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α1490Ἁμαξουργοίcartwrights, wagon-makersThe word cartwright occurs (in the singular) at Aristophanes, Knights 464; this material is from the scholia on the line. For the distinction between wild and cultivated trees see e.g. Herodotus 4.21.Matched in noteshighshort
α3967Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειοςchariot wheel… up, the subject of this entry switches to music. The "chariot nome" (played on the aulos) is mentioned by Plutarch, Moralia 335A and 1133A, and the "chariot tune" is an intrusive stage-direction (which generated …Matched in noteshighshort
α425ἈδάμAdam… unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" …

α1490

Ἁμαξουργοί

cartwrights, wagon-makers

Cartwrights are what they call a)griophgoi/ ["joiners of wild sc. timber"]. The a)griophgoi/ [are] a type of builders, who construct wagons and are workers of all wild timbers.

Ἁμαξουργοί. ἁμαξουργοὺς λέγουσι τοὺς ἀγριοπηγούς. εἶδος δὲ οἱ ἀγριοπηγοὶ τεκτόνων, οἳ τὰς ἁμάξας κατασκευάζουσι καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀγρίων ξύλων εἰσὶν ἐργάται.

trade and manufacture14

trade and manufacture14

meter and music7

meter and music7

Frederick Williams1

Frederick Williams1

Joseph L. Rife1

Joseph L. Rife1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Massimo Forconi1

Massimo Forconi1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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α2762ἈντωνῖνοςAntoninus, Antoninos[1] M. Aurelius Antoninus, a.k.a. Caracalla; ruled 198-217. (But see notes 5 and 6 below.) De Imperatoribus Romanis entry (Michael Meckler) at web address 1. [2] L. Septimius Severus, ruled 193-211. De Imperatoribus Romanis …Matched in noteshighlong

α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms… -- 'this man walks around those getting married, speaking Ephesian charms' (for which see epsilon 3864).Matched in noteshighshort

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… Vergil (Georgics 4.387), who places Proteus on the island of Carpathus, between Crete and Rhodes. [2] The sense of meth/llaxen ranges from "he vanished" (in the sense of "transmuted") to "he died." Philostratos does …Matched in noteshighlong

α1488Ἁμαξίςcart… see Dover (below) 205 (arguing for a literal interpretation of "cart" and suggesting that centuries of price-inflation were responsible for the "cake" interpretation). [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 864. On the Diasia, a festival of Zeus, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1636Ἄμωμονspice-plant, cardamom… Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F121). For amomon as a species of cardamom see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, Agathocles… three testicles, presumably symbolises insatiable lust, which is assumed to characterise the true pornos'. Cf. tau 995, where the first part of this quotation reappears. [2] Probably Theoxene, the daughter or stepdaughter of Ptolemy …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, Alkibiades… 1179 etc. (For Kleinias see kappa 1751.) [2] An odd characterisation, despite his association with Sokrates (sigma 829), about to be mentioned. [3] Factually nonsense, of course. Political abuse, if correctly located here; but …Matched in noteshighmedium

α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess[1] Plato, Charmides 153D (web address 1 below). The entry so far has drawn on scholia to that passage; see also Photius and other lexica. [2] Herodotus 9.39.2 (web address 2 below). [3] Quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1124Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜαμαίαςAlexander Mamaias, Alexander son of Mamaia… derives from John of Antioch, frs. 140 and (from "She carried on...") 138 FHG (= now frs. 219 Roberto (386-387) and 218 Roberto (384-385)). See generally OCD(4) pp.212-13; and De Imperatoribus Romanis entry (Herbert …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4134ἈσδρούβαςHasdrubal… or Sicilian cities of that name, but a suburb of Carthage. [2] alpha 2452.Matched in noteshighmedium

α664Ἀήτηςgale… where the participle is ste/yantos, not the stre/yantos given here. "Carpathian" relates to the Aegean island of Carpathos, between Rhodes and Crete (Karpathos, Barrington Atlas map 60 grid E4). The epigram, the sailor Diogenes's …Matched in noteshighshort

