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170 entries for Aeschylus

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α4499Αὐτοκόμουnatural-hairedAristophanes, in Frogs [writes] about Aeschylus: "bristling the shaggy-necked locks of his natural-haired crest." As [if] he said: enraged like a boar. "He [a lion] draws his whole brow downward."Matched in translationhighshort
α4516Αὐτόπρεμνονuprooted, pulled up by the roots… and branch, roots and all, or great. Aristophanes [writes] about Aeschylus: "charging in with his arguments uprooted, to scatter many wallows of words."Matched in translationhighshort
γ375Γομφοπαγῆ ῥήματαbolt-fastened expressionsMeaning very precise [ones], much-compounded [ones]. Aristophanes [is speaking] about Aeschylus.Matched in translationhighshort

α4499

Αὐτοκόμου

natural-haired

Aristophanes, in Frogs [writes] about Aeschylus: "bristling the shaggy-necked locks of his natural-haired crest." As [if] he said: enraged like a boar. "He [a lion] draws his whole brow downward."

Αὐτοκόμου· Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις περὶ Αἰσχύλου· φρίξας δ' αὐτοκόμου λοφιᾶς λασιαύχενα χαίτην. ὡς εἶπεν, ὀργισθεὶς ὥσπερ σῦς. πᾶν τὸ ἐπισκύνιον κάτω ἕλκεται.

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δ984Δι' ἔχθρας γενήσομαιI will become on hostile terms… but in the other I take pleasure." [Meaning I consider] Aeschylus wise, but I take pleasure in Euripides.Matched in translationhighshort

ε150ἘγᾦδαI myself know[Meaning] I myself recognize. Concerning Aeschylus: "I myself know this man and have examined him long since, a man who makes wild [characters]."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3158ἘσκοροδισμένοιςgarlickedAeschylus [writes]: "under no circumstances should you get near to these garlicked people." Meaning you will not engage with them since they are vehement and have become bitter, having partaken of garlic. From a …Matched in translationhighshort

ε3394ΕὐγένιοςEugenios, Eugenius… the emperor Anastasius. He wrote a colometry of lyrics by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides from 15 plays; On what the paeonic palimbaccheus is; On the formation of names for temples (e.g. Dionyseum, Asclepium); Assorted …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3581ΕὐμενίδεςEumenides, Kindly OnesAeschylus in Eumenides, speaking of the trial of Orestes, says that Athena soothed the Furies so as to end their hostility to Orestes, and named them Eumenides. There were three: Alekto, Mega[i]ra, Tisiphone.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3850Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve… that Sophocles] intends to sit out in reserve. And if Aeschylus should win, he will stay where he is. But if not, he will fight for his art." A 'reserve' is the one in …Matched in translationhighmedium

η104ἨδωνίςEdonis… named. Also [sc. attested is] 'Edon(i)ans', name of a people. Aeschylus [sc. uses the verb aigizein]. And the same [author] in Hedone also calls fawnskins this. See under aigizein.Matched in translationhighshort

α92Ἀβρότηdivine, holy… of death); and it is also a textual variant at (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 2 (applied to 'wilderness'). See also alpha 94. With the exception of this last instance (and contrary to the present entry), …Matched in noteshighshort

α96Ἁβροχίτωνdelicate-tunic'd… Greek Anthology 9.538; however, the word is first attested in Aeschylus, Persians 543, of beds (accusative plural: web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α99Ἁβρύνεταιputs on airs… of the famous appearances of the headword in Attic tragedy: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1205 (web address 1); Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1339 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α107Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇI exalt overmuch… Hysmine and Hysminias 11.23. For the LSJ entry, which cites Aeschylus and Sophocles for the accusative, see web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… was the first painter to make a theatrical skene (for Aeschylus).Matched in noteshighshort

α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning… 2); it is also attested in a general sense at Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 99 (web address 3).Matched in noteshighshort

α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded… plural occurs in a quotation (oi( qew=n a)gxi/sporoi: part of Aeschylus fr. 162). [2] Damascius fr.87 Zintzen (40 Asmus); cf. pi 1966.Matched in noteshighshort

α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air… paralleled in other lexica. (Used in reference to ants in (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 452-3.) [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 311 Pfeiffer (where the editor prints a lacuna between adjective and noun).Matched in noteshighshort

α1033Ἀκταίνεινto lift up, to raise… attested usage of the verb in tragedy, noted there (see Aeschylus, Eumenides 36 [web address 2], cited by Latte on Hesychius s.v., where the gloss is metewri/zein). See however Plato, Laws 672C (on the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1060Ἀλαλαλαὶ ἰὴ παίωνalalalai ie paion… Similar refrains occur in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 517; Aeschylus, Agamemnon 146; Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 154; Aristophanes, Acharnians 1212.Matched in noteshighshort

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… (LSJ entry at web address 3), but at phi 379 Aeschylus's nephew is nicknamed Halmion because of his bitterness, pikri/a. J. Taillardat discusses Aristophanes' use of 'vinegar' as a metaphor for a bitter character …Matched in noteshighshort

α1627Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροςsqueezers [are] a city's ruin… the myth as a whole. (A lost satyr play of Aeschylus, Dictyulci or Net-Draggers, apparently had much the same plot.) "Squeezers" or "drainers" are explained by Photius (Lexicon alpha1233) and Eustathius on the Iliad, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1634Ἀμοχθείtoil-free… has the gloss a)/neu po/nou and attributes the adverb to (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (line 208).Matched in noteshighshort

α1681Ἀμύντηςdefender… favourite of Herodotus' -- actually occurs in what survives of Aeschylus. They have, nevertheless, been registered as adespota of his. Note, however, that the adjective *ai)sxulhro/s (as opposed to *ai)xu/leios) occurs only here, and …Matched in noteshighshort

α2167Ἀνδρηλατεῖνto banish… Plato, Republic 565E); similar (longer) one in Photius. See e.g. Aeschylus, Eumenides 221, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α2187Ἀνδρόπαιςman-boy… Troilus). The term is also applied to (e.g.) Parthenopaeus in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 533. See also alpha 2706, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α2188Ἀνδροπλήθειαmen-multitude… to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword comes from Aeschylus, Persians 235.Matched in noteshighshort

α2212Ἀνεβόησεν οὐράνιονcried out heaven-high… o( dh=mos a)nebo/a (779) -- to stage a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides; cf. omicron 935.Matched in noteshighshort

α2316Ἄνεςgrant, send… of a)ni/hmi. [1] Dative of the beneficiary, as in (e.g.) Aeschylus, Choephori 489 ("grant me...").Matched in noteshighshort

α2574Ἀν' οὖς ἔχωνhaving up ears[1] A gloss on the headword phrase, which is Aeschylus fr. 126. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 674 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

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