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δ1041Δίιος ὀργὴZeus's anger… adjective *di/ios (cf. sigma 116), i.e. of or relating to Zeus.Matched in noteshighshort
γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gellocf. Zenobius 3.3, attributing the tale to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1943Κολοκτρυώνkoloktryôn… Declension of Nouns p. 724) and glossed by Hesychius kappa3367: "born from a maimed large rooster". All this is wasted ingenuity, however, because in Aristophanes the phrase to\n cou=qon i(ppalektruo/na (quoting Aeschylus fr. 134) …Matched in noteshighshort
μ308Μαχλῶντεςacting wantonly… power of this evil commingling reveals those who have been born that way, when they are men". For related words see mu 305, mu 306, mu 307.Matched in noteshighshort
γ463ΓρύλλοςGryllos, Gryllus… generally xi 47, xi 48. His sons were almost certainly born sometime after 399 BCE. Gryllos, who bore the same name as his grandfather (xi 47), served as an Athenian cavalryman and was killed …Matched in noteshighshort
α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born in the region.Matched in noteshighshort
ι465ἸωάννηςIoannes, Joannes, John [the Lydian]This is Joannes Laurentius Lydus, born c.490. (The TLG Canon unhelpfully lists him under 'Lydus'.) The list of his works given here omits what is arguably the most important one, On the Magistrates of …Matched in noteshighshort
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… time of God's promise. [5] The Suda here omits Ishmael, born to Abraham by the Egyptian slave Hagar when he was 86 years old (Genesis 16:1-16). The Suda's omission tacitly acknowledges a covenantal and …Matched in noteshighlong
κ1767Κλειτοριάζεινto [touch the] clitoris… of Thasos claimed that twin sons of Kimon had been born e)k gunaiko\s...*kleitori/as (FGrH 372 F37, in Plutarch, Kimon 16.1); that is, ostensibly, "from a woman of Kleitor [in northern Arkadia]". Scholars have debated …Matched in noteshighshort
ι570Ἱππομανέςhippomanes"A small black fleshy substance on the forehead of a new-born foal, which, if procured before it was eaten off by the dam, was held to be a powerful fi/ltron, Aristotle History of Animals …Matched in noteshighshort
α297Ἀγόνων χοῶν[than] unfruitful drink-offerings… and passive senses of the adjective ("not bearing" and "not born"): see LSJ entry at web address 1, and again at alpha 337. [2] Scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus (PG 36.378b), who does use …Matched in noteshighshort
γ32ΓαληνόςGalenos, Galenus, GalenBorn AD 129. See generally RE Galenos; OCD4 Galen; PIR2 G24. [1] Marcus (Aurelius), reigned 161-180 (mu 214, mu 215, mu 216); Commodus, reigned 180-192 (kappa 2007); Pertinax, reigned 192-193. See V. Nutton, 'The …Matched in noteshighshort
ι428ἸουβενάλιοςJuvenal… in Gilbert Highet's entry for OCD(2) s.v.). [1] Or: 'was born' when etc. For Domitian see delta 1351, delta 1352.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1142ΔιογένηςDiogenes… in (e.g.) Snell, TGrF pp.185 and 254-8. [1] Or: was born. [2] i.e. the suppression of Athenian democracy by the Thirty, a.k.a Thirty Tyrants: 404/3 BCE.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1499Ἐνυδροβίωνof aquatic (ones)… means, by transference, any matched pair: see generally LSJ s.v. zeu=gos, II (web address 1). On this epigram, the seafarer Damis's dedication and prayer to an unnamed Egyptian goddess, see Gow and Page (vol. …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… properly, to send those who purify to [the shrine of] Zeus Prostropaios [= to whom one turns to obtain purification]". According to Etymologicum Magnum 125.33, which offers the etymology a)po\ tou= *dio\s kai\ tou= …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2285Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγαςConstantine the Great, Constantine I, Constantinus I… (web address 1): "(22) Eunapius (Anti-Christian) (ab. 347-414) ... was born at Sardis about 347, and died after 414 a.d. (cf. Müller, Fragm. 