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δ1178ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios[1] Dionysius I of Syracuse (c.430-367 BCE). [2] See generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V p. 41. [3] The quotation, left unattributed by Adler both here and when it reappears at tau 1187, derives from Dionysius …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1174ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, DionysiosC1 BC/AD. See generally RE Dionysios(113); NP Dionysios(18); OCD4 Dionysius(7); PIR2 D 102; FGrH 251. Not to be confused with delta 1171. [2] Aelius Dionysius: NP Dionysios(21); OCD4 Dionysius(3).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1172ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysiosc.170-c.90 BC. See generally RE Dionysios(134); NP Dionysios(17); OCD4 Dionysius(15); FGrH 512. [1] Or (if "Terus" is deleted): called the Thracian [Thrax] from his father Teres. [2] [alpha 3892] Aristarchus. [3] [tau 1184] Tyrannio.

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Dionysius, Dionysios

Tyrant of Sicily; he wrote tragedies and comedies and historical works. "Others, too, became despots, but the tyranny of Dionysius was responsible for the greatest and most extreme ill-treatment [inflicted] on any…

Διονύσιος, Σικελίας τύραννος· ἔγραψε τραγῳδίας καὶ κωμῳδίας καὶ ἱστορικά. ὅτι καὶ ἕτεροι ἐτυράννησαν, ἀλλ' ἡ τελευταία καὶ μεγίστη κάκωσις πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡ Διονυσίου τυραννὶς…

science and technology5

science and technology5

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trade and manufacture3

Alexandra Trachsel2

Alexandra Trachsel2

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Kevin Arrowood1

Kevin Arrowood1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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δ1175ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, DionysiusC2 BCE. See generally J.S. Rusten in OCD(4) s.v. 'Dionysius(12)'; FGrH 32. [1] On the E Aegean island of Lesbos. [2] (Jacoby advocated 'or' rather than 'and' here, and also postulated a lacuna after …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1177ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius… entry of his own -- but see OCD(4) 461, under 'Dionysius(9)', and under delta 1181.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1179ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, DionysiosOCD(4) s.v. Dionysius(2). [1] See delta 1178. [2] = Epicharmus testimonium #33 Kassel-Austin. E. was a Sicilian writer of comedy who flourished in the early fifth century BCE; the Suda [epsilon 2766] calls him, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1180ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, DionysiusC5 BCE. FGrH 687; cf. OCD(4) s.v. 'Dionysius(5) of Miletus', by Klaus Meister. The historicity of most of the works attributed to him here is controversial. Meister follows a more sceptical line than Adler …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1181ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius… Rhodes; cf. OCD(4) 655 s.v. Helios. [2] OCD(4) 460 s.v. 'Dionysius(9)'; cf. under delta 1177. [3] One of two known rivers called Rhebas (sic) flowed into the Black Sea at the town of the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1238ΔίωνDion, Dio… and the other primary sources see Westlake (below) 693-5. [1] Dionysius I of Syracuse (c.430-367 BCE). See delta 1178. [2] Dion seized Syracuse in 357 BCE, when Dionysius II was absent in Italy. For …Matched in noteshighshort

β279Βίαιοιviolent… to Homer, Odyssey 18.85-87, 166, 21.308. [3] See delta 1178: Dionysius I of Syracuse, who was "portrayed by the anecdotal tradition, above all by the Academy, as the archetypal tyrant--paranoid, oppressive, obsessed with power" …Matched in noteshighshort

α734ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, Athenodorus… 23.10-17, 123, 170-173. RE Athenodoros(2); NP Athenodoros(1). [2] [delta 1170] Dionysius; but there is no reference there to Athenodorus. [3] cf. [gamma 452] Gregory. Gregory and Athenodorus are also mentioned in the entry on …Matched in noteshighshort

α2231Ἀνέκαθενfrom above… other lexica. [2] From delta 1170 (the principal entry on Dionysius the Areopagite).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned… PG 26.1037.1; to soldiers, by Anna Comnena 12.2.5. [5] This 'Dionysius' will be either delta 1178 or his son delta 1179. [6] Alexander the Great, presumably (alpha 1121).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3694ΕὐριπίδηςEuripides[1] epsilon 3695. [2] Dionysius (of Halicarnassus) FGrH 251 F4.Matched in noteshighshort

