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- α1563Ἀμείβεσθαιto respond… CE, as ambassador from the emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446), Leontios (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Leontius(5)) negotiated unsuccessfully with Theudibaldos (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Theodebaldus(1)) for a Frankish withdrawal from parts of Italy and …
- ε2228Ἐπιβατεῦσαιto take a stand on, to occupy… at omicron 811. The emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446) sends Leontios (cf. alpha 1563 note and PLRE IIIb s.v. Leontius(5)) in 551 CE to negotiate with Theudibaldos (cf. theta 298 and PLRE IIIb s.v. …
- κ2480Κροτοθορύβουloud applause… of a letter of Epicurus, quoted in Diogenes Laertius 10.5. Leontion was (allegedly) a courtesan with whom one of E.'s brothers was cohabiting. [1] Not a)nagno/nti soi (Suda) but a)nagno/ntas sou (D.L.).
- αι315Αἶσαdestiny… Iliad 1.416, where the headword occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 5.295.2 (Leontios), while his love interest sips a drink, the poet wishes that he was as lucky as her cup. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 256 (web …
- ε1598Ἐξεθεάτρισανthey made a spectacle of… the fragment is the 180 BCE embassy of Kallikrates of Leontion to the Roman Senate. Although Polybius (24.10-12, web address 1) and many later historians (cf. Derow, 169) view the Achaean ambassador's advice that …