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ε3363ΕὐαγόραςEuagoras, Evagoras… wrote a Life of Timagenes and of other learned men; Thucydidean Enquiries alphabetically arranged; Art of Rhetoric in 5 books; Questions in Thucydides arranged by word; and a history covering the queens of Egypt.Matched in translationhighshort
ε2118Ἐπειδήsince… used to mean from [the time] when; thus even did Thucydides often use [it], and Homer beforehand. "Since first it left its stump in the mountains," [said] about the scepter.Matched in translationhighshort
α3520Ἀποσιμῶσαιto moon [someone]; to make ships swerve… the buttock naked. Philippus [sc. uses the word thus]. But Thucydides [sc. uses it to mean] making the ships swerve.

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Euagoras, Evagoras

Of Lindos. Historian. He wrote a Life of Timagenes and of other learned men; Thucydidean Enquiries alphabetically arranged; Art of Rhetoric in 5 books; Questions in Thucydides arranged by word; and a history covering…

Εὐαγόρας, Λίνδιος, ἱστορικός. ἔγραψε Βίον Τιμαγένους καὶ ἑτέρων λογίων, Ζητήσεις κατὰ στοιχεῖον Θουκυδίδου, Τέχνην ῥητορικὴν ἐν βιβλίοις εʹ, τῶν παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ ζητουμένων κατὰ…

constitution

constitution

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gender and sexuality7

gender and sexuality7

meter and music1

meter and music1

Craig Gibson

Craig Gibson

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James Vradelis2

James Vradelis2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Alexander Tulin1

Alexander Tulin1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Constantina Katsari1

Constantina Katsari1

Dennis McHenry1

Dennis McHenry1

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Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

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Giorgos Akrivas1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Sean M. Redmond1

Sean M. Redmond1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

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α4618Ἀφίκετοarrived… Oinoe, where they intended to invade". This is the syntax Thucydides uses. Also [sc. attested is the perfect] a)fi=ktai ["has arrived"], [meaning] is present. Also [sc. attested is the pluperfect] a)fi=kto ["had arrived"].Matched in translationhighshort

δ521Διαγνώμηdecree, resolution… like, also, an outcry. The word [is] a peculiarity of Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort

ε994Ἐμπαλασσόμενοιentangled with one another[Meaning they] falling into the water. Thucydides [writes]: "[...] others became entangled with one another and were swept away. On the other bank of the river [...] the Syracusans took up their position and …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2237Ἐπιβόημαcall, cry, shoutThucydides [writes]: "but he, whether [because of] the cry or whether something else had suddenly occurred to him, led the army back." That is, an exclamation. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)pibow/menos …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2774Ἐπιχειρητέαmust be attempted… used] instead of e)pixeirhte/on, like tolmhte/a ["must be dared"]. For Thucydides loves things like these.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2848Ἐπωτίδεςcat-heads, cheek-pieces, epotidesThucydides [writes]: "and they fastened the cat-heads to the prows, stout ones [...] about 60 cubits [in length], inside and out." Epotides are the timbers [sc. on a warship] projecting outwards from each side …Matched in translationhighshort

α1188Ἀλλήλωνeach otherMeaning themselves. Thus Euripides [sc. uses the word]. And Thucydides [writes]: "there some even tasted each other". Meaning [ate] themselves.Matched in translationhighshort

α2294Ἀνεπικλήτωςblamelessly[Meaning] with no complaint made against them. Thucydides [writes]: "the envoys of each side went home blamelessly." And Josephus [writes]: "it is right that you should be kind to me since I have kept …Matched in translationhighshort

α2655Ἀντιβόλησιςprayer[Meaning a] summons, supplication. Thucydides [writes]: "for having turned to prayer and entreaty they reduced [the rest] to despair, as they begged to be taken with them." Also [sc. attested is] a)ntibolh=sai ["to meet"], …Matched in translationhighshort