η546ἩρωδιανόςHerodianos, Herodianus, Herodian… mu 214: Marcus Aurelius, ruled AD 161-180. [4] delta 1171: Dionysius. [5] phi 447: Philo.Matched in noteshighshort

α967Ἀκράτουunmixed, unrestrained, untempered, violent… LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] An abridgement of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.54.4. Dionysius speaks of the danger of the mob lynching the Roman general Coriolanus (fl. 493 BCE; OCD(4) p.897).Matched in noteshighshort

δ740Διαρτώμενοςbeing diverted… -- is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.39.3, adapted. In Dionysius the sentence begins: "But when (Heracles) does not find (the cattle), he approaches the cave...." …Matched in noteshighshort

ε774Ἔλεγοςelegy… Birds 217; Proclus in Photius, Bibliotheca 319b8; a scholion on Dionysius Thrax (ed. Hilgard) 21.1. [2] Again, from the scholia on Aristophanes and Dionysius; see preceding note. For the aulos see alpha 4447. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3019Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοίHercynian forests (?Black Forest)… 4.6.9); see also Plutarch (Marius 11.9), Diodorus Siculus (5.21, 5.32), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman Antiquities 14.1), Eustathius (Commentary on Dionysius the Periegete 298.16-45), and the Emperor Julian (Misopogon 30.5; Letters 25b.1,6 [cf. chi 473]; …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3664Εὖ πράττεινdo well, fare well… which begins (315A-B) by asking, rhetorically, whether he should address Dionysius (tyrant 367-357 BCE of Syracuse, Barrington Atlas map 47 grid G4, cf. OCD(4) s.v. Dionysius(2)) with 'greetings' (xai/rein) or with his customary eu)= …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian lettersThis entry is virtually identical with those of Aelius Dionysius, *)attika\ o)no/mata epsilon79, and Photius, Lexicon epsilon2403 (cf. 2405). See also, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 402.23 (Kallierges), the paroemiographer Apostolius (11.29), and Eustathius, Commentary on …Matched in noteshighshort

χ413Χορταῖοςchortaios, chortaeus, farmyard-coatAelius Dionysius fr. 325 (Schwabe); see also Pollux 4.118, Hesychius s.v.; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antquities 7.72.10. Worn by actors playing Silenus [Author, Myth] (sigma 273).Matched in noteshighshort

α67ἈβωριγῆνεςAborigines… of the Romans). Another attested variant is *a)borigi=nes: so e.g. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.9, cited in the long entry in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (which defines them as an "Italian" people). [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

α105Ἄβυσσοςabyss, pit… lengthy anecdotal extract on him from the Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (20.8-9); the present entry paraphrases part of it (20.9.2). The date is 276-275, when Pyrrhus was campaigning for a second time …Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… 186. Thus far the entry = Synagoge alpha49; cf. Aelius Dionysius alpha17; Eudemus 3.20; Hesychius alpha424, omicron3. [2] Julian, Oration 7 (205D), where "such-and-such" = the invention of myth. The glosses (minus the quotation) …Matched in noteshighshort

α293Ἀγομένων τῶν ἡμετέρωνour [possessions] being led off… the source of this passage as a lost section of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, on the basis of close phraseological parallels in 2 passages of that work: 3.50.4 and 5.52.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α370Ἀγροτέραςof wilde… is glossed with a common one. [2] Greek Anthology 6.3.3-4 (Dionysius), the dedication of an olive-wood club to Heracles; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (81) and vol. II (234-235); cf. another excerpt from …Matched in noteshighshort

α410Ἀγχίστροφοιchangeable… Kaldellis (38). [3] Quotation unidentifiable; again at epsilon 1617. [4] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.13.1. [5] A scholiast to Aristophanes, Frogs 970. On Theramenes see generally kappa 1909 and theta 342.Matched in noteshighshort

α856Ἀκεῖσθαιto heal… but this was vigorously denied by Eustathius (1647.56), citing Aelius Dionysius. See alpha 851 for the important distinction between the masculine nouns for 'doctor' and 'tailor'. This verb has no active form, and is …Matched in noteshighshort

α1244Ἅλιςenough… and several Homeric scholia; references at Photius alpha961 Theodoridis. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 13.2.3. [3] Aristophanes fr. 506 Kock, now 520 Kassel-Austin; again at theta 433 and pi 461, and see also …Matched in noteshighshort

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