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γ484Γυμνικοὶ ἀγῶνεςgymnastic contests… in the quotation given. [1] Or perhaps, more exactly, 'in Persepolis'; see LSJ s.v. *Pe/rshs, I.b. [2] The quotation reappears at eta 45, and cf. epsilon 322. Adler tentatively attributed it to Eunapius; now …Matched in noteshighshort
γ411ΓωβρύαςGobryasThat of several high-ranking Persians prominent in the C6 and C5 BCE, such as one of the seven regicides in Herodotus 3.70-79 (web address 1), who advised Darius against the Scythian campaign (Herodotus 4.132 …Matched in noteshighshort
γ44Γάμβρειος στολήGambreian garb… Kaibel): "Themistocles received as a present from the King [of Persia] Lampsacus for wine, Magnesia for bread, Myus for fish, and Percote and Palaescepsis for bedding and clothing. And he also told him to …Matched in noteshighshort
γ390ΓοργόνεςGorgons… 391, gamma 392, gamma 393, gamma 394, gamma 395. For Perseus see pi 1372.Matched in noteshighshort
γ116Γέλως πλατύςbroad laughter[1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.2.1; on the Persian military commander Kardarigan's contempt for his scouts' report that the Romans had established a secure camp nearby (spring of 586); cf. de Boor (72), Whitby (45), …Matched in noteshighshort
γ410ΓώβαριςGobaris… Gobares is given as a variant. Either way, it sounds Persian.Matched in noteshighshort
γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… 2.1.21 (web address 3). [8] From the description of the Persian battle-order at the battle of Kounaxa: Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.9 (web address 4).Matched in noteshighmedium
γ266Γίγις ΓίγιδοςGigis, GigidosThat of a Persian maid mentioned in Plutarch, Artaxerxes 19 (following Ctesias); she helped her mistress, queen Parysatis, poison a rival. The second element in the headword gives the genitive case.Matched in noteshighshort
γ91Γέγηθεis rejoicing… The headword -- perfect (with present sense) of ghqe/w, third person singular -- is attested in many authors from Homer and Euripides, but seems to be quoted here from Oppian, Halieutica 2.458; the gloss …Matched in noteshighshort
γ74Γαυνάκας ἀμπεχόμενονcloaked in mantles… gaunaka (also kaunaka, Latin gaunaca) is a thick mantle of Persian or Babylonian origin (cf. Assyrian "gaunakka"); see kappa 1137. Clement of Alexandria mentions them at Paedagogus 2.9.77.1.Matched in noteshighshort
γ454ΓρήνικοςGrenikos, Granikos, Granicus, Graneikos… the site of Alexander the Great's first battle against the Persians, in 334 BCE. (Arrian, Anabasis 1.12-16; Diodorus Siculus 17.18-21; Plutarch Alexander 16). See in brief John Lazenby in OCD(4) p.626 (s.v. Granicus -- …Matched in noteshighshort
γ422Γραμματιστήςgrammarian… 465 note) for Chosroes (cf. chi 418) as the attacking Persian king demands a ransom from the city; cf. Kaldellis (86). See additional context at alpha 2363, alpha 2461, alpha 3035, alpha 3485, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
γ461Γρῦgrunt, ugh… about to be quoted, and to Knights 877 (where a personage with the name 'Gruttos' is referred to: web address 2); Hesychius gamma938; Anecdota Graeca I (Bekker) 228.2; Theognostos in Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.19.20. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… 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 drink salted water. Athenaeus cites with evident pleasure many riddles …Matched in noteshighshort

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