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rhetoric164
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β587ΒύβλονByblian… Aelian [writes]: "[Apollo] orders him to render to Nikanor a bundle of Byblian worth four hundred gold pieces; but if he is unwilling, he will continually raise the price and demand the amount of …Matched in translationhighmedium
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss[Meaning] that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I …Matched in translationhighmedium
β588ΒυζάντιονByzantion, Byzantium

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Byblian

[sc. A kind of] papyrus. Aelian [writes]: "[Apollo] orders him to render to Nikanor a bundle of Byblian worth four hundred gold pieces; but if he is unwilling, he will continually raise the price and demand the amount…

Βύβλον· πάπυρον. Αἰλιανός· κελεύει τὸν μὲν ἀποδόσθαι τῷ Νικάνορι φάκελλον βύβλου τετρακοσίων χρυσῶν· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἐθέλῃ, ἀεὶ προσεπιτιμᾶν καὶ ἐπαιτεῖν τοῦ χρυσίου προστιθέντα, ἕως ἂν…

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science and technology104

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trade and manufacture70

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meter and music52

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell3

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Andrea Consogno2

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Gabriel Bodard2

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Giorgos Akrivas2

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Diane Spurlock1

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Timothy Pepper1

Byzantion in the reign of Severus, emperor of the Romans, was provided with a proper wall made of mill stone carved into rectangular blocks. There were seven towers stretching from the Thracian Gates down …

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β593Βυρσαίετοςhide-eagle[Referring to] Kleon. The expression is composed of "hide" [bursa] and "eagle" [aietos]. Simultaneously mocking Kleon for being a hide-tanner and for being a thief and a grabber of public goods. For the eagle …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2255Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετοhe was sitting on a hide… used to be performed among Scythians. Whenever someone was wronged by another, but wished to defend himself and thought himself not equal alone in combat, he sacrificed an ox, cut the flesh into pieces, …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ600ΔιακωδωνίσωI will prove by ringing… uses this verb]. Because some of the birds are tested by the sound of a bell. And they used to test horses in this way with bells, [to see] whether they would be frightened …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… was not able to win the wild olive in pankration, having been exhausted by Euthymos. Euthymos won three Olympiads in succession and was crowned, since the Thasian did not stand against him in boxing, …Matched in translationhighmedium

β423ΒούλγαροιBulgarsThe Bulgars were pleased [to be drawn] into the clothing of the Avars and they adopted it and wear it right up to the present day. In the reign of Justinian Rhinotmetos Terbelis [Tervel], …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε86Ἐγκεκορδυλημένοςbundled up… as not even to present the shape of a human, but to appear as a heap of coverings. For kordu/lh is used idiomatically for a prominent swelling on the head, rising to a height …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free'Having let go' is when someone releases [someone] from the charges which he charged against him. But 'having set free' is when he persuades the person doing the charging to withdraw and cease bringing …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ486Χρηματισμόςbusiness, money-making"Everyone was assigned the task of doing business." That is, administration. And elsewhere: "receiving the ambassadors readily, he did business with them." Meaning he took counsel, he had conversation. And elsewhere: "[he] having established …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4316ἌτταλοςAttalos, Attalus… other external resource was available for the purpose of kingship, but only wealth, which, when handled with intelligence and daring, truly offers great utility for every initiative, but without the aforesaid things has for …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ733Δίαρμαpassage by sea… regard to the sailing voyage from Libya and the passage by sea, the city was very favorably situated for the Carthaginians". And elsewhere: "for from the palisade to [the] sea [sc. the distance was] …Matched in translationhighmedium

β173Βαστάσαςhaving raised upMeaning having approved as fit. Eupolis [writes]: "come on now, do you want to hear the composition of an ode or something in the ancient mode? You will say both. But I, after listening, …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1251Ἐνέργειαactivity, actuality, actualization… the entire transition from the possession [sc. of certain qualities], but motion is an activity incomplete. For the way coming from what is first in potentiality, toward the possession, is motion (ki/nhsis). Every coming-to-be …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1328Δοκιμασθείςhaving been scrutinizedDemosthenes [uses this word] to mean having been registered amongst [the] adults. For he also refers to having been scrutinized before the archons. The term "having been scrutinized" used also to be applied to …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken upMeaning [he] having been picked up [a)nalhfqei/s] [sc. and nurtured]. Thus Isocrates [sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=n, [meaning] to conceive in the womb, and to raise the offspring, and to …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2101Ἀνατεινάμενοςhaving held out as a threat[Meaning he] having threatened. "The king, although he held out many threats against those who had participated in the transaction, did nothing." And elsewhere: "the Egyptians, having held out threats and mockery, slew four …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious[Meaning him] having striven for. "For it is necessary that those who have been contentious have not already gratified him who wished it". Also [sc. attested is] a)ntipoiou/menon; [used] with a genitive. [Meaning] carefully …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, Alkibiades… and became responsible for a war against the Athenians -- [but] he came to be on good terms with them again. When Lysander, with whom he was spending time, was about to capture him, …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ437Δημιουργοίartisans, craftsmen, public workers… those we today call bridesmaids, that is the woman standing by the bride. Hence there is [a play called] Demiourgos [attributed] to Menander. In common parlance demiourgoi are those working on public projects, sometimes …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε277ἘζεκίαςEzekias, Hezekiah… did he utterly destroy the idols and crush their pillars, but he also took down those on the high [mountains] and cut down the [sacred] groves and destroyed the snake, which Moses had hung …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3683Ἀπράγμωνbusiness-free[Meaning] toil-free. "It is necessary that men of excellence be business-free, and avoid performing something contrary to duty. And they will drink wine, but not get drunk. Furthermore they will not go out of …Matched in translationhighmedium

β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. Polybius says [this]. And elsewhere: "having taken note of the fortification of Sikyon and the influence of the city of Argos …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… these men to be rich, [you are somehow hemmed in] by those who are always catering to the masses." Sophocles [writes]: "'what matter [xrh=ma] do you attend to, Ajax? Why do you set out …Matched in translationhighmedium

β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to get carried away by rage or to pretend to be angry. "But he, putting on airs, got far more haughty." Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/etai ["is haughty"], [meaning] …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1156ΔιοκλητιανόςDiocletian… persecution against the Christians occurred. For they gave the order by territory and city that the churches of Christ be destroyed and their sacred writings burnt, and that any Christians discovered be forced to …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3036ἙρμείαςHermeiasThis philosopher [was] agreeable by nature and upright in his character. Having studied philosophy under the great Syrianus, in industry he was inferior to no one of his companions, nor even of his former …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3375Ἀπολαβόντεςhaving intercepted[Meaning they] having cut off. "Having intercepted the army in the narrow and difficult ravines, they compelled them to accept disgraceful terms." And Josephus [writes]: "having pursued the enemy they intercept them in a …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ429ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… had been the beloved of Neon, and he was called by some Lampeto and Charitoblepharus. He rose to great glory and power, but because of envy he was out-witted; he was exiled by the …Matched in translationhighmedium

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