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3784
Ἄργουσα
Argoura, Argousa
… name, all other sources (including Stephanus of Byzantium) agree, was
Argoura,
not the Suda's
Argousa
(or in one manuscript
Argousai).
For Euboia see generally epsilon 3382; for Chalkis see under chi 43 and chi …
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3782
Ἀργοναῦται
Argonauts
Those sailing in the ship
Argo.
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3785
Ἀργώ
Argo
… ship [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the term]
Argonauts.
Also [sc attested is the phrase] th|=
*)argoi=
["on the
Argo"],
in the dative.
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3781
Ἀργόλαι
argolai, snakes
… type of snakes, which the Macedonian Alexander brought from Pelasgian
Argos
[Myth, Place] to Alexandria and threw into the river for the destruction of the cobras, when he moved the bones of the prophet …
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3783
Ἀργὸν ἔτος
year of no work, idle year, sabbatical year
… similar to [what happened] every seven days. [It is] also
a)rgo/s
for the feminine [gender]. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "I will not say that [my wife] was idle; she did weave."
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3786
Ἀργῶς
idly, sluggishly, without working
Interpretation of a dream. 'To move idly makes paths miserable'.
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3772
Ἀργειφόντης
Argeiphontes, Argos-Slayer
Attested from Homer onwards. On the monster
Argos
[Myth, Place], see generally RE
Argos(19);
OCD(4) p.50, s.v. Argus.
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3766
Ἀργεία
Argeia
On
Argos
[Myth, Place], in the NE Peloponnese, see generally OCD(4) p.149, s.v.
'Argos(1)'
and Barrington Atlas map 58 grids D2-E2. Hera was the principal deity there: OCD(4) pp.149-50, s.v.
Argos,
cults'. The Argive …
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1263
Ἀλίφειρα
Alipheira, Aliphira
… often-contested region (cf. Pausanias 3.2.2-3, web address 3) between the
Argolid
(the region surrounding
Argos
[Myth, Place], cf. alpha 3766) to the north and Lakedaimonia (the region around Sparta, cf. lambda 49) to the …
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19
Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
… (74), and cf. more generally the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
1.932 (where the genitive case occurs), on which see further below. Abarnis lay on the southern shore of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), …
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3419
Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
… appears also on page 5 of his commentary on the
Argonautika:
Apollonios Rhodios,
Argonautika.
Trans. Peter Green. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. [1] Cf. sigma 412. [2] See generally kappa 227. [3] See …
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1862
Ἀναδρομαί
retreats, returns
… Pyrrhus the king of the Epeirotes and his invasion into
Argos
[Myth, Place] and the expedition of Lysimachus through Thrace against Dromichaites the king of the Odryssians; also many other [situations] like these."
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4011
Ἁρποκρατίων
Harpokration, Harpocration
Of
Argos
[Myth, Place]. Platonic philosopher. Companion/confidant of a Caesar. He wrote a Commentary on Plato (24 books); Lexicon to Plato (2 books).
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4309
Ἀταλάντη
Atalante, Atalanta
… was friends, thanks to having been their shipmate on the
Argo;
and he seized Iolkos and killed the wife of Akastos.
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15
Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
… fact almost certainly A. the son of Lynkeus, king of
Argos
[Myth, Place] after Danaos and father of the twins Akrisios and Proitos (Pausanias 2.16.2 (web address 1); Apollodorus, Library 2.2.1 (web address 2)). …
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311
Ἀγορῆθεν
from the agora
… 'from the agora' for his evening meal) and Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
1.877.
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390
Ἄγχαυρος
near-morning
… "morning". The adjective a)/gxauros occurs (of "night") in Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
4.111. [2] Homer, Odyssey 5.469.
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415
Ἀγχούροις
close-bordering
… very probably from its only occurrence outside lexicography: Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
3.1386 (a)gxou/roisin), the scholia to which have the gloss "neighbours". [2] This etymology is accepted in LSJ s.v.
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446
Ἀδέψητον
untanned, undressed
… (cf. 142), of leather, though note that in Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
4.1439, the present gloss and headword occur in reverse order.
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826
Ἄκαινα
akaina
… other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
3.1323. See already under alpha 825. Dimensions in akainai are especially common in the technical treatises of Hero [Author, Myth](n), but see also …
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851
Ἀκέστας
healers
… synonyms for other words for 'doctor' and 'healing': Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
2.512 (and scholia thereto), Corpus Hippocraticum, De flatibus 1.8, Lycophron Alexandra 1050, some ecclesiastical writers, incl. St. Basil, and the poems of the …
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856
Ἀκεῖσθαι
to heal
… active use is a learned Alexandrian back-formation by Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
1.765; cf. alpha 841. [1] From the scholia to Plato, Republic 364C, where the headword occurs. See also Photius s.v.
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1298
Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι
Alcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days
… cry was taken as one of ill-omen (e.g. Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
1.1085). [1] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 250. [2] The halcyon days were associated with a habit of nesting and incubating for …
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1340
Ἁλοσύδνης
sea-born
… which proffer the present gloss); of Nereids in Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
4.1599. Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1043 Theodoridis. May contain the root of hudor, "water."
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1501
Ἀμαρυγάς
glimpses, glimmers
… is accusative plural, quoted from somewhere -- probably Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
3.1018; cf. the scholia there. [1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1133 and alpha1130 Theodoridis. [2] Aristophanes, Birds …
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1577
Ἀμήρυτον
endless, interminable
… at Photius alpha1188 Theodoridis. From a scholion to Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
2.221, where the neuter singular headword appears (describing old age).
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1631
Ἄμοτον
incessant
… also the glosses on the same word in Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
1.153).
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1674
Ἀμυμώνειος
Amymonian
… was the daughter of Danaus who went for water at
Argos
[Myth, Place], was rescued from a satyr, then seduced by Poseidon, who created a spring in commemoration and named it after her. See …
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1716
Ἀμφιδέδηεν
blazes around, burns around
… (LSJ entry at web address 1), see also Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
4.397.
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1758
Ἀμφιρρῶγας
jagged, splintered
… quotation given, but is more probably quoted from Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica
1.995; see the scholia there. [1] Greek Anthology 6.109.3 (Antipater), a hunter's dedication to Pan; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (44-45), vol. …
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