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Λαύρειον
Laureion, Laurium
cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 362 ('mines') and Birds 1106 ('Laureotic owls'). In classical usage the word me/tallon would be a mine (see e.g. at mu 704) -- in this instance a silver-mine; …
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470
Λῆρος
dementia, delirium
… contrast Suetonius, *peri\ blasfhmiw=n 4.84, derives it from li/an r(w=
"talk
a lot".
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λ
569
Λίνος
Linos, Linus
[1] sc. than lambda 568. cf. Pausanias 9.29.9: "other
tales
are told by the Thebans, how that later than this Linus there was born another, a teacher of music called the son of Ismenias, …
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604
Λίσποι
smooths; half-dice
… also lost his arse would appear to be a folk
tale
rather than a religious myth. See also the preceding entry, lambda 603, based on the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 826. [1] See alpha …
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726
Λώϊον
bonnier
… the lines must have been written by a poet more
talented
than either of the Antipaters. For the masculine noun krwgmo/s (caw, croak), see also kappa 2491.
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775
Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπειν
to see more sharp-sightedly than Lynkeus
… to the future dolofonh/sonta ["intending/about to murder treacherously"]? This would
tally
with the version in the scholia to Pindar, Nemean 10.114b -- where Lynkeus sees Kastor waiting in ambush for Idas, and tells Idas, …
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