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ι706ἼστροςIstros, IsterSecond half of C3 BCE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Ister, author'; FGrH 334. [1] Or (Kuster) 'son of Menandros the historian'. [2] kappa 227. [3] In SW Cyprus. (Modern scholars have preferred this to …Matched in noteshighshort
ε995Ἔμπαλινback, backwards… khan Baian (cf. alpha 209) and his forces across the Ister (lower Danube; cf. OCD(4) s.v. and epsilon 3019 notes) into Roman territory. On John see PLRE IIIa s.v. Ioannes(91).Matched in noteshighshort
α2500ἈνθεστηριώνAnthesterionThe etymological explanation comes, via Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., from Ister FGrH 334 F13.Matched in noteshighshort
α1756Ἀμφιπρύμναιςdouble-sterned… Greek name for the lower Danube; see OCD(4) p.749, s.v. Ister. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-193), on Baian (cf. alpha 209 note) crossing the Danube in order to attack Slav …Matched in noteshighshort
α1614ἈμνόνlambThe first part of this entry is also in Photius. See also alpha 1615. [1] Accusative case; evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not necessarily, the quotation which follows). [2] Istros, FGrH 334 F23b, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3019Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοίHercynian forests (?Black Forest)… in Italy. [1] The Greeks named the river Istros, Roman Ister, probably its Celtic name. The many Thracians (Dacians, Getae, etc.) along its banks and the delta mouth called it Matoas (Greek a)/sios, 'muddy'), …Matched in noteshighshort