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282 entries for Alexander, Alexandros

ε1852Ἐξώστης ἄνεμοςdriving windSee e.g. Herodotus 2.113.1 (after abducting Helen, 'Alexander' (Paris) is blown off-course to Egypt).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1517Δρεπανηφόρα τέθριππαscythe-bearing four-horse chariots… Adler reports, in four of the manuscripts.) From an anonymous Alexander-historian: FGrH 151 F1 (section 12). For this Darius cf. delta 74. See also delta 1518. [1] For tethrippa cf. tau 238. [2] Reading …Matched in noteshighshort
α3751ἈραχώσιοιArachosians… satrapy with its capital at Old Kandahar. In 329 BCE Alexander the Great founded one of his several Alexandrias either on this very site (the orthodox view: see e.g. OCD(4) p.60, under 'Alexandria(3)') or …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2251Κῶμαdeep sleep, coma… excerpts made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus as the proximate source. (For Alexander sc. the Great see generally alpha 1121; for Antipater/Antipatros see generally alpha 2703, alpha 2704.) Gaisford connected this passage with kw=mos at kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2606Ἐπίστασθαιto understandFrom Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 380.5-7 (on Topica 130a19-22). [1] So the Suda version, but Alexander wrote 'itself' [au)to/]. [2] i.e. one has understanding. [3] i.e. one practices understanding.Matched in noteshighshort
α583ἈζέμιλκοςAzemilkos, Azemilcus, Azemilk… 1200] during the celebrated siege of it (332 BCE) by Alexander the Great.Matched in noteshighshort
α62Ἀβούλητον κακόνinvoluntary evil, undesired evil… somewhere. [2] For Aboulitos (or -tes), satrap of Susiana under Alexander the Great, see Plutarch, Alexander 68; Arrian, Anabasis 3.8.5, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
μ214ΜάρκοςMarcus… is drawn from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.9. This "Alexander" is Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), and Lucius calls him "my" king simply on the basis that he too was Greek. [3] Both …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι567ἹπποκράτηςHippocrates, Hippokrates… iota 564, and fully in delta 1497. [2] Wife of Alexander the Great: see rho 255 (and substantively alpha 1121). [3] He was assassinated by Cassander, together with Roxane and the crown prince Alexander …Matched in noteshighshort
χ398Χορείανchoral dance… statue), and Eustathius, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 8.376 (there as Alexander the ball-player). [6] Also glossed in ps.-Zonaras as the location of dancing and in Hesychius as a place where dancing is taught, an …Matched in noteshighshort
μ720Μεταξύamid, amidst, in the midst of… this adverb (and preposition) see already mu 719. [2] For Alexander, see generally alpha 1121 (etc.). "Black" Kleitos does not have his own Suda entry; kappa 1768 is a homonym. As regards this quotation, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2264Κωμικόςcomic writer, comedian… Its noun, dorufo/rhma, was applied several times by Plutarch (e.g. Alexander 77.7) to alpha 3874, Philip Arrhidaeus, the ineffectual elder son of Philip II of Macedon (and half-brother of Alexander the Great).Matched in noteshighshort
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… (see next note); neither of them, however, was killed by Alexander. [2] Approx. 15 feet, and thus twice the five-cubit height attributed to Poros (Arrian, Anabasis 5.19.1; Diodorus Siculus 17.88.4; Plutarch, Alexander 60.12, with …Matched in noteshighmedium
β15ΒαγώαςBagoas… cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 44 and 26. [1] A favorite of Alexander the Great; see Badian 1958; Bosworth 1988: 154; OCD(4) p.549, s.v. "eunuchs".Matched in noteshighshort
ι633Ἰσσικὸς κόλποςIssic gulf, gulf of Issos… Syria. For Issos itself, site of a famous victory by Alexander the Great in 333 BCE, see iota 662.Matched in noteshighshort
κ70ΚαθηγοῦμαιI act as guide, I lead the way[1] From Arrian's History of Alexander's Successors (FGrH 156 F6b).Matched in noteshighshort
β147Βασιλείαkingship… and the successors -- post 323 -- of his son Alexander the Great.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2335ΚρατερόςKrateros, CraterusOne of the marshals of Alexander the Great; died 321 BC. See generally OCD(3) s.v. Craterus. This entry = Jacoby, FGrH 156 fr.177 a-b = Arrian, Affairs after Alexander, frs.19 and 26. [1] cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
η563ἨρύγιονErygion, Erygium… initial vowel there is epsilon). An Erygyios was one of Alexander the Great's generals; as he orginated in Mytilene, a location on Lesbos is very tentatively possible.Matched in noteshighshort
μ301ΜαχάταςMachatas… father of Harpalus, boyhood friend (and eventually renegade treasurer) of Alexander the Great; cf. alpha 4000.Matched in noteshighshort
γ454ΓρήνικοςGrenikos, Granikos, Granicus, Graneikos… 342. The river later acquired celebrity as the site of Alexander the Great's first battle against the Persians, in 334 BCE. (Arrian, Anabasis 1.12-16; Diodorus Siculus 17.18-21; Plutarch Alexander 16). See in brief John …Matched in noteshighshort
μ369Μεγαλοπρεπήςmagnificent… 2.482.4. [2] Apparently (so Adler) reformulating the subsequent quotation from Alexander of Aphrodisias: see n. 4 below. [3] Eunapius fr. 98 FHG (4.54). The fragment is unplaced (Blockley, p. 150). [4] Alexander of Aphrodisias, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1332Δοκιμώταται τῶν πόλεωνmost renowned of the cities… tentatively suggests Symeon Metaphrastes or (in her addenda) the anonymous Alexander-history which is FGrH 151. But cf. under gamma 4.Matched in noteshighshort
α1935Ἀναλεξάμενοςhaving reviewed, having recovered… 320. [5] Cassius Dio 75.13.2; again at sigma 182. For Alexander, see alpha 1121.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1540ΔρωπίδηςDropides… archon 645/4 BCE; eponymous archon ?593/2 (Solon's brother); envoy to Alexander the Great 330 (Arrian, Anabasis 3.24.4).Matched in noteshighshort
γ339Γνώμηjudgement, opinion, proposition[1] Arrian, Affairs after Alexander fr.10 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F134). Presumably about Alexander himself; cf. Anabasis 7.27.3. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 169-170 (web address 1 below). [3] See gamma 336.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2066Κόραξcrow, raven[1] cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 114.10-11, and see generally e.g. S. Usher, Greek Oratory: tradition and originality (Oxford 1999) 2-4. [2] See kappa 171. [3] A species of military grappling-iron, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4000Ἁρπαλέοςgrasping, greedy… name, that of the fugitive treasurer (and boyhood friend) of Alexander the Great, who absconded to Greece -- eventually to Athens -- in 324 BCE with a large sum of money; the disappearance of …Matched in noteshighshort
μ617ΜένωI abide (by), I stand (by)… addenda and corrigenda she changed this to '151', an anonymous Alexander-history. In any event surely pertaining to the most celebrated Olympias of that (or any) era, the formidable mother of Alexander the Great. See …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1143ΔιογένηςDiogenes… already said that he died on the same day as Alexander the Great (in sc. 323).Matched in noteshighmedium

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