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86 entries for having made a libation

α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious… In the translation of A. Fitzgerald: "For since I first made a claim on you, it is right that I should at once accord you a favor which you desire." [3] Polybius 2.47.5-6 (web …Matched in noteshighmedium
η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age… 14 for other forms of this verb. [1] More literally "having come to their peak." For this gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.550, where h(bh/sante occurs. [2] Referring to emotional and physical …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ582Μεμυστιλημένοιhaving scooped bread to eat soup… other food to want larger pieces of bread; the paupers having enough time to eat all their gruel (and not to need more bread—which amounts to the same thing); or possibly, if that is …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3038Ἑρμῆς ὁ ΤρισμέγιστοςHermes the Trismegistos… So here, pai=s w)/n, but Malalas and Cyril have pesw/n ('having fallen').Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1187Διοπετέςheaven-sent… phrase omitted by the Suda, George describes the episode as having taken place 'the day before yesterday' (xqe\s kai\ prw/hn).Matched in noteshighmedium
δ208Δελφίςdolphin… uses the nautical simile of sailors embarking on a ship having to prepare themselves for a dangerous change in the weather.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1136Ἐναύεινto kindle, to light a fire… of the Aetolians led by Scopas in 211 BCE. After having sent to Epirus their women, children and elderly people, the Acarnanians solemnly swore to fight the invaders with all their might, and bound …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3903ἈριστείδηςAristides, Aristeides… [4] A Persian coin. See delta 72. [5] Literally, bread made with no care (to cut out impurities); cf. epsilon 2464. [6] For this additional material see mu 1068, where the grammar of this …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1447ΔωδώνηDodone, Dodona… = ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.17 (adding 'because of their not having organs of speech').Matched in noteshighmedium
α3080Ἀπετάφρευονthey fenced off with a ditch… (282 note 274) notes that the style is strongly Menandrian. Having no prior military experience, Mauricius was appointed general in the east in late 577 or early 578; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Mauricius(4) and …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ333ΧλαμύςchlamysThe chlamys was a short cloak made from a single piece of cloth, with a straight side fastened about the neck, clasped at the shoulder, and having a rounded lower side; cf. Tarbell (284). …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… father Amyntor after Phthia, Amyntor's concubine, falsely accused him of having seduced her. (He was later cured by Cheiron.)Matched in noteshighmedium
α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, Aristotle… 384/3 - 381/0; in 384, in fact. [8] The charge made against Aristotle was impiety. See Diogenes Laertius 5.5.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2666Κύλιξ ῥοπαλωτήclub-shaped cup, kylix rhopalote… 72.18.2, who also describes the preceding performance, wherein Commodus had made a show of killing domestic and exotic animals. This story occurs also at alpha 1687 and partially at zeta 88. For Commodus see …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει22Εἰδέαidea, form, aspect, figure… cause in the strict sense –- the Form –- is made: web address 3). [2] Probably a reference to Plato, Sophist 249A, where the subject under discussion is whether or not 'what is absolutely' …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… crowns, and the plural the fact that many crowns were made from its branches. Although the name designates the cultivated olive, Pausanias calls it a wild olive. His confounding of opposites in the Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ807Δίαυλοςdiaulos… is how runners turned the post without colliding. Much is made of collisions at the terma in chariot-racing, but the sources are silent about similar disasters in the diaulos. Stephen G. Miller has suggested …Matched in noteshighmedium
β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… also cited in Suda entries on "bends, twists" from harmony made by the poets of the new dithyramb (delta 1650, kappa 2647; cf. discussion in the notes to delta 1029). For the concepts of …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… Hannibal's army, being domiciled at Carthage, owing to their grandfather having been banished from Syracuse because he was believed to have assassinated Agatharchos, one of the sons of Agathokles. On the arrival of these …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… hymn, but his suggestion has not found wide acceptance. [13] "Libation Bearers"? "Treaty Bearers"? SH 114; perhaps this title represents a subdivision of Hymns, parallel to "To Pan." [14] ("Light Verse") SH 111; known …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… taken many crowns uncontested, that is, akoniti (dustless, from not having had to enter the contest: alpha 923). At any rate, Theagenes became a wealthy man. See further below, note 6. For pankratiast, see …Matched in noteshighmedium
β10ΒαβύλαςBabylas… confusion. Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica 6.39.4, mentions Babylas by name as having been martyred under Decius, emperor 249-51, but also (6.34.1) relates a story about an unnamed church leader forbidding entrance to the church to …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ171ΜαξέντιοςMaxentios, Maxentius… 36). [10] Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.3 (line 7) has e)/xwn, "having." [11] The participle yu/xwn "breathing, blowing, chilling" has been added to replace e)/xwn governing do/cas ("ideas") taken from Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.3 (line …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… nominative (and placing a comma between tou=ton and to\n no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".Matched in noteshighmedium
λ84ΛαμίαLamia… passage is hard to grasp. Suggested alternatives to the participle 'having filled' plh/sas are 'having struck' plh/cas and 'having sailed' pleu/sas. As regards the implicit feminine noun at the end, K.-A. record the suggestions …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει35Εἴδησιςknowledge… scientific knowledge (or 'to know' in the strict sense) implies having the principles, causes and elements of that we are accounting for. In other words, you know something strictly if and only if you …Matched in noteshighmedium
β556ΒρουμάλιαBrumalia… kai\ a)kolou/qws e(/ws tou= w: "from those with a name having an alpha, and so forth, right up to the omega". The Latin alphabet has no omega; Malalas in fact describes the alphabetical ordering …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3213ἙστιάδεςHestiades… is unidentifiable in this precise form, though the final sentence ('Having accomplished etc.') summarizes Eusebius, Life of Constantine 3.46.1-47.1. The relative pronoun a(\s connects the passage awkwardly to the apparently unrelated note on the …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… the procession of the statue in greater detail: "Constantine had made another statue of himself in gilded wood, which held the Tyche of the city, itself also gilded, in its right hand. He mandated …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4673Ἄχαριharsh… the Romans and the Persians ended without any major battles having been initiated; Procopius evidently confuses the two conflicts here (see Kaldellis (6 note 11)). [4] Part of Aelian fr. 209 Hercher (210b Domingo-Forasté); …Matched in noteshighmedium