α3150Ἀπήλαυσεenjoyed… have if the author were angered." Markellinos says [this] about Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort

α3269Ἀπόγνοιαdespair[Meaning] desperation. Thucydides [writes]: "they burned the boats, so that despair would leave them no option but to gain control of the land".Matched in translationhighshort

α3713Ἀποίκησιςemigration… But e)/poikoi in a city [is a word used] in Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort

α3799Ἀργυροῦνof silver and of gold… [are] Ionic [words], but xru/seion ["golden"] [is] a possessive adjective. Thucydides [in book] one [writes]: "he had the use of the golden mines". Just as he says a)rgu/reia ["silver [mines]"] in the second [book]. …Matched in translationhighshort

δ207Δελφίςdolphin… [sc. intended] for a sea-battle. Whence also 'a dolphin-bearing ship'. Thucydides [book] 7 says : "at that point the dolphin-bearing spars suspended from the merchantmen over the entry channels hindered them".Matched in translationhighshort

δ510ΔιαβούλομαιI thoroughly wish[Meaning] I will convince. Thucydides [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

δ657Διαμώμενοςcutting through… is the plural] diamw/menoi, [meaning they] digging through, searching for. Thucydides [writes]: "cutting through the gravel by the sea, [most] drank whatever was likely [to be] water". And elsewhere: "they pitched camp on the …Matched in translationhighshort

δ827Διάφοραdifferences[Meaning] expenses. Thucydides [uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

ε7ἘάνifThose who deal with Thucydides unanimously say that [this e)a/n spelling occurs] when h)\ ["or"] precedes it, but that when [the words] are not in this order he uses the contraction [h)/n]. In the …Matched in translationhighshort

ε122Ἐγκρατέστεροςstronger, on a stronger basisThucydides [writes]: "[the Athenians] both built up and organized the empire on a stronger basis, and they themselves advanced to greatness of power".Matched in translationhighshort

ε229Ἐδῄουνthey were slaying, they were laying wasteIn Thucydides [this is used] meaning they were cutting down, they were destroying. "They were laying waste all the eastern territory." Also [sc. attested is] e)dh/|wsan ["they laid waste"], [used] likewise.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2329Ἐπιθειάσαςhaving appealed to the gods… marveled at, being open to the divine, being divinely inspired. Thucydides [writes]: "Archidamos, having appealed to the gods in certain ways, got his army ready for the war."Matched in translationhighshort

δ1626Δυσείκαστονhard to make out… singular, evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Thucydides 29, applying this term to Thucydides' phrase kai\ ta\ e)fusteri/zonta/ pou (Thuc. 3.82.3). The adjective features prominently in DH's critical vocabulary, esp. where …Matched in noteshighshort

ε569Ἐκπήγνυσθαιto be frozen stiff… in the gloss, e)kplh/ttesqai (cf. LSJ s.v.), it occurs in Thucydides 4.125.1 (on panic striking a Macedonian army in 423 BCE: web address 1); and, probably on the basis of scholia to that passage, …Matched in noteshighshort

α314Ἄγοςpollution, leader… [are called] all-holy [panageis], and a number of other things. Thucydides [writes]: "the Spartans sent envoys to Athens demanding the expulsion of the goddess's curse [agos]. It was that against Cylon, the ancient Athenian …Matched in translationhighshort

α327Ἀγώνcontest, training, arena… term for] the actual place where the competition takes place. Thucydides in [book] 5 [writes]: "he came into the arena and garlanded the charioteer."Matched in translationhighshort

α521ἈδραμύτειονAdramyteionThus [writes] Eupolis. But also [sc. attested is] Adramytenos; and Thucydides [writes] Atramytteion.Matched in translationhighshort

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossiblesInstead of impossible. For often Thucydides has used plurals instead of singulars, especially for this expression. Impossible is that which is not capable of being true; such as, the earth flies. 'With the general …Matched in translationhighshort

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