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ο251ὍμηροςHomer… loc.; scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 824), although she is the goddess of the triple crossroad (then as now a symbol of woman's power), or Hera (LfgrE fasc.14.1512-13; T.H. Price, Kourotrophos (1978) pp.152f., 192), although …Matched in noteshighlong
ε1366Ἐνθουσιασμόςinspiration, possession… epsilon 1363, epsilon 1364, epsilon 1365, epsilon 1367. [1] or "God".Matched in noteshighshort
ε3032ἙρμαῖόνHermes-gift, godsend… is that the wicked enrich themselves by taking advantage of good people. See A. Fitzgerald's translation at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1767Ἕξιςdispositional state… health and to our proper stature in the eyes of God as our proper dispositions. [1] We are here far from Aristotle, who makes e(/cis a passive condition and e)nergei/a an active force. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4525Αὐτός τι νῦν δρῶν εἶτα τοὺς θεοὺς κάλειdo something now (and) then call upon the gods… Nauck (which has dai/monas, not the Suda's tou\s qeou/s). Cf. "God helps those who help themselves." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1290.Matched in noteshighshort
λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling… n.2). The Locrian musician Eunomos (perhaps a nomen loquens = good tune) in a critical moment in a prize contest had a string break on his lyre, but a cicada leaped onto the lyre …Matched in noteshighshort
χ78ΧαμώςChamos, Chemosh… of the name כמוש kemōš. The Old Testament attributes the god to the Moabites: see e.g. Numbers 21:29, Jeremiah 31:13, 1 Kingdoms [3 Kings] 11:1-8. The lexicographer is not following the Septuagint, however, but …Matched in noteshighshort
κ373ΚαρδοῦχοιKardouchi, Carduchi… slings, and it was as archers that they were "very good". See more fully at epsilon 2581 (and web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1451Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆαςgifts sway gods and revered kings… 45 for the related maxim that Death is the one god without an interest in gifts.Matched in noteshighshort
ι723Ἰσχύωνpowerful[1] The implication is "powerful as a god". i)sxu/wn is often found in Jewish/Christian contexts to describe God’s power, e.g. Esther 4:17z LXX: o( qeo\s o( i)sxu/wn e)pi\ pa/ntas ["God powerful over all"]. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3206Ἐστεφάνουνthey were for crowning… the headword appears: "they were for crowning me for the good news (of cheap anchovies)".Matched in noteshighshort
μ1450Μύρον ἐπὶ κεφαλῆςsweet oil on the head… and again mu 1452. [1] Theodoret uses the word eu)kosmi/a "good order," echoing the earlier eu)osmi/a "good aroma."Matched in noteshighshort
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… Theogenes and Theugenes (each meaning "He Who Is Born Of God[s]) -- won at Olympia in boxing (480 BCE) and in pankration (476). He is reported to have won twelve hundred crowns (Plutarch, Moralia …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ246Καλὸν πρᾶγμαfine thing, fine fact… 1038D, 1039C). The thesis that only the wise person is good and fine is Stoic in character too. [4] sc. to the Stoics. [5] Quotation not identified by Adler, but it is Aristotle, Topics …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3881ἌριμαArima[1] See Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., noting that their location was disputed: Cilicia (so Strabo 13.4.6), Syria, or even Italy. [2] Perhaps an ape-god, to judge from the etymology (cf. Strabo 13.4.6), though cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3399Εὐγράμματον ὄνομαwell-written name… to interrupt the sense, since 'like...' follows on from '...of good omen'. [2] cf. tau 762 (where the name is surely distorted).Matched in noteshighshort
α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos… For this verb cf. alpha 3513. [2] Apollo. [3] A god of war: epsilon 1498. [4] Apollo's priestess and mouthpiece. [5] A promontory in the southern Peloponnese; modern Cape Matapan. [6] "Cricket"; a hero. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3437Εὐεξίαvigor… on Topica 157b14-24, where Aristotle argues that the greater the good, the greater the evil (its contrary), except in the case where one of the two goods involves the other. So health, which is …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ163Χαίρεινto say 'hello'… xai=re in the gloss ("hello!"). It was also used for "Good-bye". See also chi 162. [1] "Good luck!" is a translation of eu)= pra/ttois ("may you do well"; see epsilon 3605).Matched in noteshighshort
ο222ὌλυμποςOlympos, Olympus… to be the throne of Zeus and home of the gods, it held an important place in religion, mythology, and literature' OCD(4) s.v. Olympus(1).Matched in noteshighshort
α2670Ἀντικείμεναopposites… middle participle in the neuter plural. [1] Alexander has kalo\n "good": if the good is sweet, it follows that what is not sweet is not good (contraposition), but it does not follow that what …Matched in noteshighmedium
β2Βαβακατρεῦbabakatreu… other possibilities: that Baisatreu is the name of a barbarian god or that the whole phrase is deliberate gibberish.Matched in noteshighshort
ν420ΝιρεύςNireusThree nouns that sounded identical in Byzantine Greek. They are already compared in Tryphon I, *peri\ tro/pwn p. 203 Spengel, and Herodian, Partitions p. 189, p. 263 Boissonade. Nireus is mentioned in Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort
α2686ἈντινομῶI disobey… text is correct (LSJ s.v. question it), there is a good example in Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.20: qeoi=s d' a)ntinomei=n mani/a "It is madness to disobey the gods."Matched in noteshighshort
ν485Νόμοςlaw… in its context reads: "I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I am aware that another law in my members fights against the law of my mind, and makes …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2025Ἐπιγράφομαί σεI acknowledge you, I register you… Testament (John 14.30 -- where however it is not a good ruler of the universe).Matched in noteshighshort
μ357Μεγαλεῖαmagnificent [things]… u(yi/stwn a(\ e)poi/hsas megalei=a; o( qeo/s, ti/s o(/moio/s soi?. ("O God, even to the highest places what magnificent things you have done; O God, who is like you?"). However, the text here does not …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1621Δυσερμίαςof ill-luck… to\n *)ermh=n ei)s polla\ parakalei=sqai biwfelh= ("ill-luck: bad fortune; for good fortune is called eu)ermi/a, because Hermes is invoked for many useful things"); cf. epsilon 3442.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… pervaded by soul, and daimons occupied an intermediate place between gods and human beings. [4] Alexander says rather, "the excellent man is happy"; as indeed the logic requires.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… worshipped as Melanaigis, in commemoration of the legend of the god first appearing to the daughters of Eleutheros, the king of the village, dressed in a goat-skin. Rejected by them, Dionysos would have made …Matched in noteshighmedium