α1812Ἀναβολήdeferral… cruelty, so this episode was noted as being out of character. For the lovers Chariton and Melanippos see under (e.g.) alpha 2634, and the lavish narrative in Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4; also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists …Matched in noteshighshort

α3424ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… Karika (a work of at least 18 books) and are Carian place-names, transmitted via Stephanus of Byzantium. [1] In Caria.Matched in noteshighshort

α2900Ἀπαντᾶνto meet and to come together… aristocrats in the Roman province of Africa, aggrieved over the Carthage procurator's imposition of onerous taxes, fines, and confiscations, assemble their servant staffs into a rebellious mob (December 237 CE?); cf. alpha 1874. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… Justinian 3.20.4-7 (web address 1), the prison guard at Gelimer's Carthage palace releases the captive traders as Belisarius's (cf. beta 233, generally) fleet makes its approach (September 533 CE); cf. Kaldellis (184). On Gelimer, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring… Acragas; it must refer to a desecration by the Phoenician Carthaginians in the process of sacking Acragas in 406 BC.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3744ἌρατοςAratos, Aratus… here (again in 6.32.2), see Walbank (below) 457. That the career of Aratos does show contradictory features is the ostensible point of this "didactic interlude" (Walbank) as a whole: see 4.8.12. [7] 'Wrenchings' translates …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3875Ἀρίδεςbow-drills… [2] Greek Anthology 6.205.5 (Leonidas of Tarentum), upon retirement the carpenter Leontichus dedicates the implements of his craft to Athena; cf. Gow and Page (Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, 109); (Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, 316-319); …Matched in noteshighshort

α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator… from Harpokration s.v., where Lysias fr. 125 Sauppe (now 481 Carey OCT) is quoted. [3] Quotation unidentifiable (but late). (For "those in uniform" cf. zeta 141.) [4] For Mithridates/Mithradates see mu 1044. The present …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4703Ἀχθοφόρονburden-bearing… quoted from somewhere. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 1406 (of corpses and chariots: web address 1 below), with scholion. [3] cf. e.g. Aristophanes, Birds 1133. Passages such as these appear to reflect awareness of the Pyramids …Matched in noteshighshort

α851Ἀκέσταςhealers… also called Sakas (see sigma 33, from whom the recurrent character in comedy may be drawn), for an artist, a historian and a couple of mythological characters. In a little-noticed note Joannes Philoponus the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1748Ἀμφίξουνall-round-smoothing… given. [1] Greek Anthology 6.205.9 (Leonidas of Tarentum), the retiring carpenter Leontichus dedicates his tools to Athena; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 109); (vol. II, 316-319); and other extracts from this epigram at …Matched in noteshighshort

α3198ἈππιανόςAppianos, Appianus, Appian… used (some of them now lost, such as Hieronymus of Cardia). For the central and principal part of this entry cf. Photius, Bibliotheca cod.57. [1] Book 1: early Rome, the period of the kings; …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… was among those senators who welcomed the delegation of philosophers, Carneades, Diogenes, and Critolaus, on the Capitoline (Cicero, Academica 2.137; Gellius, Attic Nights 6.14.8-10; Plutarch, Cato the Elder 22). The philosophers had come to …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2634ἈντέρωςAnteros… Anteros. [6] Reading sunepneusa/thn (from sigma 1501) for sunepese/thn. [7] Chariton was the lover of Melanippos, but Melanippos also loved Chariton. See e.g. alpha 1812, phi 43.Matched in noteshighmedium

α403Ἀγχίνοιαtight-wittedness… "tight-wittedness" (a)gxi/noia) is called "knowledge" (e)pisth/mh) instead of "disposition of character" (e(/cis). However, according to the Stoic doctrine described in this line, insofar as a)gxi/noia is a virtue subordinated to prudence (fro/nhsis), it is …Matched in noteshighshort

α4648ἈφρικανόςAfricanus… to (e.g.) Appian, Libyca 3-5: Bursa, the earliest citadel at Carthage, was allowed to occupy as much land as could be encompassed by the hide of a bull (a niggardly allocation, evaded by cutting …Matched in noteshighshort

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