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Καβησός
Kabesos, Cabesus
… the Trojan ally Othryoneus, see Homer, Iliad 13.363 (quoted by
Strabo
13.1.40); and generally Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kabassos.
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9
Καβύλη
Kabyle, Cabyle
… it as a polis and cites Polybius 13.10. See also
Strabo
7.6.2 (320): "above Byzantium is situated the tribe of the Astai, in whose territory is a city [called] Kalybe (sic); there Philip the …
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203
Κάλανος
Kalanos, Calanus
… The principal sources on him are Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus, and
Strabo.
For this wine-drinking competition, which is said to have resulted in 41 fatalities, see Chares FGrH 125 F19; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.437A-B [10.49 Kaibel]; …
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204
Καλλάτις
Kallatis, Callatis
On the NW coast of the Black Sea. See
Strabo
7.5.12; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Barrington Atlas map 22 grid F5; present-day Mangalia in Romania.
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268
Κάλυμνος
kalymnos, calymnus
… also Homer, Iliad 2.677 (web address 1) with scholia, and
Strabo
10.5.19. [4] Apollodorus FGrH 244 F173.
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319
Κάνωβος
Kanobos, Canobus, Kanopos, Canopus
… (the eponymous founder of the city was Menelaus' helmsman K.:
Strabo
17.1.17) see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kanopos. The city (Barrington Atlas map 74 grid C2) was long sunken. Franck Goddio identified its exact …
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320
Κάνωπος
Canopus, Kanopos
… the note at kappa 319. [4] See kappa 319. Also
Strabo
17.1.16-18; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium 355.5-12. [5] This phrase is a Stoic maxim; translation quoted from alpha 1654; see there, esp. notes 2 …
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353
Κάραμβις
Karambis, Carambis
… of Paphlagonia (SE shore of the Black Sea). Mentioned by
Strabo
and others. Barrington Atlas Map 86 Grid D1; present-day Kerembe in Turkey.
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384
Κάρθαια
Karthaia, Carthaea
… of Byzantium rightly classifies it as a polis; and cf.
Strabo
10.5.6.
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460
Κάσπια ὄρη
Caspian mountains
… 461. [1] For 'Caspian Gates' cf. e.g. Diodorus Siculus 2.2.4;
Strabo
2.1.28, etc.; Arrian, Anabasis 5.25.5, etc; Barrington Atlas map 92 grid H1 (in present-day Iran); Encyclopedia Iranica at web address 1. [2] Apparently …
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469
Κάστωρ
Castor, Kastor
… been conflated with the Galatian ruler Castor, on whom see
Strabo
12.5.3; Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotaro. (On Deiotarus himself see OCD4 s.v.) [3] delta 1209.
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1227
Κεδρωσία
Kedrosia, Gedrosia
… the Suda, Diodorus Siculus and Agatharchides. Most other authors, including
Strabo,
Claudius Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium spell it 'Gedrosia'. The term normally describes a chora/territory, not a city. If a city is meant, …
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1319
Κενινήτης
Keninete
… at Judges 1:16. Alternatively [DW] a variant of Kananites. See
Strabo
14.5.14: Athenodorus son of Sandon is 'also called Kananites, after some village [sc. near Tarsus]'. Or [CR] a variant of Kaininetes, as in …
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1508
<20Κηλήτης
hernia-sufferer
… kh/lh, Attic ka/lh, "tumor, hernia": see LSJ s.v. Used in
Strabo
17.3.4, Cassius Dio 73.2.3, Galen 10.988 Kühn. The entry is paralleled in Phrynichus, ps.-Herodian, and other lexica. Adler regards the entry, lacking in …
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1580
Κίγκαλος
dabchick
… of ill-omen". However, the word also means snakeskin (and, in
Strabo
3.2.6, hare), and there seems a strong possibility that two (or even more) proverbs have become conflated here. See also lambda 218. For …
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1592
Κιθαρός
flatfish; chest
… Hippocrates), s.v. II "flatfish". The variant accentuation also appears in
Strabo
17.2.4, referring to the fish. The Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum attempt to derive the meaning "chest" from the kithara (kappa 1590), …
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1600
Κικονία χώρα
Kikonian territory, Ciconian territory
… plural *Kiko/nessi in the verse (web address 1). See also
Strabo
7.57; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid F3; and kappa 1601 and omicron 655.
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1955
Κολοφών
summit, top, colophon
… in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa902 Theodoridis.
Strabo
14.1.28 (web address 1) proffers an explanation for its second part: the city of Kolophon in Asia Minor (cf. kappa 1956) had such …
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2114
Κορύβαντες
Korybants
… as ecstatic male confraternities (web address 1), as discussed in
Strabo
10.3.19-22.
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2170
Κοτύωρα
Kotyora, Cotyora
On the southern shore of the Black Sea. See generally
Strabo
12.3.17; Barrington Atlas Map 87 Grid C4. Present-day Ordu. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.5.3 (web address 1). [2] Still Kotyora by the time of …
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2290
Κῷος πρὸς Χῖον
Coös against Chios, Coan against Chian
… from the same root as the adjective koi=los "hollow". At
Strabo
8.5.7 it means "cavern". Taillardat discusses these throws (see Bibliography), especially the effect of throwing Chios after Coös, and suggests, contrary to Hesychius …
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2299
Κωρυκαῖος
Korykaian, man from Korykos
… are the pirates and not just the informants is in
Strabo
14.1, Stephanus of Byzantium (Ethnica p.4-2 Meineke), and Zenobius 4.75, who also cited the passage from Menander as a proverb. Zenobius' version is …
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2310
Κωφότερος τοῦ Τορωνέος λιμένος
deafer than Torone's harbour
… is mentioned by e.g. Thucydides 5.2.2 (as conventionally emended) and
Strabo
7 fr.32; and the headword phrase itself is believed to come from Attic comedy (Fragmenta adespota 943 K.-A.). [3] Likewise Zenobius 4.68. [4] …
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2343
Κρατήτειος
Krateteian, Cratetian
… speaking, that of anyone of this name; in practice (in
Strabo
and elsewhere) pertaining to kappa 2342.
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2376
Κρεώφυλος
Creophylus, Kreophylos
… by Heracles. For an ancient summary of this dispute see
Strabo
14.1.18.
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2401
Κρηστωνία
Krestonia, Crestonia
Mentioned in
Strabo
(7 fr.41) and elsewhere. An area of Thrace/Macedonia (nowadays northern Greece); Barrington Atlas map 50 grid C3. Herodotus and Thucydides, amongst others, use the adjective *krhstwniko/s.
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2406
Κρήτη
Crete, Krete, Kriti
See
Strabo,
Geography 1.4.2, at web address 1.
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2453
Κρίτων
Kriton, Criton, Crito
… this very ethnikon (otherwise attested only in the plural in
Strabo
9.5.22), in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [2] Not even fragments of any of these works survive, and indeed the present entry is the …
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2455
Κρόβυζοι
Krobyzoi, Crobyzi
Of eastern Europe, north of the Danube.
Strabo
7.2.12, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., and see already zeta 17. (See also kappa 2456.)
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2482
Κρότωνος ὑγιέστερος
sounder than a tick; sounder than Croton
… other sentence is unknown. Eustathius, on the other hand, follows
Strabo
6.1.12.31f. and argues (Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 369.18-32, cf. Commentary on the Odyssey 2.147.23-30) that the phrase refers to the proverbial athletic training …
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