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16 entries for Douris, Duris

λ351Λεχώϊαbirthing, of childbirth[Meaning] those things which occur during delivery of a child. "But, maidens, you who are bringing birthing gifts to the girl, now pour warm tears on the cold grave."Matched in translationhighshort
λ340ΛεύκωνLeukon, Leucon(?)Hagnon's (son)(?), lived during the Peloponnesian [Wars]. Amongst his plays are these: Wineskin-bearing Donkey, Phratry-members.Matched in translationhighshort
λ713Λόχμαςthickets… like men. Also, "having rubbed oil upon [her] entire body during the day" she warmed herself in the sun in order to become tanned like a man.Matched in translationhighshort
λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… it all up into lint-bandages." The light produced from torches during wartime is called a beacon.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… clan, one of the orators selected to join Demosthenes. Irreproachable during his life, he died of a disease and left sons; but after they had become the object of malicious prosecution, the orator Demosthenes …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation[A phrase used] in reference to hardships. For during the Peloponnesian War the Athenians dispatched Nikias against everyone and laid siege to them so strenuously as to make them perish by starvation. And in …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… of Aphrodite, he thought he saw Aphrodite standing by him during the night, and saying this to him: 'Why are you slumbering, great-hearted lion? Fawns are close by'. With a start he realised that …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ183Λαῖλαψstorm… promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… battle with the enemy (Histories 2.5.4). But, according to Simocatta, during the retreat after defeat by the Romans, many of the Persians then died from over-hydration after finding water wells; cf. de Boor (78) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… his mockery. The extensive scholia by Arethas, archbishop of Caesarea during the early 10th century, echo the Suda's disgust over the De morte Peregrini (pp.216-220 Rabe). On this Byzantine polemic, which is sustained by …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ265ΛέωνLeon… not have written a history of Alexander if he died during the reign of Philip. See A. Woerle, Die politische Taetigkeit der Schueler Platons (Darmstadt 1981) 126-127.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… (in)famous for the conspiracy he launched against the Roman Republic during the year of Cicero's consulship (63 BCE), see generally Ernst Badian in OCD(4) s.v. 'Sergius(RE 23) Catilina', with bibliography. The main sources for …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… 2, web address 3, and web address 4 for Longinus during the reigns of Zeno and Anastasius. For the role of Isaurians such as Zeno and Longinus in the empire see Feld (below). [1] …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… capture of Spartan forces on Sphakteria in 425 BCE, i.e. during the Peloponnesian War (see Thucydides 4.8-41: web address 4); Sphakteria played no part in the Persian War. Adler notes that in the present …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ776ΛυγκεύςLynkeus, LynceusOf Samos, scholar, pupil of Theophrastus, brother of Douris the historian who was also tyrant of Samos. Lynkeus was a contemporary of Menander the comic poet and produced plays in competition against him and …Matched in translationhighshort
λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …Matched in translationhighmedium

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