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α2426Λύσις ὀνείρουinterpretation of a dreamFrom the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort
α4251ἈστράμψυχοςAstrampsychos, Astrampsykhos, Astrampsychus… material attributed to Astrampsychus are available on the TLG, chiefly: Interpretation of Dreams, Oracles, and (on papyri) fragments of the Sortes Astrampsychi.Matched in noteshighshort
α4249ἌστραstarsA line of iambic verse, from the dream-interpretations attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort
α2522Ἄνθραξι βαίνειν ἐχθρικὴν δηλοῖ βλάβηνto walk on charcoals shows harm coming from an enemyFrom the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); given also (and explicitly) at kappa 361.Matched in noteshighshort
α3196Ἄπις κρατῶν τις ἀστοχεῖ τῶν ἐλπίδωνa certain Apis though prevailing fails in his hopesAn iambic trimeter, from the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychos (alpha 4251). Perhaps a reference, of oracular obscurity, to the death of an Apis-bull (see alpha 3201).Matched in noteshighshort
α2216Ἀνέγνωσανthey induced… loosely, at mu 783. The text runs, "impaled the Magi dream-interpreters who had induced him...," and refers to the reappearance of Cyrus, the heir of the Persian throne, in the Median palace, and the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1170Ἀλληγορίαallegory… pi994 Theodoridis. [1] This basic distinction between two types of dream, the a)llhgorikoi/ and the qewrhmatikoi/, is found in Artemidorus 1.2.Matched in noteshighshort
α1488Ἁμαξίςcart… in general 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
α4055ἈρτώριοςArtorios, Artorius… that of the friend of Octavian's, who had a disturbing dream before the Battle of Philippi (Plutarch, Brutus 41); but for another Artorios see Josephus, Jewish War 6.188; and Clement of Alexandria mentions a …Matched in noteshighshort
α4025ἈρτεμίδωροςArtemidoros, Artemidorus… by P. Thonemann (2020). "The product of travels to collect dreams and their outcomes and of study of the numerous earlier works on the subject, [this] is the only extant ancient dream-book" (Price). [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
α1703Ἀμφίαςamphias… adjective metrios might have been open to a more favourable interpretation here -- middling, tolerable -- but cf. Athenaeus (next note) on Amphias as a 'poor' wine. [1] Nicostratus fr. 18 Kock, now 17 …Matched in noteshighshort
α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, 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 me\n au)to\s th\n e)sqh=ta th=s e(tai/ras, e)kei/nhn de\ …Matched in noteshighmedium
α214Ἀγηλατεῖνto drive out, to drive out a curse… is glossed with diw/kwn and fugadeu/wn. [2] A very loose interpretation of the single use of this verb by Herodotus (5.72.1: see web address 1 below for Greek text), from the ancient glosses on …Matched in noteshighshort
α2196Ἀνδρωνῖτιςmen's chamber, men's quarters… surviving fragments of Polybius are hard to reconcile with the interpretation of the quotation given here, Marcus waged war against the Lusitanians after agreeing to what later seemed to be a pusillanimous truce with …Matched in noteshighshort
α1656Ἄμπωτιςebb, ebbing, suckback… 7.123, on Stoic doctrine. Translators of D.L. differ on the interpretation of *xarw/neia: Hicks' Loeb favours "caves"; M. Gigante, Diogene Laerzio (Bari 1983) "gate".Matched in noteshighshort
α2532Ἄνθρωποςman… refer to an individual named Anthropos is only one possible interpretation of it, and it was once routine in modern scholarship to be sceptical; however, the victory-list P.Oxy. 222 (= FGrH 415) does include …Matched in noteshighshort
α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved… and render the participles circumstantially into English thus suggests the interpretation: ... but he had been affected, both while pushing these things aside and laboring through his illnesses, and he continued prosperous the whole …Matched in noteshighshort
α2744ἈντιφῶνAntiphon… OCD4 Antiphon(2); DK 87. Probably identical with A. interpreter of dreams (alpha 2746). Opinion is divided over whether he is to be identified with A. the orator [alpha 2745], Antiphon of Rhamnus. [1] Or …Matched in noteshighshort
α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, Ammonius… sackcloth?) would seem to imply a humble origin, though other interpretations have been proposed' (OCD). [2] Porphyry, Against the Christians fr. 39 Harnack (Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 6.9.7).Matched in noteshighshort
α1706Ἀμφιβολίαambiguity, amphiboly… adverb meaning thrice. (The accentuation would differ in the two interpretations, however.) The Stoics distinguished various kinds of amphibolies (a)mfiboli/a is the general term for all ambiguities); this is the first of them, and …Matched in noteshighshort

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