87 [Blockley, Eunapius fr. 72, 1-2]). He was a teacher of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ33Λάγυνοςflask, flagon… the bibliography below) or, more briefly, OCD(4) p.148. [1] Aphrodite, born in the sea off Cyprus (kappa 2738). See the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. [2] An Homeric formula (delta 128). [3] This unparalleled and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2713ΚυνθιάδεςKynthos' children, Cynthus' children… Apollo and Artemis, since they were said to have been born on Mt. Kynthos. But here, as we learn in the last line of the poem, it refers to goats inhabiting the mountain that …Matched in noteshighshort
αι178ΑἰλιανόςAelian, Aelianus, Ailianos… 170-235), Roman author and teacher of rhetoric at Rome, was born at Praeneste, offspring of freedmen, and flourished under the reign of Septimius Severus (192-211). He wrote in Greek and was admired for it; …Matched in noteshighshort
α1129Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜιλήσιοςAlexandros of Miletos, Alexander of MiletusBorn c.105 BC. See generally RE Alexandros(88); NP Alexandros(23); OCD4 Alexander(11); FGrH 273. [1] The particular Cornelius Lentulus in question is uncertain; there are several possibilities from this era. [2] [kappa 2342] Crates. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… 3, on Sicilian affairs in 215/214 BCE. [1] Hippokrates was born at Carthage into an exiled Syracusan family. During the Second Punic War he returned to Syracuse and urged the city to war against …Matched in noteshighmedium
α974Ἀκραιφνοῦςpure, sheer… from where the headword has evidently been extracted. [3] Aphrodite, born in the sea-foam off Cyprus; cf. kappa 2738. [4] Greek Anthology 6.191.1-2 (Cornelius Longus), a dedication to Aphrodite by Leonidas; cf. Page (67-69) …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… katalamba/nein feu/gonta. [3] cf. Aristonicus in Schol. Homer, Iliad 8.439a "[*zeu=s ... a(/rma kai\ i(/ppous] *ou)/lumpon de\ di/wke": o(/ti kuri/ws diw/kein le/getai, o(/tan profeu/gh| tis, nu=n de\ e)pi\ tou= sunto/nws e)lau/nontos;"(Zeus) rapidly drove (his …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2385Ἐπίκληροςepikleros, heiress… primary note, and bibliography, see under epsilon 2384. [1] e.g. born out of wedlock; cf. generally nu 448, nu 449. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.12; cf. epsilon 3875. The women of Luca (present-day Lucca, in …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ227ΜαρσύαςMarsyas… OCD(4) s.v. Marsyas(2). His dates are uncertain: probably he was born about the same year as Alexander, that is 356 BCE. and died some time after 294. The few fragments of Marsyas' History of …Matched in noteshighshort
δ210ΔελφοίDelphi, Delphoi… in retribution for the king's sheepdogs having killed his child, born by the Argive princess Psamathe. Vengeance then snatched babies from mothers in Argos until the Argive hero Coroebus killed her. Pausanias 1.43.7-8 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1292Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and new… becomes "the city where such a mortal would have been born". Thus, the passage can easily be understood if the word bro/ton is integrated after e)gge/nhtai. It is also possible that two different entries …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2628ΚυθέρειαKythereia, Cytheria… 16. [4] A mortal woman, yet like Aphrodite (who was born off the coast of Kythera; cf. kappa 2629). [5] Greek Anthology 7.218.5-6 (Antipater of Sidon); epitaph for Lais, the legendary Corinthian hetaera; quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1140ΜιχαήλMichaelGeorge the Monk, Chronicon 792.7-18. [1] Michael II, born 770, emperor 820-829; founder of the Amorian dynasty. In 803 he served under Bardanes Tourkos, but deserted to Nikephoros I, who appointed him komes tes …Matched in noteshighmedium

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