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α3903ἈριστείδηςAristides, Aristeides… in OCD(4) p.154, under 'Aristides(1)'. [1] This is paraphrased from Plutarch, Life of Aristides 25.6 [2] Probably a paraphrase of Plutarch, 8.3. [3] Related by Plutarch in 7.5-6. [4] A Persian coin. See delta …Matched in noteshighmedium
α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… other primary sources on A. (translated in Pollitt, below) are Plutarch, Life of Pericles 13.2 (web address 2); Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades 16.4 (web address 3); Vitruvius, On Architecture 7, praef. 1l (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
α833Ἀκέραιονunblemished… blemishes', associated with a(marti/ai ('character flaws, unpremeditated crimes, sins') by Plutarch, Cimon 2.5 (LSJ entry at web address 2). This latter usage is particularly common in discussions of moral frailty in Plutarch (Moralia 464B, …

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The son of Lysimachus; he was poor, and on account of his manner he was believed without [having to take] oaths. Once when Kallias was being tried he came forward and said "grant this man to me"; and it was done. When…

Ἀριστείδης, ὁ Λυσιμάχου, πένης ὢν διὰ τὸν τρόπον ἄνευ ὅρκων ἐπιστεύετο. καὶ Καλλίου ποτὲ κρινομένου παρελθὼν εἶπεν, ἐμοὶ τὸν ἄνδρα χαρίσασθε· καὶ ἔτυχε. τοῦ δὲ χρυσίον…

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α3859Ἀρητήσιον πεδίονAretesian plain… Theseus called down curses (arai) on his enemies there. However, Plutarch (Theseus 35), calls it the Araterion; and neither author makes any mention of a plain. Since Plutarch adds that its location was the …Matched in noteshighshort

α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… on the Capitoline (Cicero, Academica 2.137; Gellius, Attic Nights 6.14.8-10; Plutarch, Cato the Elder 22). The philosophers had come to Rome to seek relief for the Athenians from the fine imposed by the Sikyonians …Matched in noteshighmedium

α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable… Euripides, Alcestis 242.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable -- but perhaps from Plutarch, who has several instances of the idiom a)biw/tws e)/xein. [3] For this word see also alpha 50.Matched in noteshighshort

α62Ἀβούλητον κακόνinvoluntary evil, undesired evil… (or -tes), satrap of Susiana under Alexander the Great, see Plutarch, Alexander 68; Arrian, Anabasis 3.8.5, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

α80ἈβριόρηξAbriorex, Abriorix… Caesar in 54-53 BCE. The spelling *)ambio/ric appears once in Plutarch and frequently in Cassius Dio.Matched in noteshighshort

α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey vol. 2 p. 189.6; Hesychius alpha7814; Plutarch, Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. 326E; 340C. [3] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 282f. (web address 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious …Matched in noteshighmedium

α260Ἀγκυρηβόλιονanchor-weight… a)gkurhbo/lion occurs in a fragment of Democritus quoted twice by Plutarch (Moralia 317A, 495E), and, as LSJ s.v. note, is the equivalent there of a)gkurobo/lion, "place of anchorage". On ancient anchors see generally Lionel …Matched in noteshighshort

α384ἈγύλαιοςAgylaios, AgylaeusThat of a Spartan ephor mentioned in Plutarch, Cleomenes 8.Matched in noteshighshort

α422Ἄδακρυς πόλεμοςtearless war, war without tears… war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE); Plutarch, Agesilaos 33 (with "battle" rather than "war") on the same event. cf. alpha 423.Matched in noteshighshort

α534Ἅδρησιςmaturity… makes life impossible by leading the agent towards inactivity. See Plutarch, Against Colotes 1108D, 1122A; Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism 1.23-24.Matched in noteshighshort

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossibles… toss the die", ku/bos, as a metaphor in Polybius and Plutarch for taking the risk of battle or war see also alpha 2310, epsilon 3013 (Julius Caesar's 'The die is cast'), kappa 2591 and …Matched in noteshighshort

α570Ἀετιδεῖςeaglets… The three extant possibilities are: Aristophanes, Birds 1356 (accusative plural); Plutarch, Moralia 992B (dative plural); and Procopius, On the Wars of Justinian 3.4.33 (accusative plural).Matched in noteshighshort

α621Ἄεικεςunalike… Athens after his victory, c.476 BCE, at Eion (Aeschines 3.185; Plutarch, Kimon 7). Eion is at the mouth of the River Strymon, where it empties into the Aegean Sea from Thrace (Barrington Atlas map …Matched in noteshighshort

α659ἈηνόβαρβοςAhenobarbus… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The Greek here (examples in Appian, Plutarch, Strabo and Cassius Dio) transliterates the Latin Ahenobarbus, the cognomen of one branch of the plebeian-noble Roman family of the Domitii. (For six …Matched in noteshighshort

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… is also attested at Diodorus Siculus 32.9a.2; Livy, epitome 49; Plutarch, Moralia 200A; 804f-805A; and cf. kappa 1113.Matched in noteshighshort

α737Ἄθηρονbeast-less, game-less… is used of particular places or terrains by (e.g.) Herodotus, Plutarch and Aelian.Matched in noteshighshort

α845Ἀκέσιμονconcerned with healing… from somewhere -- is rare, but is used by e.g. Plutarch, Moralia 956F (neuter plural, of healing waters). cf. generally alpha 847, alpha 850, alpha 854, alpha 856.Matched in noteshighshort

α925Ἀκοντίinvoluntarily… common. The headword itself, in fact, is not attested until Plutarch (Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.Matched in noteshighshort

α942ἈκουσίλαοςAkousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus… as of age: witness the remark attributed to Sophocles in Plutarch, Nikias 15.)Matched in noteshighshort

α945ἌκουφιςAkouphis, Acuphis… the Great, 326 BCE, mentioned by Arrian (Anabasis 5.1-2) and Plutarch (Life of Alexander 58). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort

α1026ἌκρωνAkron, AcronAccording to Plutarch (On Isis and Osiris 383C-D), Akron stopped the plague at Athens in 430 BCE by setting a great fire to purify the air. The same accomplishment is elsewhere attributed to Hippocrates. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1204Ἁλιάδαςfishing-boats… mean a fishing-boat). Evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include Plutarch (Timoleon 19.6, Antony 29.6) and Josephus.Matched in noteshighshort

α1208ἈλλίαςAllias, Allia… a personal name; rather, presumably, the Greek version (also in Plutarch) of the R. Allia near Rome, where in 390 BCE the invading Gauls won a battle before taking the city.Matched in noteshighshort

α1214Ἁλιγενήςsea-spawned… the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is an epithet of Aphrodite. (Plutarch, Moralia 685E says that poets called her this).Matched in noteshighshort

α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, Alkibiades… tau 661. [7] lambda 852. [8] For Alkibiades' end cf. Plutarch, Alcibiades 38-39. The Suda's version of this dream is an abbreviated version of what we are told in Plut. Alc. 39: e)do/kei perikei=sqai …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1308Ἀλογίαdisregard… 7.208-209.1 (abridged). For the Spartans and their hair cf. e.g. Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 22.1.Matched in noteshighshort

α1352Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίανbut not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre… borne out by inclusion in the paroemiographic collections, but see Plutarch, Moralia 439C and 534C.Matched in noteshighshort

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