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χ88Χαραδραῖος λέωνravine lion… For ravines cf. chi 86, chi 87. [1] According to Apollodorus (2.4.9-10), Heracles in his youth, before killing the Nemean lion as part of his labors, killed a lion that was roaming Mt. Cithaeron …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… "from all around, on every side". See LSJ. [3] i.e. Apollodorus the grammarian (alpha 3407). This etymology, also implied in the following sentence, was supported by Boisacq, but is today rejected (e.g. Ernout-Meillet) in …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι776ἼφιτοςIphitos, Iphitus… e.g. Homer, Odyssey 21.14ff; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.86 & 207; Apollodorus, Library 2.6.1-2. (3) I. the king of Elis, known for the contribution he made (following an oracle's command, as the legend says) to …Matched in noteshighshort
α4536Αὐτόχθονεςfrom their own soil, autochthonous… sources in full, chiefly Demosthenes 19.261 (web address 1) and Apollodorus FGrH 244 F106). [2] Same material in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
μ453Μελανίωνος σωφρονέστεροςmore restrained than Melanion… by Antiphanes; and see also e.g. Xenophon, On Hunting 1.2.7; Apollodorus 3.9.Matched in noteshighshort
κ371Καρδιώττεινto have heartburn, to have stomach-ache… present active infinitive (Attic and Doric form) of kardiw/ssw. [1] Apollodorus FGrH 244 F213, on Epicharmus fr. 202 Kaibel (now 204 K.-A.; see also their testimonium #34). [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.8; cf. beta 440.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1009Κατευθικτήσαςhaving hit exactly… also found only once, of finding the range with artillery (Apollodorus of Damascus, Poliorcetica 144.11 Wescher). The adjective eu)/qiktos and its adverb are, however, somewhat commoner, usually of a witticism that hits the mark …Matched in noteshighshort
ε378Ἐκβιβάσαςbringing out… wife of Tereus. For an account of the myth, see Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.193-5 (web address 1). [3] Aristophanes, Birds 659-660 (web address 2); cf. pi 896. [4] This clarification comes from the ancient scholia …Matched in noteshighshort
λ546ΛιμηράLimera… 3.23.6 & 10), but see Strabo 8.6.1 (web address 1): "Apollodorus observes that this city, because it has a good harbour [limen], was called limenera, which was abbreviated and contracted to limera, and its …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1546ΔρύοπεςDryopes… Theiodamas and slaughtered the ox. See Pherecydes FGrH 3 F19); Apollodorus 2.7.1; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1212ff.; Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 160ff.Matched in noteshighshort
μ468Μελεαγρίδεςguinea-fowl, meleagrids… For Meleager [Author, Myth] see no.1 under mu 469. In Apollodorus his mother Althaia and wife Kleopatra hang themselves after his death, while other unspecified women are transformed into birds. [1] Not that of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2053Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματιto carry a spear at the funeral and to make an announcement at the memorial… hunt, by a javelin thrown by her husband Kephalos. See Apollodorus, Library of Greek Mythology 3.15.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victory… preserves the missing name, Lycus (FGrH 380 F5). See also Apollodorus, Library 3.24.Matched in noteshighmedium
β265ΒηρούνιονBerounion, Virunum… 560). [3] For the story of the Calydonian boar, see Apollodorus, The Library 1.8.2-3 (told in the context of the story of the death of Meleager [Author, Myth]).Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… and khlw/nion to mean "swing-beam" (in gardening, or sieges): khlw/nion: Apollodorus of Damascus, Poliorcetica p. 162 Wescher; Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon s.v. kh=la, Hesychius s.v. khlw/nia; khlw/neion: Aristophanes fr. 679 Edmonds, Pollux 7.143, Hesychius s.v., …Matched in noteshighshort
λ843Λύπηpain, distress, vexation… 2.90, ed. Wachsmuth). [2] These words belong to the Stoic Apollodorus (see Diogenes Laertius 7. 118). The excellent person is the sage who, according to the Stoics, is free of passions or emotional states …Matched in noteshighshort
α4309ἈταλάντηAtalante, Atalanta… s.v., p.191) and in most accounts, such as that of Apollodorus, the wife of Akastos is named Astydameia: cf. under epsilon 2132. Paradiso [below] unravels the complex source-background which lies behind that entry, the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, Abantian… the twins Akrisios and Proitos (Pausanias 2.16.2 (web address 1); Apollodorus, Library 2.2.1 (web address 2)). [3] This term is used by (e.g.) Ovid both for an actual son of Abas (Metamorphoses 4.607 (Acrisius): …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicism… Cynics. [1] Actually, this definition belongs to the Stoic philosopher Apollodorus: see Diogenes Laertius 7.121, and kappa 2711. [2] Diogenes of Sinope (c.445-360): delta 1143. Despite what the Suda says, it is uncertain whether …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… men by women (lambda 450), was the better known. See Apollodorus 1.9.17 at web address 1. [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1039Κατηγόρημαpredicate… Stoics' semantic theory. [1] This definition belongs to the Stoic Apollodorus (D.L. 7.64). For the translation of pragma by 'state of affairs', see alpha 2827, note 2. [2] Or 'what is signified'. [3] That …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3585ΕὔμολποςEumolpus, Eumolpos… Persephone, is found in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (and Apollodorus 1.29-32). Celeus, ruler of Eleusis in the Hymn, accepts the disguised Demeter as a nurse for his son Demophon. [6] For this genre …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… of Ajax: Sophocles, Ajax 1285-87 (web address 1). Late sources (Apollodorus 2.8.4; Pausanias 4.3.3) tell of how Cresphontes (kappa 2377), Temenus and the sons of Aristodemus cast lots to divide the Peloponnese among themselves. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… = 42A White. [7] Euripides' play is lost, but see Apollodorus 3.13.8: P. was blinded by his father Amyntor after Phthia, Amyntor's concubine, falsely accused him of having seduced her. (He was later cured …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ568ΧρύσιπποςChrysippus, Chrysippos… first, D.L. takes the testimony of Hermippus (fr.51 Mueller) and Apollodorus (fr.46 Jacoby). For the second, he explains the situation that produced Chrysippus' laugh: seeing a donkey eating some figs, he suggested that the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… being turned into the wolf (lykos) which echoes his name. Apollodorus, also, credits him with 'fifty' sons, though Pausanias (8.3.1-5) could name only 28. For the myth and primary source references, see Graves (1955), …Matched in noteshighmedium