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ε3065Ἐρωμανήςlove-maddened… Otherwise e)rwmanh/s is characteristic of late poetry: Oppian and, especially, Nonnus.Matched in noteshighshort
ε364ἙκάτηνHekate, HecateAn approximation of ps.-Nonnus' Commentaries on the Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus [a.k.a. Scholia Mythologica] 39.10. For Hekate see already epsilon 361 and epsilon 363 and again epsilon 365. The present headword is the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1219Ἁλιζώνουof sea-girt… its form in the epigram is a(lizw/noio; for a(lizw/nou see Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.199. [1] Greek Anthology 7.218.3 (Antipater of Sidon); epitaph for Lais, the legendary Corinthian hetaera; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19), …Matched in noteshighshort
α2342Ἀνευάσαιto raise the cry Euoi!… or a person. Besides Arrian (above), see Lycophron, Alexandra 207; Nonnus 1.20,2.635,5.109; Greek Anthology 9.139.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1629Δυσηλεγήςgrief-bringing, cruel, pain-inducing, ruthless… referring to Homeric and Hesiodic passages; only Maximus Astrologus and Nonnus seem to use it in a original way.) As to the glosses, they seem to have a double source: (i) Probably via Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2002Ἐπαφώμενονtouching upon… e)pafw/menon must be extracted from somewhere else; extant possibilities include Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47.252. [1] The same gloss is used at Lexica Segueriana 226.30; cf. Hesychius epsilon4280, where the active form of the glossing participle …Matched in noteshighshort
ι394ἸξίωνIxionps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.32.15-21 (on Gregory of Nazianus PG 36, 1056b-c). Ixion was one of the "canonical sinners" of Greek mythology; for his offense against Hera and Zeus, see especially Pindar, Pythian 2 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1630Δυσήνεμονbad-winded, very windy… genitive singular). In the following centuries it appears in Basil, Nonnus and subsequently in medieval authors. For the antonym see epsilon 3471. [1] The second gloss here (again under delta 1683) is unattested outside …Matched in noteshighshort
ι636ἼσιςIsisps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 39.20.1-9 (on Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1072b). [1] See also iota 453 and iota 635; OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
μ594ΜένδηνMendesFrom ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 39.21, cf. 5.28. See also Herodotus 2.46 (web address 1) and Strabo 17.1.19.4-6; also alpha 4127. The headword is in the accusative case. [1] Pan: see pi 147. [2] cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
β492Βωμόςaltar; podium… terms; for the wording of the present passage cf. rather [Nonnus], Scholia mythologica 4.28 (PG 36, 1001b). [3] Aristophanes, Peace 942 (web address 1 below), followed by comment from the scholia there. Again at …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1447ΔωδώνηDodone, Dodona[1] cf. already delta 1446. [2] cf. already delta 1445. [3] A Christian remark, from a scholion (Cat. Bodl. p.47) on Gregory of Nazianzus = ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.17 (adding 'because of their not …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, "Children of Kranaos". [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (But Nonnus, Dionysiaca 22.20, 45.308 has the formula "the rocky stone [kranah\ pe/trh] swelled, disgorging wine".) [3] Aristophanes, Birds 123; i.e. Athens. [4] From alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
η69Ἠγορόωντοthey were meeting in assembly, they were speaking in assembly… also in several post-classical epic poets (Apollonius of Rhodes, Quintus, Nonnus) who take Homer as their model. This same form is to be found also in Herodotus. The precise meaning of the verb in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1047Κατήλιφαroof-beam, ladder, upper storey… Rhodius, Argonautica 1.563 and scholion; Lycophron, Alexandra 751 and scholion; Nonnus, Dionysiaca 36.407, 39.316, 45.142). In the Suda (mu 666) meso/dmh is defined as referring to the middle.Matched in noteshighshort
β55Βακχεία ποιμαντικήBacchic herdsmanship… to Athens and made them drunk). Dionysus is addressed in Nonnus, Dionysiaca as "Shepherd who enchants or delights men" (16.336, 38.105), in much the same way as the words 'shepherd' and 'pastor' are used …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3996ἜχετοςEchetus, EchetosOn King Echetus of Epirus see (besides Homer, below): Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1092-1095; Hesychius s.v.; ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.48; Michael Apostolius s.v. *fala/ridos a)rxh\ kai\ *)exe/tou; and under beta 279 and tau 1187. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… fifth centuries CE. Numerous important literary figures, such as Horapollon, Nonnus, and Pamprepius, hail from the city, which has been characterized as 'the focal point of pagan intellectual reaction against Christianity' (Browne 177, 192). …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3201ἌπιδεςApides… address 1) tells how Cambyses killed an Apis-bull. [1] Compare Nonnus' commentary on stories mentioned by Gregory of Nazianzus in his Invective against Julian (PG 36.1052c); also George the Monk, Chronicon 64.19ff. [2] Again …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι64Αἴγληradiance; Aigle… (perhaps of Dionysus, for the word is remarkably common in Nonnus); and the verb should probably be taken to mean "reveals" or "betrays" a mystery. For poana see alpha 2082, pi 2051. [4] 'Leagoras' …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-menThe name derives from ke/rkos "tail" (kappa 1402, kappa 1403) and the Kerkopes were mythological dwarvish and simian beings, associated with Thermopylae and Euboea, who feature in myths of Heracles and Omphale. See Lucian, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… Against Celsus 3.368) or by a "tyrant of Macedonia" (thus Nonnus PG 36.933; Cosmas of Jerusalem PG 38.532). These accounts show a rather apophthegmatic character, intended to oppose the interior freedom of Epictetus' soul …Matched in noteshighmedium

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