Search
Filters (1)
Keyword
- definition41
- dialects, grammar, and etymology37
- poetry36
- biography34
- religion31
- geography28
- ethics22
- history20
- imagery19
- military affairs18
- historiography17
- women17
28 more
- daily life15
- epic13
- gender and sexuality13
- food12
- chronology11
- comedy11
- medicine10
- mythology10
- zoology10
- meter and music9
- trade and manufacture8
- botany7
- children7
- clothing7
- economics7
- politics7
- rhetoric7
- law6
- science and technology6
- agriculture5
- architecture5
- Christianity5
- philosophy4
- tragedy4
- constitution3
- aetiology2
- athletics1
- proverbs1
Letter
Vetting status
Length
Translator
- λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccups… Gow and Page (vol. I, ibid.); (vol. II, ibid.); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1219, alpha 1683, delta 1519, theta 519, kappa 751, kappa 1525, kappa 2628, omicron 51, pi 1457, …
- λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… the AP scribe designated J (the Lemmatist). Gow and Page further observe that while a)hdo/nes (nightingales) could well be interpreted metaphorically as a poetical legacy, they find attractive the suggestion of H. Stadtmüller (1845-1906), …
- λ329ΛεύκιοςLucius, Leukios… Livy 1.34 (web address 1). [3] Ancus Marcius, the legendary fourth king of Rome (640-617 trad.).
- λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… Damascus FGrH 90 F38 (preserved in Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus, On Virtues and Vices 1.340). In this version the impiety of Lykaon's people is emphasized; in other versions Lykaon himself is the impious figure and …
- λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrine… 2.86-87 no.209 lists the sources for this particular case. No further myths are associated with Leos, who is usually distinguished from the herald from Hagnous referred to at Plutarch, Theseus 13.2-3 (Emily Kearns, The …
- λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… probably a separate fragment included so as to provide a further instance of his wicked behavior.