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μ455ΜελανιππίδηςMelanippides… to the Marmor Parium (Ep. 47, p.15 Jacoby). He was born, according to the Suda, between 520 and 517, and cannot then be identical with mu 454, as some scholars once argued. We cannot …Matched in noteshighshort
μ308Μαχλῶντεςacting wantonly… power of this evil commingling reveals those who have been born that way, when they are men". For related words see mu 305, mu 306, mu 307.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1333Μῶνsurely not?cf. mu 1332. [1] Aristophanes, Knights 185 (an exchange between the first slave and the sausage-seller: web address 1). Note the scholia there: mh\ eu)genh\s ei)= [He means:] "you're not well-born." [2] Likewise in …Matched in noteshighshort
μ227ΜαρσύαςMarsyas… OCD(4) s.v. Marsyas(2). His dates are uncertain: probably he was born about the same year as Alexander, that is 356 BCE. and died some time after 294. The few fragments of Marsyas' History of …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1140ΜιχαήλMichaelGeorge the Monk, Chronicon 792.7-18. [1] Michael II, born 770, emperor 820-829; founder of the Amorian dynasty. In 803 he served under Bardanes Tourkos, but deserted to Nikephoros I, who appointed him komes tes …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1154Μνημεῖονmemorial… and teacher of rhetoric at Rome (alphaiota 178). He was born at Praeneste, offspring of freedmen, and flourished under the reign of Septimius Severus (AD 192-211). He wrote in Greek and was admired for …Matched in noteshighshort
μ216ΜάρκοςMarcus, Markos… 1902) 278f. [3] Faustina. [4] An error: Marcus Aurelius was born in 121 and died in 180. [5] This whole entry, after the initial glossing, is in fact taken (with only slight changes) from …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1306ΜουσώνιοςMusoniusMu 1306 = Blockley, Eunapius fr. 29.[2]. This Musonius was born in Pamphylia (see OCD(4) s.v.), a region in southern Asia Minor, present-day Turkey (PLRE, p. 613, s.v. Musonius 2; cf. mu 208). He …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1430Μύωψhorse-fly; goad, spur… cf. Büttner-Wobst, p. 523.] [5] Epithet of the goddess Aphrodite, born in the east, and traditionally linked to the island of Cyprus, where her most prominent cults were located; see OCD(4) s.v. Aphrodite, kappa …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… out in 431 (Thuc. 2.22.3)? Or could he have been born in Athens and later followed Aristippus to Thessaly as his boyfriend? [2] This reading is also found at eta 223. It is not …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ67Μάκελλαmattock… Agamemnon 525-6; Sophocles fr.727) for the phrase and concept of 'Zeus's mattock'. Again at mu 1338.Matched in noteshighshort
μ504Μελίαιash [spears]… See another excerpt from this epigram at tau 418. For Zeus Panomphaios, see pi 205.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1474ΜύσκελλοςMyskellos, Myscellus… from the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 371, where the phrase '[Zeus] ought to rain from a clear sky' occurs.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ236ΜαρτύρομαιI call to witness, I protest… with scholion. [2] Aelian fr. 161 Domingo-Forasté (158 Hercher). On Zeus Xenios, see xi 37. [3] In Photius and the Lexica Segueriana, and alpha 3286 (whence it is copied here), have it the other …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ787Μετῆλθε τὴν ἄλοχονhe went to the wife… (which has no definite article: see web address 1), of Zeus impregnating Amphitryon's wife with Herakles.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1092ΜίνωςMinos… (and straightforward) version of this myth had Ganymede abducted by Zeus himself. See generally OCD4 Ganymedes.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ406ΜέδουσαMedusa… al. (17-19). cf. generally gamma 390 and pi 1372. [1] Zeus: see pi 1500. [2] The Vossianus manuscript omits the words "he despatched her", e)te/lesen au)th\n. [3] So the transmitted text, corrupt. The two …Matched in noteshighmedium