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α1122Ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος φιλήκοος ἦνAlexander, AlexandrosFrom tau 620; see also omicron 573. (For Alexander see already alpha 1121, and again alpha 1123.) [1] A nomos (in this context) was "a specific, nameable melody [...] sung or played in a …Matched in noteshighshort
α1123υνκνοων—Ὅτι οὗτος ὁ μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος νικήσας ναυμαχίαν Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ—Alexander, AlexandrosFrom alpha 731. Since Alexander (alpha 1121, alpha 1122) did none of the things attributed to him there (and again here), this must be case of mistaken identity. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.3D = 1.5 Kaibel …Matched in noteshighshort
α1127Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰτωλός

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Ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος φιλήκοος ἦν

Alexander, Alexandros

Alexander was as fond of listening to music as anyone. For, even earlier, Timotheos the piper, whom they say once piped the so-called orthios nomos of Athena, so greatly amazed Alexander with his melodies that in the…

Ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος φιλήκοος ἦν, εἴπερ τις ἄλλος, τῶν μουσικῶν. Τιμόθεος γὰρ ὁ αὐλητὴς ἔτι πρόσθεν, ὅν ποτε αὐλοῦντα λέγουσι τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὸν ὄρθιον νόμον ἐπικαλούμενον, ἐς τοσόνδε…

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Nicholas Fincher2

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Stefano Sanfilippo2

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Alan Sommerstein1

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D. Graham J. Shipley1

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Konstantinos Kopanias1

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Nathan Greenberg ✝1

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Nicholas Wilshere1

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RE Alexandros(84); NP Alexandros(21); OCD4 Alexander(8); TrGF 101. [1] OCD(4) pp.1161-2; Barrington Atlas map 55 grid A4 (Palaia Pleuron and Nea Pleuron). [2] For this group cf. lambda 827, sigma 817, sigma 863, tau …

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κ203ΚάλανοςKalanos, CalanusAlexander the Great encountered Kalanos (= Berve, Das Alexanderreich auf prosopographische Grundlage no.396) in the Punjab in 327 BCE, and the sage was part of the Macedonian entourage between then and his death (by …Matched in noteshighshort

κ937Κατέλαβεchecked, hampered… the verb katalamba/nw. [1] Herodotus 5.21.2, on the young Macedonian Alexander/Alexandros (the future king A. I) outwitting the Persians. See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1243Διώνυμονwell-known… "'dionymos' means two names applied to one proper name, as Alexander is the one also called Paris, without the possibility of inverting the relation: for if one is called Alexandros, this same is not …Matched in noteshighshort

κ31Κάθαμμα λύειςyou are undoing a knot… famous Gordian knot (at Gordion in Phrygia). In 333 BCE Alexander the Great 'visited the ancient palace of the Phrygian kings and inspected the legendary waggon of Gordius, the mythical founder of the Phrygian …Matched in noteshighshort

α4205ἈσπάσιοςAspasius, Aspasios… A1262; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.33. [2] [alpha 1124] Alexander; [mu 123] Mamaias. That is, the emperor M. Aurelius Severus Alexander (ruled 222-235). [3] [pi 819] Pausanias. [4] RE Hippodromos(4); Philostratus, Lives of …Matched in noteshighshort

β154Βασίλειοιroyal… mentioned in Arrian, Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, and other sources on Alexander the Great. The present version is wrong in its location as well as the figure: having been organized in Baktria in 327 BCE, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1905ΚοδράτοςQuadratus… Quadratus, C3 CE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Asinius Quadratus. [1] "Alexander Mamaias" (Severus Alexander: see alpha 1124) reigned 222-235 CE, which is, near enough, a millennium after the foundation of Rome (trad. 754 BCE, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1275ἈλκέταςAlketas, Alcetas… Diodorus Siculus 18.29ff, esp. 44-47; W. Heckel, The Marshals of Alexander's Empire (London and New York 1992) 171-175. The term "subordinate-general", u(postra/thgos, erroneously reappears in iota 580 as i(ppostra/thgos, "horse-general".Matched in noteshighshort

α1935Ἀναλεξάμενοςhaving reviewed, having recovered… 320. [5] Cassius Dio 75.13.2; again at sigma 182. For Alexander, see alpha 1121.Matched in noteshighshort

α3781Ἀργόλαιargolai, snakes… strange and confusing (esp. "from Egypt to Alexandria") anecdote about Alexander the Great (d. 323 BCE) does not appear in the mainstream sources on him, but cf. De prophetarum vita et obitu (ed. T. …Matched in noteshighshort

