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- α1274ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, Alcaeus… entry is a horrid conflation of the C7/6 lyric poet Alcaeus of Mytilene and a C5/4 comic dramatist who seems to have "specialized in mythological burlesques" (OCD(4) p.50 s.v. Alcaeus(2); the Mytilenian is Alcaeus(1) …
- α1273ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, AlcaeusAn Athenian, a tragic poet, whom some people want [to say] was [the?] first tragic poet.
- α1272ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, Alcaeus[Son] of Omphale and Herakles. He became great and strong and noble in war.
- α1058Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter[Meaning] a wanderer. So Alkaios [sc. uses the word]. But Plato [says] a)lazo/nes meaning liars. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves. "But he used …
- α1777ἈμφιτρύωνAmphitryonSon of Alkaios.
- α469Ἀδηφαγίαgreed… and costing a lot, as a metaphor from fully-grown racehorses. Alcaeus in the [play] Comitragedy calls tippling lamps "greedy".
- α3843ἈρήϊοιAres-like… war-like. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)rh/i+oi ["Ares-like [men]"]. Alcaeus [writes]: "Ares-like men [are] towers of a city." Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] a)rhi+/ois ["to Ares-like things"], to those of war. …
- α1276ἈλκείδηςAlkeides, Alcides[Meaning] Herakles, in papponymical terms. For Amphitryon was son of Alkaios.
- α2580Ἄνω καὶ κάτω(to search) up and down, high and low… It was widely used in Greek, perhaps as early as Alcaeus (fr.306.14 Lobel-Page). See Suetonius's use in the peri\ paidi/wn (ed. Taillardat pp. 153-4, who also discusses the use of pa=s as "decisive"). However, …
- α388Ἀγύρτηςmendicant… Minoan goddess Rhea, cf. kappa 2586). [5] Greek Anthology 6.218.1 (Alcaeus), the dedication of a eunuch priest of Cybele who escaped from a lion by beating his timbrels; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I …