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237 entries for Euripides

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χ187Χελιδόνων μουσεῖαswallows' museums… what follows: "where the swallow squawks around Thracian lands." And Euripides [writes]: "a mass of ivy was creeping up, a well-grown shoot, a swallows' museum."Matched in translationhighshort
αι245Αἰόλανdarkening, discolouring… a long pastiche of a lament sung by Andromeda in Euripides' tragedy of that name (Andromeda fr. 7 Jouan-van Looy = 122 Nauck, 171a Mette; cf. scholia to Thesm. 1034, 1040). In Aristophanes it …Matched in noteshighshort
α1046Ἀκύμοναcalm, wave-less… in the accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 1444. The secondary one, nominative, comes from Euripides, Andromache 158; see the scholia there, and cf. Latte on Hesychius s.v. …Matched in noteshigh

χ187

Χελιδόνων μουσεῖα

swallows' museums

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who do foreign and barbarian things. For the [term] 'swallow' [is] applied to barbarians; for it implies 'Thracian swallow'. And in what follows: "where the swallow…

Χελιδόνων μουσεῖα· ἐπὶ τῶν βάρβαρα καὶ ἀσύνετα ποιούντων. καὶ γὰρ ἡ χελιδὼν ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρων· ἐπιφέρει γὰρ Θρηικίη χελιδών. καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς· οὗ περιβρέμεται Θρηικία χελιδών. καὶ…

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α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… other lexica. Latte on Hesychius s.v. considers it quoted from Euripides, Phoenician Women 23; it is certainly tragedic vocabulary. [2] Again, same equivalence in other lexica, including Photius. The noun in question has now …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4250Ἀστράγαλοςknucklebone, astragal… throws, some with colourful names, Stesichorus (4, 4, 1, 1), Euripides (6 x 4 + 4 x 4), basilicus (Suetonius, *Peri\ Paidi/wn 1.18-27, with Taillardat's notes, pp.155-60; Lamer 1946-60). The best known, Venus for …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι252ΑἴολοςAeolus, Aiolos… esp. 10.2: web address 1; cf. Virgil, Aeneid Book 1). Euripides devoted a lost tragedy to him. He is distinguished from the eponymous ancestor of the Aeolian people in the scholia to Odyssey 10.2; …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… more pitiable and win over the audience, he borrows from Euripides some tragic costumes, picking them from the most miserable ones. The paratragic invocation (for dio/pths see [Euripides], Rhesus 234; for kato/pths Aeschylus, Seven …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1256Δίπαλτοςdoubly-brandished, twice-brandished… a metaphorical one. *di/paltos is said of a thunderbolt in Euripides, Trojan Women 1103; the similar tri/paltos is referred to sufferings in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 990 tripa/ltwn phma/twn "manifold pains" (but the passage …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1370Δοξάσαιto suppose… in the Suda, and identify this as a line from Euripides' lost tragedy Aeolus (Euripides fr.118). [2] An approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 911-913 (Jocasta talking to the magistrates of Thebes); it contains not …Matched in noteshighshort

ε374Ἐκβακχευθείςfrenzied… literally means to drive into a Bacchic frenzy, see e.g. Euripides, Bacchae 1296 (web address 1); and cf. beta 53, beta 54.). For the phenomenon of bakcheia in general, see Ustinova 2018: 169-216. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1107Ἐνάλιαof the sea… epic and lyric poetry: cf. epsiloniota 153). Perhaps quoted from Euripides, Helen 1391: fe/rontes e)na/lia kteri/smata. [2] Either masculine/feminine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. If the former, possibly extracted here …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1571Ἐξαυδᾷspeaks out… verb e)cauda/w, and as such might be quoted from from Euripides, Hippolytus 590 (said of a boa/, "shout": web address 1). However, other lexica present the entry as made up of imperatives, and e)cau/da …Matched in noteshighshort

χ452Χραίνεινto stain… grammars, e.g. Hesychius s.v., ps.-Herodian 149; also the scholia to Euripides, Hecuba 366 (web address 1), where a form of the headword appears. (The present form perhaps comes from another passage in Euripides: Hippolytus …Matched in noteshighshort

α1172Ἄληθεςtruly… "Truly, o child of the rustic goddess?" Aeschylus says to Euripides, "do you [call] me these things, o gossip-collector, and beggar-maker, and rag-stitcher?" But "truth" [is] the opposite of falsehood. "Truth is the leader …Matched in translationhighshort

α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senselessA saying of Euripides in Bacchae. Also [sc. attested is] a)rgale/on ["painful"], [meaning] difficult. It is said from a)/lgos ["pain"], a)lgale/on with a change of lambda into rho. Something difficult was called "work" [e)/rgon] …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3893ἈρίσταρχοςAristarkhos, Aristarchos, Aristarchus… prove us better men. This Aristarchus was a contemporary of Euripides; he was the first to establish the length of play which is still current. And he produced 70 dramas, won with 2, and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4235Ἀστεῖοςurbane… man with a more/rather urbane act." Aristophanes says [this] about Euripides. Also [sc. attested is] a)stei/ous ["urbane men"], those speaking wittily, acting as citizens. [The verb] a)stei+/zesqai ["to speak wittily"] [is] more/rather euphemistic for …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… a bit. [His plays] were performed jointly with [those of] Euripides from the 83rd Olympiad.Matched in translationhighshort

δ430ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… Hera in Alexandria; others say that he robbed of its Euripidean aspirations the drama containing Ixion; others, that he quarrelled with his teacher Aristarchus, just as Ixion tried to act ungratefully towards the gods …Matched in translationhighmedium

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

ε53Ἐγεύσαντοtasted… some even tasted each other". Meaning [ate] themselves. So [say] Euripides and Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort

ε739ἙλλάνικοςHellanikos, Hellanicus… of] Amyntas, king of the Macedonians, during the time of Euripides and Sophocles. And he overlapped with Hekataios the Milesian. Hellanikos was born about the time of the Persian Wars, or a little before. …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1152Ἐν γυάλοισινin hollows[Meaning] in the caverns. "Hail, Euripides, in black-robed hollows of Pieria".Matched in translationhighshort

χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… in another appearance. Aristophanes [writes]: "from the hailstorms, o wretched Euripides, won't you [keep yourself clear]." Meaning from the violent words.Matched in translationhighmedium

χ481Χρηματίζειnegotiates, does business [with]… Aristophanes [writes]: "and the first order of business is concerning Euripides and what his punishment should be."Matched in translationhighshort

α23Ἄβατονinaccessible… (where Latte confidently asserts that the headword is quoted from Euripides, Bacchae 10).Matched in noteshighshort

α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable… The possibilities are numerous. (Latte on Hesychius s.v. confidently asserts Euripides, Alcestis 242.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable -- but perhaps from Plutarch, who has several instances of the idiom a)biw/tws e)/xein. [3] For this word …Matched in noteshighshort

α63Ἀβουλίαill-advisedness… Hesychius alpha171, where Latte claims the headword as quoted from Euripides, Medea 882 (accusative case there).Matched in noteshighshort

α70Ἁβρὰ βαίνωνwalking delicately… quotation given, but is more likely to be quoted from Euripides, Trojan Women 820. (So Latte on Hesychius s.v. and more tentatively Theodoridis on Photius s.v.) [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the …Matched in noteshighshort

α89Ἁβροσύνηsplendor… here seems to have been prompted by its occurrence in Euripides, Orestes 349 (so Latte on Hesychius s.v.); cf. the scholia there. cf. generally alpha 70, alpha 73, alpha 86, alpha 87, alpha 88. …Matched in noteshighshort

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