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ε1020Ἐμπίςgnat… George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum line 64; Per l'incursione dei barbari 64 Tartaglia; on barbarian attacks on Constantinople: Avars in 612/614 and 623 and Persians in 609 and 615; cf. Tartaglia (161, note 13). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε837ἝλληνHellene, Greek… again in ps.-Zonaras). "Hellene" can mean Greek as opposed to barbarian, Gentile as opposed to Jew, pagan as opposed to Christian, Hellenistic Greek speaker as opposed to Attic speaker.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1367Ἐνθουσιώσαςpossessing, which possess… 3 fr. 38 Tartaglia (which should read "pleasures of the barbarian"). Tartaglia notes (233, n.92) that in fragments 37-40 the Pisidian aims to depict supposed Persian vices. See related entries at alpha 3542 note.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2031Ἐπεθείαζεwas putting on the god… is unplaced and lacks context that would help identify the barbarian leader. The location might suggest either Rome or Byzantion, inasmuch as both cities were built upon seven hills; Blockley (287, note 330), however, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3444Εὔερονfleecy, cushy… ('wooly'), which strict Atticists like Phrynichus (116) condemn as a barbarism. [2] Plato Comicus fr. 169 Kock, now 184 K.-A. (For Hyperbolus see under upsilon 245.) [3] The transmitted accusative here clearly should be …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… Nongreek (*Xronikoi\ kano/nes kai\ e)pitomh\ pantodaph=s i(stori/as *(Ellh/nwn te kai\ Barba/rwn). For an overview of this work, including the historiographical preface to the Canons, see Mosshammer [below], Introduction and Chapter 1, particularly pp. 15, …Matched in noteshighmedium