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α2533Ἄνθρωποςman… too. Nevertheless, a fourth and a fifth way (growing prophetic during sleep or illness) are arguably implicit.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… offered at the Panathenaea (Festival of All Athena) at Athens during the classical period in Young (bibliog. below) 115-127. [7] (Euthymos first won the boxing at Olympia in 484, lost to Theagenes in 480, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… the theatrical performances and dramatic contests featured. This festival, held during the month of Elaphebolion (end of March), centered on the cult of Dionysos Eleuthereus (from Eleutherai, a village between NW Attica and SW …

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[Man] himself becomes better than himself in five ways. First, by communion with god; for it is necessary at that time when one approaches him [sc. the god], to be separated from all evil, making oneself like god in…

Ἄνθρωπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ βελτίων γίνεται κατὰ πέντε τρόπους, πρῶτον μὲν ὁμιλίᾳ τῇ πρὸς θεόν· ἀνάγκη γὰρ προσιόντα αὐτῷ κατ' ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ χωρίζεσθαι πάσης κακίας, εἰς δύναμιν…

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trade and manufacture1

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α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… what would have been the majority for release (Polybius 33.1.5). During his praetorship, Aulus was among those senators who welcomed the delegation of philosophers, Carneades, Diogenes, and Critolaus, on the Capitoline (Cicero, Academica 2.137; …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3435Ἀπόμαχοςbattle-free, disabled, unfit to fight… Chersonese (cf. chi 215) in 559 CE, Germanus was wounded during a sortie against besieging Kotrigur Huns; cf. omicron 782, pi 1522, pi 2901, sigma 1653, tau 881, and Frendo (159). [2] Theophylact Simocatta, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… preceding note); most say that he was hit and bound during his slavery by his master (Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration I against Julian PG 35.592.14; Epistle 32 to Philagrius 10.2; Celsus in Origen, Against …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1215ἈλιγέρνηςAligernes, Aligernos, Aligernus, Aligern… Cuma in central-west Italy, Barrington Atlas map 44 grid F4), during the Gothic War (535-554 CE). The Roman army, under the Byzantine general Narses (nu 42), failed to capture the city after a sustained …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… Aristotle -- quoting Simonides -- in History of Animals 542b4-24. During those days, especially around Sicily, the seas were calm and the weather clear; hence the phrase. Aristotle's description is the basis of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1428Ἀλύεινto be beside oneself, to be overwhelmed… (slightly differently) at alpha 1575. His initial assault (553 CE, during the Gothic War of 535-554) on the Goth garrison at Cumae (modern-day Cuma, Italy, some 20 km west of Naples) having been repulsed …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2900Ἀπαντᾶνto meet and to come together… address 1). The battle took place in early 209 BCE, during the Second Punic War.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3174Ἀπηξιωμένωνdeemed unworthy, disowned as unworthy… Simocatta, Histories 3.17.2; on Hormisdas's refusal to turn over Daras during negotiations with the Romans in mid-579, in contrast to his father's earlier willingness to cede the fortress city; cf. de Boor (145), Whitby …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out… Histories 2.18.15, on an exceptionally courageous and determined Roman soldier during the siege of Persian-held Beïudaes (the modern-day village of Fafi, in the Tur Abdin region of southeast Turkey) in the summer of 587; …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… no entry for Athanasius, the great defender of Nicene orthodoxy during the mid-fourth century. (Sources: Philostorgius, Historia Ecclesiastica 8.11a, pp. 111-113 Bidez-Winkelmann.)Matched in noteshighmedium

α4119Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντεςarchon (and) archons… evidence supports the idea that the archons could interrogate litigants during the hearing-in-chief itself; rather, they passively presided over the lawsuits that came before them. It is very tempting to agree with Pearson that …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… (p.149 Niebuhr); cf. sigma 1800. In this episode (555 CE) during the Lazic War (541-562), Wilgang, the commander of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) contingent supporting the Romans, offers this aphorism to …Matched in noteshighmedium

β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is, during the triumvirate (43 BCE onwards) of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus.Matched in noteshighmedium

β150ΒασίλειοςBasil, Basilius, Basileios… praise on martyrs, the so-called martyrial encomia. They were delivered during the yearly celebration in honour of the martyr, which was held on the day his or her death was commemorated by local communities. …Matched in noteshighmedium

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… of Procopius (pi 2479) and covers the years 553-59 AD, during which Narses (nu 42), the Persian-Armenian eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ23Δακία χώραDacian region, Dacian territory… of the Danube. Dacia had become increasingly isolated and untenable during the 260s owing to the large-scale inroads of the Goths and other Germanic peoples. At an indeterminable date Aurelian evacuated the civil and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian invasion of 481-479 BCE. [3] Delphian Apollo. [4] A loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 11.3.3. [5] At this point the Suda …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ807Δίαυλοςdiaulos… Olympic program for the sixty-fifth Olympiad (520) was a diaulos. During the classical period, runners carried a round shield, possibly covered with bronze (Pindar, Pythian Odes 9.1-4), and wore a helmet and shin guards. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… vol. 2, and the Bibliography below (esp. Anderson, Barker, Dunbar, Düring, West). d) self-conscious pride and fearlessness in innovative licence (sigma 1192 note [4], cf. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Composition 18-19). These poets were …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… since any negative detail about Carinus may have been exaggerated during the reign of Diocletian, his rival and successor (delta 1156).Matched in noteshighmedium

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… mentions a naval wedge, taken up by the Roman ships during the battle at Cape Ecnomus (256 BCE). A reference to a Byzantine use of the same arrangement is provided by John Cinnamos, Epitome …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… Hippokrates was born at Carthage into an exiled Syracusan family. During the Second Punic War he returned to Syracuse and urged the city to war against Rome. When Syracuse was besieged by Marcellus’ legions, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3598ΕὐνόμιοςEunomios, Eunomius [of Cyzicus]… [1] 364-378. But Philostorgius places the beginning of Eunomius' episcopate during the reign of Constantius: see Vaggione (who brought this fact to my attention), Eunomius of Cyzicus and the Nicene Revolution, pp. 292-4. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι544ἹππίαςHippias… History Bulletin 8.4 (1994) 121-122. Herodotus 6.107 reads as follows: 'During this time, Hippias son of Peisistratos was directing the advance of the barbarians into Marathon. In a dream the previous night it seemed …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ822Κατατιλᾷshits down on… at the foot of a statue of Hecate, perhaps principally during a ritual of this name. The line may imply that dithyrambic choruses were danced around the statues of Hecate; this would shake our …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1109Κατωκάραhead downwards… fr.161. [3] Agathias, Histories 42.5 (2.2 Niebuhr); cf. rho 217. During the Gothic War (535-554 CE) in 554 CE, an advance guard detached from the Frankish and Alamanni army of Leutharis (cf. alpha 2158 …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… Satyrus. The testimonia relating to Chion are conveniently collected by During.Matched in noteshighmedium

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