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κ1724ΚλεομήδηςKleomedes, CleomedesEarly C5 BCE. Source: Pausanias 6.9.6-7 (web address 1). [1] An island in the SE Aegean, between Amorgos and Kos. [2] 'Ikkos' in Pausanias. [3] In Pausanias their deaths are merely implicit. [4] Of …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victoryAlso in Photius (Lexicon kappa11, from Pausanias the Atticist) and in several of the paroemiographers. What we call a Pyrrhic victory; cf. kappa 16, kappa 18. [1] Textually corrupt: Pausanias (see above) preserves the …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1406ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Tailed-men

κ1724

Κλεομήδης

Kleomedes, Cleomedes

From Astypalaia, he killed Kikkos of Epidauros during their [sc. Olympic] boxing-match and was stripped of his victory. Beside himself with grief, he returned to Astypalaia. But he attacked a school containing 60…

Κλεομήδης, Ἀστυπαλαιεύς, Κίκκον τὸν Ἐπιδαύριον ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τῇ πυγμῇ καὶ ἀφῃρημένος τὴν νίκην ἔκφρων ἐγένετο ὑπὸ τῆς λύπης καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν εἰς Ἀστυπάλαιαν. διδασκαλείῳ δὲ ἐπιστάς,…

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[1] Pausanias the Atticist kappa26, and similarly elsewhere (see the references at Photius, Lexicon kappa606 Theodoridis). For this nominative plural headword see already kappa 1405. [2] A fragment of hexameter poetry (Kinkel EGF p. …

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κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… 7.307C [7.79 Kaibel]; [Plutarch], Proverbs used by the Alexandrians 1.8; Pausanias, *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29; Libanius, Letters 332.2; Gregorius, Proverbs 2.90; Apostolius 9.76. In LSJ s.v. kestreu/s, it is glossed as "of those too …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1766ΚλειτόμαχοςKleitomakhos, Kleitomachos, ClitomachusFrom Pausanias 6.15.3-5 (abridged) and 10. (The join is rather brutal.) [1] Shorthand for the Isthmian Games, at Corinth; iota 638, iota 639. [2] Here "Pytho", i.e. the Pythian Games; pi 3137. [3] Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… the e)lai/a kalliste/fanos, the cultivated "Olive of the Beautiful Crown" (Pausanias 5.15.3). The Greek phrase does not indicate singular or plural. The singular denotes the tree as the source of the crowns, and the …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from KorykosSame entry in Photius (Lexicon kappa1330 Theodoridis), deriving from Pausanias the Atticist (kappa60), and similarly elsewhere, including Hesychius kappa4882 (more succinct); see Theodoridis' references, and further below. For Korykos see Barrington Atlas map 65 …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ149Κακὴ μὲν ὄψιςface [is] badSame entry in Photius, Lexicon kappa81 Theodoridis, deriving from Pausanias the Atticist (kappa4). [1] Menander fr. 441 Kock (5 Sandbach) -- though NB: in Stobaeus this quotation is attributed to another play (Dagger) by …Matched in noteshighshort

κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… Italioticum 26 Kassel-Austin] also in Photius (Lexicon kappa119 Theodoridis), from Pausanias the Atticist (kappa9); and cf. kappa 1703. The nominative plural headword (also attested as Killikyrioi and, probably best, killyrioi) must be quoted from …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ569Κατακαχρύσαιto grind roasted barley… the first person singular future katakaxru/sw (Photius kappa272, etc.), from Pausanias the Atticist; it is taken to come from Attic Comedy (Adespota fr. 357 K.-A.). cf. generally kappa 1155, kappa 1156, kappa 2753.Matched in noteshighshort

κ912Κατεγλωττισμένονtongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).… the names of such kisses in the Suda, Hesychius, Eustathius, Pausanias Atticista and Photius see the notes to mu 134. The rest of the entry illustrates the literary use of the term to mean …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1161ΚαιάδαςKaiadas… Thucydides 1.134.4 (the scholia to which supply the present sentence), Pausanias 4.18.4-5, and under beta 100 and beta 101.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1208Καίοιτοmight lie, might be located… burn", and as such might have been extracted from (e.g.) Pausanias 1.30.2, on Athenian torch-relay races. However, the gloss is nonsensical for this verb, and other lexica (see the references in Photius kappa574 Theodoridis) …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1209Καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύκουeven that of the wolfSame entry in Photius (from Pausanias the Atticist), and cf. a scholion on Plato, Phaedrus 272C, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1): Socrates refers to a proverb di/kaion ei)=nai kai\ to\ tou= …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1339Κεντρηνεκέεςspurred-on… the formula; it is frequently glossed, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Pausanias the Atticist, Hesychius, Orion [Author, Myth], the Etymologicum Magnum, and scholiasts. The wording of the present gloss (for the corresponding nominative singular) is …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1432Κεστρεῖςmullets… fasts" (see under kappa 1429); the wording is verbatim from Pausanias *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29. [5] So already kappa 1431.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1469Κεχωσμένοςheaped-up… e.g. Polybius 4.40.8 and later historiography (Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, Arrian, Pausanias).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1520Κημόςfunnel, muzzle… colts, muzzled with piping muzzles". Defined as a khmo/s in Pausanias the Atticist *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ and Hesychius s.v. au)lwtoi\ fimoi/: "piping muzzles: muzzles [khmoi/]; because bells are attached to the muzzles, and when …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1530Κῆρker, heart, spirit… in Argos until Koroibos, the Argive hero, killed her; cf. Pausanias 1.43.7-8 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1549Κηρύλοςkerulos, kerylos… address 1); cf. Photius, Lexicon kappa522 Theodoridis (s.v. kei/ruloi, from Pausanias the Atticist), and other references there. [1] The kerulos was a mythical sea-bird, identified with the alkyon (the Mediterranean kingfisher, Alcedo ispida, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1562ΚηφισίςKephisis, CephisisIn Boeotia. Homeric Hymns 3.280 (web address 1); Pausanias 9.13.3 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1620ΚίμωνKimon, Cimon… 72-73; Diodorus Siculus 11.60.5-11.62; Plutarch, Cimon 12.2-13.6; Nepos, Cimon 2.2-4; Pausanias 1.29.14, 10.15.4. [4] no/mw| pole/mou; cf. e)s xeirw=n no/mon a)pike/sqai at LSJ s.v. no/mos I.e.1. [5] These are the principal terms of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1695ΚιχλισμόςgigglingSame definition given in Pausanias the Atticist, the Synagoge, and Photius (Lexicon kappa750 Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1703ΚλαρόταιserfsSame or similar entry, deriving from Pausanias the Atticist, in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa758 Theodoridis. These are four excellent examples of "serfs" (klaro/tai or klarw=tai: literally men working a plot …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1786Κληρωτήριαallotment-machines… This was not a stoa, either grammatically or substantively, but Pausanias 1.3.3 does mention a stoa (unnamed) 'behind' the royal stoa, whose murals depicted Theseus. [4] Blepyros is trying to guess where Praxagora's kappa …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1805Κλιμακόεσσανstepped, having steps… epithet of Ithome (web address 1). This variant occurs in Pausanias' quotation of the Iliad passage, in Nonnus' Dionysiaca 18.56, and in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *iqw/mh.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1820ΚλιτόριονKlitorion, Clitorium, Kleitor, ClitorMore usually called Kleitor (cf. Pausanias 8.21.1 [web address 1]); cf. kappa 1767, kappa 1822.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1822ΚλίτωρKlitor, Kleitor, Cleitor, Clitor… a river in Arcadia were named (cf. kappa 1820 and Pausanias 8.4.5 [web address 1] and 8.21.1-2 [web address 2]).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1843Κλύμενοςfamous, heard-of; Klymenos… Klymenos as an underworld deity in his own right; cf. Pausanias 2.35.4. [2] Greek Anthology 7.9.7-8 (ascribed to a Damagetus), web address 2; 1071T in Bernabé et al.; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1863Κνηκίαςtawny one… knhki/as is attested only in Babrius (next note), but cf. Pausanias 6.10.7 for its Doric-dialect counterpart Knakias (one of a victorious chariot-team of horses commemorated in a statue that P. saw at Olympia). [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

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