλικέστεροςrather superannuated… given, where it occurs in the masculine accusative plural. [1] Cassius Dio 53.26.1. [2] From Arrian's After Alexander (FGrH 156 F129) This translation is a best guess at a rather inscrutable text. Interestingly, in …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ206ΜάρκελλοςMarcellus… initial identifier, this material is an approximation and abridgement of Cassius Dio 72.8.3-5. This is Ulpius Marcellus: not the lawyer and author of that name, but the general whom Commodus [kappa 2007] sent to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3116Ἐσάλευεwas riding… which features in the first two. [1] A fragment of Cassius Dio, of unknown provenance. (See Boissevain's edition 3.xvi. Part of the same quotation appears at tau 305.) The standard Greek idiom, used here, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ232ΜάρτιοςMartius… the second quotation in zeta 33 have been attributed to Cassius Dio and are placed at 71.2.3 and 71.2.4 of Dio's Roman History. On P. Martius Verus (d. 190 CE), serving at this time …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει83Εἰκόςprobable… 89). For the glosses cf. omicron 853, omega 250. [2] Cassius Dio 49.4.1. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Adler attributed this quotation to either Damascius or Aelian; it is now Damascius Life of Isidore fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ474Μελεδωνόςcaretaker… his freedman Helius; cf. Suetonius, Nero 22-24 (web address 2); Cassius Dio 62.12; Henderson (1908): 382ff; Champlin (2003): 53-61.Matched in noteshighmedium
α1687Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖνto drink in one gulp… 1537. [3] Pherekrates fr. 202 Kock, now 217 K.-A. [4] Cassius Dio 72.18.2; again at kappa 2666, and cf. also zeta 88. [5] Because zh/seias is an optative verb of aorist aspect and hence, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ500Διαβάλλεινto bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander… of Codex Laurentianus 59.16. The quotation is an approximation of Cassius Dio 46.8.3. In the original the verb is second person and the adverb word "always" modifies the verb ("always...you slander"), rather than the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3435Ἀπόμαχοςbattle-free, disabled, unfit to fight… identifiable via the TLG as coming from a fragment of Cassius Dio preserved by Zonaras (see p.190 lines 28-30 Boissevain), on Hannibal's siege of Saguntum (a city in eastern Spain, close by the Mediterannean …Matched in noteshighmedium
β309ΒιτέλλιοςVitellius, Bitellios… the present entry follows Eutropius, Breviarium 7.18; cf. also e.g. Cassius Dio 65.2-3. [1] More exactly, Vitellius succeeded the brief reign of Otho (omicron 82) at the beginning of July, 69 CE (the infamous …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken up… 67, sigma 1019. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Cassius Dio, Historiae Romanae 17.82 (web address 2). [8] Polybius fr. 99 Büttner-Wobst; cf. already alpha 1678 and again epsilon 941, pi 933. Büttner-Wobst …Matched in noteshighmedium
β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… with the account of a certain Maximus who, according to Cassius Dio 48.34.5 was exposed as a slave before assuming the post of quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is, during …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2666Κύλιξ ῥοπαλωτήclub-shaped cup, kylix rhopalote… e.g. alphaiota 6, kappa 2665. [1] This is adapted from Cassius Dio 72.18.2, who also describes the preceding performance, wherein Commodus had made a show of killing domestic and exotic animals. This story occurs …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… Holford-Strevens), and Wikipedia article at web address 1. See also Cassius Dio 62.29; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ216ΜάρκοςMarcus, Markos… glossing, is in fact taken (with only slight changes) from Cassius Dio 71.34.2ff.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1351ΔομετιανόςDomitianos, Domitianus, Domitian… nisi aureas et argenteas poni permisit ac ponderis certi." and Cassius Dio 67.8.1. There is a problem with the Greek text here because the sense wants something like an "h)/" before "e)k xrusou=". [7] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator… alpha 1596] 209-210 finds vocabulary-based grounds for an attribution to Cassius Dio. (Contrast xi 130.) [5] There was a theory, promoted by Philoxenos of Alexandria (phi 394), that the Greek vocabulary was based on …Matched in noteshighmedium