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ι
574
Ἵππον εἰς πεδίον ἄξεις
you will lead a horse into a plain
Synesius, Letter 155 (293c Hercher), without the 'you will lead',
and
variations in the paroemiographers. See the translation of
A.
Fitzgerald
at
web
address
1. For the general idea see
already
iota 527. [1] …
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ι
448
Ἰουστῖνος
Ioustinos, Justinus, Justin
… 33; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca c. 125. [1] Justin the Philosopher,
also
known
as
Justin the Martyr: Catholic Encyclopedia entry
at
web
address
1; works in
Ante-Nicene
Fathers, vol. 1, web
address
2. [2]
Antoninus
…
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ι
690
Ἱστίον σαπρόν
a ragged sail
[1] From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Knights 918 (web
address
1). (The quotation is corrupted here:
a)nti\
tou= should be
a)/n.)
For sails, see
also
iota 689, iota 691, iota 692, iota 693. [2] …
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ι
516
Ἱππαλεκτρυόνος
of a gryphon
Literally 'horse-cockerel'; mentioned in
Aristophanes
(Frogs 932
and
937: web
address
1; Birds 800: web
address
2; Peace 1177: web
address
3).
Aristophanes
borrows the word from
Aeschylus'
Myrmidons (fr. 134). The headword here …
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short
ι
527
Ἱππέας εἰς πεδίον προκαλῇ
you are calling the cavalrymen onto a plain
More fully in Photius, Lexicon iota163 Theodoridis (where
a
source is cited: Plato, Theaetetus 183D);
and
proverbial in
Apostolius
9.13, etc. For the general idea see
again
iota 574.
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short
ι
355
Ἱμητόν
drawn from a well
… The headword comes from i(ma/w; cf. iota 331, iota 359,
and
see
also
alpha
2470. [2] cf. scholion on
Aristophanes,
Frogs 1297; see
also
iota 356, iota 357, iota 358. [3] Quotation unidentifiable, though …
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short
ι
160
Ἱέρατο
was a priest
[1]
Actually
the imperfect, middle/passive, third person singular, of the verb i(era/omai (LSJ entry
at
web
address
1);
attested
only here. Other instances of misinterpretation of verbal forms occur
at
alphaiota
323, delta 1250, …
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ι
36
Ἰανοκρήδεμνος
fine-veiled, with a fine veil
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras
and,
according
to
Adler,
the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. Same headword (with different glossing) in Hesychius iota60. The headword itself seems to come from
Alcman
(fr. 177 sub-fr. 1.1, but rough breathing …
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short
ι
219
Ἰῇ μιᾷ
with a single cry
… quoted from somewhere. For the gloss cf. Hesychius s.v. i)h/
and
the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.319. For the poetic noun i)h/ (Ionic) or i)a/
(Attic),
see iota 1
(and
iota 71).
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short
ι
530
Ἵππευε
ride on horseback, be a horseman
Present imperative of i(ppeu/w; from
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1406, where it occurs.
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short
ι
199
Ἱέρων
Hieron, Hiero
After
the short opening clause the entry follows (with only minor variations) Polybius 7.8. See
also
Polybius 1.8-9; Livy 24.34; Pausanias 6.12.2-4. For Hieron II of Syracuse cf.
already
under epsilon 2426,
and
see …
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medium
ι
501
Ἰωσαφάτ
Jehoshaphat, Jehosaphat
… six figures named Jehoshaphat. This one would be the fifth,
as
follows: "The son
and
successor of
Asa,
king of Judah.
