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42 entries for Zeus-born

α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… generally OCD(4) p.5, under 'Achaeus(2)'. [1] 484-481. [2] Sophocles was born in the mid 490s. [3] 448-445. "Jointly" evidently means "contemporaneously".Matched in noteshighshort
α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… 836 (web address 1 below). The second trimeter, "having been born a male and from a male line", appears to be an addition. [3] Euripides, Bacchae 317-318 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium
α3724Ἀπφάappha, sib… as o( a)f' ou(= e)/fu, "he from whom one was born".Matched in noteshighshort
α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born in the region.Matched in noteshighshort
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… time of God's promise. [5] The Suda here omits Ishmael, born to Abraham by the Egyptian slave Hagar when he was 86 years old (Genesis 16:1-16). The Suda's omission tacitly acknowledges a covenantal and …Matched in noteshighlong
α297Ἀγόνων χοῶν[than] unfruitful drink-offerings… and passive senses of the adjective ("not bearing" and "not born"): see LSJ entry at web address 1, and again at alpha 337. [2] Scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus (PG 36.378b), who does use …Matched in noteshighshort
α1129Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜιλήσιοςAlexandros of Miletos, Alexander of MiletusBorn c.105 BC. See generally RE Alexandros(88); NP Alexandros(23); OCD4 Alexander(11); FGrH 273. [1] The particular Cornelius Lentulus in question is uncertain; there are several possibilities from this era. [2] [kappa 2342] Crates. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α974Ἀκραιφνοῦςpure, sheer… from where the headword has evidently been extracted. [3] Aphrodite, born in the sea-foam off Cyprus; cf. kappa 2738. [4] Greek Anthology 6.191.1-2 (Cornelius Longus), a dedication to Aphrodite by Leonidas; cf. Page (67-69) …Matched in noteshighshort
α3198ἈππιανόςAppianos, Appianus, AppianAppian was born in Alexandria (Egypt) at the end of the first century AD, but later moved to Rome, where he became a Roman citizen and died in the 160s. He wrote -- in …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2452ἈννίβαςHannibalBorn 247 BCE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.644-5). [1] See generally OCD(4) pp.644, under 'Hamilcar(2)', and 646-7, under 'Hasdrubal(1)'. [2] Appian, Iberica 6 (for this whole paragraph so far); cf. alpha 4134. [3] Appian, …Matched in noteshighlong
α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… collected at Gow and Page 2.29-31. Alexander (alpha 1127) was born c. 315 and his fragments are collected at Powell 120-21. [9] Although the Suda's list is an important source for the fragments of …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… Domitian intended his arrest (Philostratos 7). [8] Literally, "(he was) born not in the distant past nor recently." [9] Or "Gymnosophists." [10] Diogenes Laertius 8.59-62 (Empedocles). [11] Diogenes Laertius 8.2-3, 20-21 (Pythagoras). [12] Diogenes …Matched in noteshighlong
α2492Ἀνθέμωνflowers… Aristophanes, Acharnians 991-2 (web address 1), with scholion. [2] For Zeuxis see again zeta 38, and generally OCD(4) p.1591, s.v. s.v. 'Zeuxis(1)'.Matched in noteshighshort
α1534ἈμβούλιοςAmboulios, AmbuliusEpithet ("Counsellor") of Zeus, Athena and the Dioskouroi in Sparta: Pausanias 3.13.6.Matched in noteshighshort
α2957Ἀπαιθριάζειis clearing away… given. Weather verbs are normally impersonal, except when, as here, Zeus is the subject. Cf. kappa 394, kappa 889, nu 294, omicron 231, and especially xi 129. [1] Aristophanes, Birds 1501-2 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighshort
α3297Ἀποδιοπομπεῖσθαιto conjure away, to escort away, to set aside… what lies behind this entry: a rite of purification/appeasement for Zeus Meilichios involving (as scapegoat) the fleece of a ram. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Again under delta 1189; evidently quoted from somewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
α4397Ἀτυζομένηdistraught… and to "that bird mad with grief, the messenger of Zeus," Electra likens herself to Philomela. In the Attic version of the myth, Philomela was raped by her brother-in-law Tereus, who cut out her …Matched in noteshighshort
α3046Ἀπερίτροποςunheeding… Orestes not returning, and of Hades not pursuing enemies. (For zeugma in this sense see generally LSJ s.v., II: "a figure of speech, wherein two subjects are used jointly with the same predicate, which …Matched in noteshighshort
α1294ἈλκμήνηAlkmene, AlcmeneIn mythology, the wife of Amphitryon and mother (by Zeus) of Herakles; OCD(4) s.v. Alcmene (pp. 54-55). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
α668Ἀϊδάαςlord, (?)Hadad… the Semitic storm-god Hadad, a manifestatation of beta 1 (and Zeus).Matched in noteshighshort
α4522Αὐτόσεthither… [2] Quotation unidentifiable (but presumably from a military narrative). For zeugma in this sense of boats or rafts bound together see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α1510Ἅμματα[Kasiotic] knots… and kappa 2075. Find further extracts from this epigram, on Zeus's seduction of Danae, at delta 57, epsilon 919, and rho 317. [5] Greek Anthology 6.219.4 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon), having taken shelter …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1538Ἀμβρόσιαιambrosial [locks]… alpha 1540. [1] Homer, Iliad 1.529-530 (web address 1), of Zeus nodding; cf. epsilon 2073.Matched in noteshighshort
α3170Ἀπηνήςharsh… to Homer, Iliad 15.94, where the headword is used of Zeus's temperament. [2] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (2452).Matched in noteshighshort
α2521Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρὸς ἦσανthe treasure was ashesSame entry in Photius. For this proverb see e.g. Lucian, Zeuxis 2, Philopseudes 32, Navigium 26. Its modern (if nowadays little-used) equivalent would be "apples of Sodom".Matched in noteshighshort
α2408Ἀνηκούστησενignored… Homer, Iliad 15.236 (where the headword occurs, of Apollo defying Zeus). [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Herodotus 6.14.2 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
α1795Ἄναup… cf. epsilon 265. [3] Example in Homer, Iliad 3.351 (of Zeus): web address 3.Matched in noteshighshort
α1488Ἁμαξίςcart… [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 864. On the Diasia, a festival of Zeus, see delta 752.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… Its proverbial status, implied by the present gloss, is not borne out by inclusion in the paroemiographic collections, but see Plutarch, Moralia 439C and 534C.Matched in noteshighshort
α2694Ἀντίοχος ὁ ΠραιπόσιτοςAntiochus Praepositus… also epsilon 3604, pi 793. This is Priscus fr. 56 Bornmann, but the source is now recognized as John Malalas, Chronographia XIV.15 Thurn (281); cf. Carolla (84) and Blockley (232-235). On Theodosius II, see …Matched in noteshighshort