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χ579ΧρυσόπολιςChrysopolisXenophon, Anabasis 6.6.38 (web address 1). [1] At the southern mouth of the Propontis (Sea of Marmora); Barrington Atlas map 52 grid E2.Matched in noteshighshort
χ321Χιτωνίσκουςshort tunics… presumably extracted from the quotation. cf. generally chi 320. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.13 (web address 1), with li/nou instead of the Suda's li/non; '... about as thick as a linen bed-sack'.Matched in noteshighshort
χ159ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, Chaerephon… scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 144, where he is mentioned. [1] Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.3.1-19, esp.18-19. This is Xenophon's account of a dispute between Chairephon and his brother Chairecrates. The reference to eyes, hands, and feet …Matched in noteshighshort
χ126Χαριτίαjest, jokeFeminine noun used in the accusative case by Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.13 (web address 1), which has presumably generated this entry.Matched in noteshighshort
χ303Χιλήfodder… 247 (according to Adler), Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the Suda's e(te/rhs ("other"). …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ340Χλιδήluxury… with trufh=s and other synonyms) in Plato, Symposium 197D. [3] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.54 (web address 1 below). This sentence is spoken by Cyrus, referring to his group of hardy Persians, remarkable given that the …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ199ΧερεκράτηςCherekrates… Chairekrates was a student of Sokrates (sigma 829), mentioned throughout Xenophon's Memorabilia. Chairondas was the Athenian eponymous archon (mentioned for dating purposes by Aeschines and Demosthenes) of the momentous year 338/7.Matched in noteshighshort
χ59ΧάλοςChalos, ChalusAbbreviated from Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.9 (web address 1), which adds that these fish were regarded as divine and were accordingly protected. The river 'Chalos' itself (again under phi 113) has been tentatively identified with …Matched in noteshighshort
χ305Χιλίαρχοςchiliarch; tribune… officer often given command of a garrison, as in e.g. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.1.14. But it is also used as the equivalent of the Latin tribunus militum (see LSJ s.v.), and in the present instance …Matched in noteshighshort
χ317Χιώνsnow… Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 50.9-11, 21-51.4. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.12-14. See web address 1.Matched in noteshighmedium

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