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Ἀκαμαντίς καὶ Ἀκάμας
Akamantis and Akamas, Acamantis and Acamas
Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v. Akamantis. [1] cf.
Pausanias,
Description of Greece 1.5.2. For Theseus see theta 364.
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858
Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
… confusion with the Arcadian city of that name mentioned by
Pausanias
in the wanderings of Orestes (8.34.2) and clearly in the neuter plural.
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1298
Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι
Alcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days
… basis of the present entry and those in lexica by
Pausanias
the Atticist, Photius, and others. [3] Demagoras fr. 3 FHG (4.378); Philochorus FGrH 328 F186. (For Philochorus see phi 441 and generally OCD(4) …
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Ἁλουργά
sea-wrought
… purple dye produced along the Laconian coast, surpassed in quality--as
Pausanias
explains (3.21.6, web address 1)--only by that from shellfish harvested from the Phoenician sea. Gow and Page observe (vol. II, 289) that goddesses …
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1449
Ἀλφειός
Alpheios, Alpheus
… [1] Meaning: taking its name from. [2] cf. alpha 3821.
Pausanias
gives a more complete description of the river in 8.54.1-3 and the mythology behind it in 5.7.1-3 (web addresses 1 & 2). [3] …
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1534
Ἀμβούλιος
Amboulios, Ambulius
Epithet ("Counsellor") of Zeus, Athena and the Dioskouroi in Sparta:
Pausanias
3.13.6.
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1781
Ἀμφιφῶντες
double-lights
From
Pausanias
the Atticist alpha105. [1] Offered to Artemis Mounichia: see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). [2] FGrH 244 F152. See also alpha 2082.
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1989
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
… 72. [1] [zeta 130] Zoilus. [2] This material comes from
Pausanias
6.18.2-6. For discussion of it see M.A. Flower, Theopompus of Chios (Oxford 1994) 21-22. [3] [theta 172] Theopompus.
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2371
Ἀνεῖλεν
prophesied, took up, took away, killed
… [4] Ephorus FGrH 70 F150 (quoted in Strabo 8.6.14) and
Pausanias
2.33.2. The text there has Kalaureian for Kalabrian. See web address 2, and kappa 188. [5] See note 1 above. [6] *)Anairei=n literally …
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2452
Ἀννίβας
Hannibal
… Annibaica 17. [4] Appian, Annibaica 43. [5] Polybius 3.15.6. [6]
Pausanias
8.11.11-12 (web address 1 below). [7] Polybius 23.13.1-2. [8] This addendum might also come from Polybius (so Schweighauser); alternatively it is an "editorial" …
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2499
Ἀνθ' Ἑρμίωνος
instead of Hermione
A version of
Pausanias
the Atticist alpha124, where the headword phrase is spelled a)nq' *(Ermi/onos and the city-name *(ermiw/n; also, Erbse's edition suppresses the dubious o(moi/ws i(era/ and adds instead tou\s i(ke/tas from Zenobius …
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2504
Ἄνθεια
Antheia, Flowery
At Argos [Myth, Place]
(Pausanias
2.22.1) and Miletos: see LSJ s.v.
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2676
Ἀντικυρίας σοι δεῖ
you are in need of hellebore
… of Antikyra (alpha 2675), where it grew abundantly (so e.g.
Pausanias
10.36.7). The gloss does not seem very cogent as it stands; one would have expected something about purging the bowels. Possibly exousia can …
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2973
Ἀπέδει
fell short of
… and elsewhere. [1] Similar glossing in Hesychius s.v. a)pode/ontes. [2]
Pausanias
8.49.3 (web address 1 below). For Philopoimen see generally phi 409.
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2981
Ἀπέδοξεν
it seemed good not, it was resolved not
… be quoted from somewhere: there are instances in Herodotus, Xenophon,
Pausanias
and Philostratus. Impersonal a)pe/docen is the opposite of e)/docen as a decision-making formula: see LSJ s.v. a)podokei=.
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3205
Ἀπιθής
inflexible, unyielding
… 9.2.36 calls a small polis situated in a plain, though
Pausanias
9.33.5 classified it as a mere 'village'. There was also, however, an Al(al)komenai on the island of Ithaka (Barrington Atlas map 54 grid …
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3785
Ἀργώ
Argo
… Fleece and brought back Medea. See Apollodorus 1.9.17-26; also e.g.
Pausanias
2.12.6 and 9.32.4. [1] Quoted from somewhere, such as Herodotus (who has 3 instances).
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3821
Ἀρέθουσα
Arethousa, Arethusa
… Hydrologically and chemically impossible, but for the mythological account see
Pausanias
5.7.2ff (web address 1).
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3847
Ἀρήνη
Arene
Near Lepreon in Elis. Mentioned by
Pausanias
5.5.6; cf. also Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Arenai (two cities of this name, one of them in Elis).
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3848
Ἀρρηνοφορεῖν
to carry the sacred objects
… the reading a)rrhforei=n. For more information on the Arrhephoria see
Pausanias
1.27.3 (web address 2), and cf. also alpha 3863. [1] The ceremonial robe (peplos) for the goddess Athena: see pi 1006 (and upsilon …
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3985
Ἄρνη
Arne
… but the one the Suda means is unambiguous. According to
Pausanias
9.40.5 (web address 1), Arne was the original name of the settlement later (and better) known as Chaeroneia (chi 176), but Strabo 9.2.35 …
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4029
Ἄρτεμις Λαφρία
Artemis Laphria
… not usually sacrificed, such as deer, boar and wolves. See
Pausanias
7.18.8-13 (web address 1).
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g.
Pausanias
1.17.6 and Plutarch, Theseus 35 (neither, however, mentioning L.'s wife). In the 470s BCE Kimon brought back from Skyros to Athens bones which …
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4268
Ἀστύνοος
Astunoos, Astynoos, Astynous
… killed by Diomedes [Author, Myth] in Homer, Iliad 5.144; cf.
Pausanias
10.26.4.
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4299
Ἀσφόδελος
asphodel
cf. already alpha 4298. Same material in
Pausanias
the Atticist and other lexica. [1] Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.13.4. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 41 (web address 1). [2] Homer, Odyssey 11.538 (web address …
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4316
Ἄτταλος
Attalos, Attalus
… oracle in the same words as the Suda. Compare also
Pausanias
10.15.3. Attalos is 'bull-horned' because the Attalids claimed Dionysos as an ancestor.
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4444
Αὖλις
tent; Aulis
… and where Iphigeneia was sacrificed. See generally e.g. Strabo 9.2.8,
Pausanias
9.19.6, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.
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4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… fine imposed by the Sikyonians after their plundering of Oropos
(Pausanias
7.11.2-3). As senatorial legate in 154, he joined two others in ending the war between Prusius of Bithynia and Attalus of Pergamum (Polybius …
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66
Αἴγλης Χάριτες
Aigle's Graces
… and Helios...". Theodoridis notes there that the ultimate source is
Pausanias
9.35.5, citing 'Antimachus' (alpha 2681, presumably). For the Graces, usually three in number, cf. chi 123, and generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Charites' (p.306). One …
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85
Αἰδῶ
respect, shame
… scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.262, and mu 825. [2] cf.
Pausanias
1.17.1 (web address 1).
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