After
fortifying his kingdom
against
Israel (2 Chronicles 17:1, 2), he set himself …
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ι
463
Ἰωάννης
Ioannes, Joannes, John [Chrysostom]
… omits the basic biographical details which we would expect in
an
encyclopedia, briefly mentioning his priesthood
at
Antioch
and
his elevation to the episcopate. We
are
assumed
to know that his episcopate was served …
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ι
545
Ἱππίας
Hippias
For Hippias see
also
iota 544. [1] Greek
Anthology
7.259
(ascribed
to Plato),
an
epitaph for Eretrians buried in Persia; cf. Page (171-173). The
ancient
city of Susa (Sousa) was located in the lower …
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ι
564
Ἱπποκράτης
Hippocrates, Hippokrates
See generally OCD(4) s.v. Hippocrates(2). The
author
of the present Suda entry probablt took his information from
an
epitome of the Onomologos of Hesychius of Meletus (C6 CE). See J. Rubin Pinault (below) 18-21 …
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long
ι
320
Ἴλιον
Ilion, Ilium, Troy
… bipartite entry confounds the city of Ilion -- built on
a
spur of Mt. Ida overlooking
a
fertile horse-breeding plain (called the Troad), whose great walls protected the citadel Pergama
and
the palace of …
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ι
544
Ἱππίας
Hippias
Aelian
fr. 77 Domingo-Forasté (74 Hercher). On Hippias the
Athenian
tyrant see
also
iota 545. [1] On this episode see R. Drew Griffith, "Hippias' Missing Tooth (Hdt.6.107)," The
Ancient
History Bulletin 8.4 (1994) 121-122. …
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medium
ι
200
Ἱερώνυμος
Hieronymos, Hieronymus
After
the initial clause, this entry is
an
approximation
of Polybius 7.7
(as
preserved in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, On Virtues
and
Vices 2.102.20-2.103.20). More precisely: the first part, from "Some of the historians..." down to …
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medium
ι
63
Ἰατρός
doctor
[1]
Aristophanes,
Wealth [Plutus] 407, with scholion. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.514 (with epic/Ionic i)htro/s). [3]
Alexander
of
Aphrodisias,
Commentaries on
Aristotle's
Topica 561.12-13. [4]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 332, with scholion. On Hippocrates, see iota 564. …
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ι
80
Ἴβυκος
Ibykos, Ibycus
OCD(4) s.v.;
a
western Greek poet of choral lyric, 6th c. BCE. See
already
iota 77, iota 78, iota 79. [1] Not otherwise known. [2] Present-day Reggio di Calabria, in southern Italy;
a
Doric-speaking …
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ι
464
Ἰωάννης
Ioannes, John
c.
AD
490-570s. See generally RE Ioannes(21); OCD4 Philoponus. [1] The work
against
Proclus is the treatise
Against
Proclus on the Eternity of the World; the work
against
Severus is unidentified.
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short
ι
521
Ἵππαρχος
Hipparchus, Hipparchos
Second half of the second century BCE. (His recorded observations
are
datable to the years 147-127.) See generally OCD(4) s.v. Hipparchus(3);
also
web
address
1
and
web
address
2.
Although
the frequency
and
respect …
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ι
50
Ἴασος
Iasos, Iasus
A
city in Caria (present-day Turkey), once
an
island, now joined to the mainland; Barrington
Atlas
Map 61 Grid F3; OCD(4) s.v. Iasus.
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ι
436
Ἰουλιανός
Ioulianos, Iulianus, Julian [of Halicarnassus]
Julian, bishop of Halicarnassus, was
a
leader of the Monophysites in the 6th century: biography
at
web
address
1. On Severus of
Antioch,
see
alpha
852, sigma 271. [1] cf. Photius, Bibliotheca p.105a35 sqq. …
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ι
588
Ἱππώναξ
Hipponax
… entry is the main source of biographical information on Hipponax.
A
similar story is given more fully by Pliny, Natural History 36.5, with
a
date in the 60th Olympiad (540-537); see J.J. Pollitt, The …
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short
ι
769
Ἴφικλος
Iphiklos, Iphiclus
… several figures in Greek mythology. The one in question here,
as
is clear from the remainder of the entry (which is paralleled in Homeric scholia), is the one briefly mentioned in Homer, Iliad 23.636: …
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ι
191
Ἱερὸς πόλεμος
sacred war, holy war
From the scholia to
Aristophanes,
Birds 556, where the headword phrase occurs (web
address
1). Dunbar
ad
loc. (p.377):
'"a
sacred war" would to
an
Athenian
ear recall the events of the second Sacred …
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short
ι
103
Ἰδίαν
private
Abridged
from Harpokration s.v. The headword
adjective
is feminine
accusative
singular. cf. iota 111, iota 121. [1] Demosthenes 54.1, describing
a
lawsuit (web
address
1). [2] Harpok. cites Demosthenes 32.32 for this (web
address
…
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short
ι
607
Ἶσα βαίνων Πυθοκλεῖ
keeping pace with Pythokles
The first paragraph here is
abbreviated
from Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 19.314; cf. omicron 1027. Pythokles Pythodorou was one of
Aeschines'
political
associates
(and
thus one of Demosthenes' opponents). [2] Menander fr. 708 Koerte …
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short
ι
647
Ἰσμηνίας
Ismenias
Besides being textually clumsy, this entry contains
a
major substantive error. The entry derives from Harpokration s.v. (commenting on the
appearance
of the name in Lysias fr. 117 Sauppe, now 159 Carey OCT),
and
…
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