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α3419ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… Suda is probably mistaken: other testimonia indicate that Apollonios was Eratosthenes' predecessor as Director of the Library, rather than his successor. The Suda or its source seems to have confused Apollonios the poet with …Matched in noteshighshort
ι521ἽππαρχοςHipparchus, Hipparchos… provided raw materials for Ptolemy's, despite their differences. [5] (For Eratosthenes see epsilon 2898.) This title is known from Strabo (1.1.12; 2.1.41) to belong to a work on geography; it surely lies behind the …Matched in noteshighshort
η20Ἡβητήρ(young) adult, in one's prime… See also, more generally eta 16. [2] Greek Anthology 5.277.3-4 (Eratosthenes Scholasticus), here lightly abridged.Matched in noteshighshort
λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-company… and other paroemiographers. Better, however, is Photius lambda456 Theodoridis, quoting Eratosthenes (via Harpokration delta13 Keaney); see under delta 174. See also eta 271. [1] Meaning unclear; presumably connected with tau 998, but see rather …Matched in noteshighshort
α3979Ἁρμοσταίharmosts… OCD(4) s.v. (p.566). [3] Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Eratosthenes (FGrH 241 F24) and Demosthenes (18.96); cf. epsilon 2584. It was the Lakedaimonians (Spartans) of the late C5 BCE, as far as is …Matched in noteshighshort
α934Ἀκοστήσαςgrain-fed, having fed on grain… this staff of yours". [4] Greek Anthology 6.78.1 & 3 (Eratosthenes Scholasticus).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1062ΔικαίαρχοςDikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus… of Hellenistic geography, perhaps the most immediately relevant predecessor to Eratosthenes (so Strabo, anyway). [1] Modern Messina. [2] Literally 'listener', 'hearer'. Dikaiarkhos' floruit is placed c.320-300 BC. [3] Only a selection of his writings …Matched in noteshighshort
α3936ἈριστώνυμοςAristonymos, Aristonymus… actual successor of Apollonius (of Rhodes) in this post was Eratosthenes (epsilon 2989), the Suda erroneously thought that it was Aristophanes of Byzantium (R. Pfeiffer, History of Classical Scholarship (Oxford 1968) 154, 171-2; and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernel… korkoros is a little fish; but he is deceived, as Eratosthenes says, for it a wild and worthless herb". The word is not present in our attested corpus of Lycophron. Hesychius (above) also glosses …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2786Κύτταροςcell… is meant. [2] A scholion to Peace 199 says that Eratosthenes ascribes the view to Lycophron that the headword refers to the thing where ai( fhgoi/ ('oaks' or 'acorns') sit, only to dispute that …Matched in noteshighshort