α3867ἈρριανόςArrianos, Arrianus, Arrian… and Peter Parsons, Supplementum Hellenisticum (Berlin 1983) 81-82. [1] a.k.a. Alexander the Great (alpha 1121). [Note, however, the odd phraseology here, including the preposition kata/. Adler's note cites the proposal of 'Dr.' (A.B. Drachmann, …Matched in noteshighshort

β123ΒάρρωνBarron, Varro… Roman, presumably, but undatable, post the reign (336-323 BCE) of Alexander. FGrH gives this testimonium only; Jacoby raises but rejects the option of a connection with epsilon 80 (q.v.).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1239ΔίωνDion, Dio… present-day Iznik in Turkey. [3] The emperor (ruled 222-235) Severus Alexander; see alpha 1124. [4] (Arrian: alpha 3868.) Of these works, only the Roman History survives, and that only in part. Some or all …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned… be either delta 1178 or his son delta 1179. [6] Alexander the Great, presumably (alpha 1121).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1517Δρεπανηφόρα τέθριππαscythe-bearing four-horse chariots… Adler reports, in four of the manuscripts.) From an anonymous Alexander-historian: FGrH 151 F1 (section 12). For this Darius cf. delta 74. See also delta 1518. [1] For tethrippa cf. tau 238. [2] Reading …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2251Κῶμαdeep sleep, coma… excerpts made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus as the proximate source. (For Alexander sc. the Great see generally alpha 1121; for Antipater/Antipatros see generally alpha 2703, alpha 2704.) Gaisford connected this passage with kw=mos at kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

χ398Χορείανchoral dance… statue), and Eustathius, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 8.376 (there as Alexander the ball-player). [6] Also glossed in ps.-Zonaras as the location of dancing and in Hesychius as a place where dancing is taught, an …Matched in noteshighshort

γ490Γυμνοσοφισταίnaked-sophistsMentioned in Greek sources from Aristotle onwards, i.e. once Alexander the Great encountered them. See already under alpha 425 (and beta 524), and generally Richard Stoneman, "Naked philosophers: the Brahmans in the Alexander historians …Matched in noteshighshort

α62Ἀβούλητον κακόνinvoluntary evil, undesired evil… somewhere. [2] For Aboulitos (or -tes), satrap of Susiana under Alexander the Great, see Plutarch, Alexander 68; Arrian, Anabasis 3.8.5, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

α354ἈγριᾶνεςAgrianes, Agrianians… small but nevertheless important light-infantry unit in the armies of Alexander and his successors; present at, for instance, the battles of Raphia and Kynoskephalai. See Arrian, Anabasis 1.5 and passim; also Diodorus, Quintus Curtius …Matched in noteshighshort

α945ἌκουφιςAkouphis, AcuphisThat of an Indian envoy to Alexander the Great, 326 BCE, mentioned by Arrian (Anabasis 5.1-2) and Plutarch (Life of Alexander 58). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort

α3751ἈραχώσιοιArachosians… satrapy with its capital at Old Kandahar. In 329 BCE Alexander the Great founded one of his several Alexandrias either on this very site (the orthodox view: see e.g. OCD(4) p.60, under 'Alexandria(3)') or …Matched in noteshighshort

α3868ἈρριανόςArrianos, Arrianus, Arrian… [3] epsilon 851, presumably. [4] Wholly surviving: the Anabasis of Alexander, in 7 books, and its companion-piece the Indika; On Hunting. (Both of these titles, and subjects, take Xenophon as a model.) Partially surviving …Matched in noteshighshort

α4000Ἁρπαλέοςgrasping, greedy… name, that of the fugitive treasurer (and boyhood friend) of Alexander the Great, who absconded to Greece -- eventually to Athens -- in 324 BCE with a large sum of money; the disappearance of …Matched in noteshighshort

γ25Γαλεάγραweasel-trap, iron-maiden… animals (though curiously, never weasels): e.g. Job 27:1 LXX; the Alexander Romance 3.18; Strabo 6.2.6; Plutarch, Moralia 974D (and cf. Lexica Segueriana, Glossae rhetoricae 227.33, Photius gamma10, Etymologicum Magnum 220.27). More frequently the animal …Matched in noteshighshort

γ339Γνώμηjudgement, opinion, proposition[1] Arrian, Affairs after Alexander fr.10 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F134). Presumably about Alexander himself; cf. Anabasis 7.27.3. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 169-170 (web address 1 below). [3] See gamma 336.Matched in noteshighshort

γ454ΓρήνικοςGrenikos, Granikos, Granicus, Graneikos… 342. The river later acquired celebrity as the site of Alexander the Great's first battle against the Persians, in 334 BCE. (Arrian, Anabasis 1.12-16; Diodorus Siculus 17.18-21; Plutarch Alexander 16). See in brief John …Matched in noteshighshort

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