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λ96ΛαμπρίαςLampriasSon of Plutarch of Chaironeia. He wrote a Catalogue of the works his father had written on the entirety of Greek and Roman history.Matched in translationhighshort
λ798Λύκαιναshe-wolfAs e.g. in the story of Romulus and Remus (Plutarch, Romulus 2-4).Matched in noteshighshort
λ553ΛίμνοςLimnos, Limnus[1] That of a conspirator against Alexander the Great (in Plutarch, Alexander 49). [2] i.e. a masculine form of li/mnh, for which see lambda 551.Matched in noteshighshort
λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-Dorians… the term is attested in e.g. a proverb-collection attributed to Plutarch (where only Rhodes, not Knidos, is mentioned) and in ps.-Scylax, Periplous 62 (a variant tradition naming Erineos, Boion and Kytinion, in Doris, central …Matched in noteshighshort
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… part of it, from 'Antiochus' onwards, reproduces with minor changes Plutarch, Lucullus 28.8. This is perfectly true, but in fact the first part of it too seems to depend on that source: see notes …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ858ΛυσίαςLysias… theta 418. The phrase "with two brothers" garbles its source ([Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 835D): L. had three brothers in all, one of whom accompanied him. [4] A number calculated from the …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ636Λογάδηνpicked… like the ones quoted here (for a different one see Plutarch, Otho 6.4, of picked troops) implied not a choice of the best but resort to what could, faute de mieux, be picked up …Matched in noteshighshort

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