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- γ324ΓναθωνίδηςGnathonidesi.e. son of Gnathon. A character of this name appears in the Timon of Lucian (and not elsewhere).
- γ203Γέρων πίθηκος οὐχ ἁλίσκεται πάγῃan old ape is not caught in a trap: he is caught but it takes time for him to be caught… 5.93 these two iambic trimeters are lines of dialogue, with character B refining what character A has said. [1] See already gamma 202, with fox for ape.
- γ314Γλυκύθυμοςsweet-spirited… Homer, Iliad 20.467. Aristophanes uses the word in the sense "charming the mind" (Lysistrata 551, Clouds 705); cf. alpha 3072 = upsilon 443.
- γ277Γλάμωνbleary-eyed… cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 588, quoted below. (For Charon [Author, Myth], who has appeared earlier in the play, see chi 135.) [2] Sophocles fr. 396 Radt. The adjective in this quotation is …
- γ264Γιγαντώδηςgiant-like… Minores vol.1. p. 218; Blockley, Eunapius fr. 18.[3]. Apparently about Charietto(n) (chi 109).
- γ445ΓράψομαιI will indict… will have understood the term "indict" as one indicating a charge that any citizen could bring on behalf of the whole community (cf. gamma 439, gamma 440).
- γ116Γέλως πλατύςbroad laughter… (45), and beta 372. On Kardarigan see PLRE IIIa s.v. Cardarigan(1).
- γ436ΓραφεύςdrawerCarelessly (see n.2 below) abridged from Harpokration s.v. [1] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 996 (web address 1); cf. lambda 439. [2] Demosthenes 21.147 -- where in fact we find noun, not verb: web address 2. (Harpok. …
- γ280Γλαῦκοςgrey, Glaukos, Glaucus[1] For a better attempt to characterize the color glaukos see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). [2] The source now becomes Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [3] On Glaukos of Karystos (in Euboia) see further …
- γ170ΓεώργιοςGeorgios, Georgius, George… See also PLRE IIIa s.v. Georgius Pisides 54 and Tartaglia Carmi. [1] i.e. the six days of creation, in Genesis.
- γ24Γαλέαgalea… Aristotle, History of Animals 489b6). In addition to 'small', Aelian characterizes it as 'short... it blinks its eyes... has pupils similar to the color of blue enamel... a barbel ... it lives in the …
- γ439Γραφήpublic-suit, graphe… the (much rarer) grafh\ no/mon mh\ e)pith/deion qei=nai ('public-suit [sc. charging] that a law had not been suitably framed').
- γ32ΓαληνόςGalenos, Galenus, Galen… reigned 192-193. See V. Nutton, 'The Chronology of Galen's Early Career', Classical Quarterly 23 (1973), 158-171. [2] cf. gamma 30, gamma 31, and see generally LSJ s.v.
- γ428Γραῦςhag… the top of the grau=s [sc. hag]" (the hag is carrying pots on her head). [2] Greek Anthology 6.203.1-3 (Lacon or Philip); cf. delta 959, pi 883. pi 3256. On this epigram, wherein an …
- γ412Γωνίαcorner… have transposed the e)/sti. [4] Lysias fr.158 Sauppe, now 210 Carey OCT. The case was one of wounding by premeditation (and the several other citations of it do not query Lysianic authorship). [5] Aristophanes, …
- γ25Γαλεάγραweasel-trap, iron-maiden… to the death of Regulus at the hands of the Carthaginians), or Cassius Dio 59.10 (on the abuses of Caligula). The use of the word dieirgme/nhn is puzzling here since it should normally mean …
- γ22ΓαλάτειαGalateia, Galatea… Metamorphoses 13.738-897 is the earliest surviving account to include the character of Acis, a youth to whom Galateia is devoted until he is killed by Polyphemus and transformed into the Sicilian river that bears …
- γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… and distinguishes it from enigma as having not only the character of a game but also a serious side. The person solving the riddle received a particular portion of meat, the loser(s) had to …