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α4507ΑὐτόλυκοςAutolykos, Autolycus… 338 BCE. The Suda's source here, Harpokration s.v., records that Lycurgus was his prosecutor (Lyc. fr. III.1a Conomis, and cf. Lyc. Against Leocrates 53 [web address 1]). [3] Also in the Synagoge and Photius. …Matched in noteshighshort
β466ΒουτάδηςBoutadai-man… aristocratic and priestly clan (genos) of the Eteoboutadai (epsilon 3283). Lycurgus (lambda 825) -- who has perhaps generated this entry -- was a member of both.Matched in noteshighshort
δ258ΔερκυλλίδαςDerkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas… a bachelor, in a Spartan state which encouraged marriage (Plutarch Lycurgus 15.2).Matched in noteshighshort

α4507

Αὐτόλυκος

Autolykos, Autolycus

This man was an Areopagite and was convicted of removing his relatives to a place of safety during the Chaironeia crisis, and the jurors condemned him. [Sc. also attested is] autolykoi, poor men, in effect those serving…

Αὐτόλυκος· Ἀρεοπαγίτης οὗτος ἦν καὶ τοὺς οἰκείους ὑπεκτιθέμενος ἐν τοῖς Χαρωνικοῖς ἑάλω, καὶ κατεψηφίσαντο αὐτοῦ οἱ δικασταί. Αὐτόλυκοι, πένητες, οἷον αὐτοδιάκονοι.

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

William Hutton1

William Hutton1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

δ1007Διήλλαξενaltered[1] In Lycurgus fr.34 Conomis, cited from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… (e.g. Polybius 5.62.3) is used especially in imperial prose: Plutarch, Lucullus 2.4; Appian, Mithridatica 17. Appian also (Illyrica 7) identifies the di/krota with the Roman naves Liburnicae, as [Lucian], Amores 6 tw=n dikro/twn, oi(=s …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… marketplace is self-evident, but such idioms as ei)s a)gora\n e)mba/llein (Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 5) are also used in the sense of "being a citizen"; and in the present instance the use of diw/kein highlights …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1513Δραστήριοςeffective, efficient, energetic… in character portrayals of great men by Plutarch (Antonius 42.2, Lucullus 6.2, Nicias 16.9, Pericles 19.3, Phocion 6.3, Timoleon 3.7) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It exemplifies well the overtones of the verb dra/w (delta …Matched in noteshighshort

ε256Ἑδωλιάσαιto furnish with seatsAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., itself commenting on Lycurgus fr. 2 Conomis (from the speech in defence of his policies; see generally under lambda 825). Aorist infinitives; for the headword one see again at epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε365Ἑκάτης νήσουHekate's island, Hecate's island… as here) and where citations for the phrase are given: Lycurgus fr.88 Conomis, and the historians Phanodemos (FGrH 325 F1) and Semos (FGrH 396 F2). For Delos see delta 407, delta 408; for Hekate …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1031ἜμπληνI neared, they neared… e)/mplhn (B). This seems to be an etymology of the lucus a non lucendo type. Gow suggests that at Nicander, Theriaca 322, a better translation would be "nearly": op. cit. p. 101.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1797Ἐξομόσασθαιto deny on oath… (rather than used paradigmatically), likely sources are Demosthenes 19.124 and Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 20. cf. epsilon 1792, epsilon 1798, epsilon 1840, epsilon 1841.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2254Ἐπίβοιονafter-an-oxAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this term in Lycurgus fr. 35 Conomis. [1] So, delightfully, the transmitted text. The true, mundane reading (from Harpok., quoting Philochorus FGrH 328 F10) is Pandrosos, daughter of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2292Ἐπὶ Δηλίῳ μάχηa battle at Delion… at Delion" in a lawcourt speech from the following century (Lycurgus fr. 79 Conomis).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2477Ἐπιμήνιαmonthly offeringsAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this neuter plural in Lycurgus fr. 36 Conomis. [1] So the transmitted text, phuomena; but even without the benefit of Harpok. this participle obviously demands correction to thuomena, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2664Ἐπιτελεοῦνto offer in full… s.v., commenting on the appearance of these related terms in Lycurgus fr. 29 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2701Ἐπίτιμονworthy, enfranchised… might be from that era (the closest surviving parallel is Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 41), but it could equally well be from a sophistic reworking of the argument (cf. Valerius Apsines 342, Rhetores Graeci (Walz) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker… address 2. [3] Demosthenes, Letter 3 (Concerning the sons of Lycurgus) at ch.34 (web address 3). [4] Reading h)/, from Demosthenes, for the Suda's e)k. [5] The translation renders the Suda's text w(s; but …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3283ἘτεοβουτάδαιEteoboutadai, Eteobutadae… Eteoboutadai in fr.38 Conomis of the C4 orator and statesmen Lycurgus (himself the most famous Eteoboutad). See also beta 466, beta 467. [1] Too sweeping a generalisation. Harpok. was more precise, specifying the priestess …Matched in noteshighshort

χ46ΧαλκίοικοςBronze-House, of the Bronze House; Chalkioikos… also e.g. Euripides, Helen 228 & 245; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1299; Lycurgus 1.128, Polybius 4.22.8 and 4.35.2. Pausanias 3.17.1-3 gives reasons for accepting the first of the three etymologies proffered here; he saw it himself, …Matched in noteshighshort

χ581Χρυσόροφοςgold-roofedSee e.g. Plutarch, Lucullus 7.6 (Mithridates' ships have gold-roofed canopies).Matched in noteshighshort

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