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β237ΒενεβεντόςBeneventos, Beneventum, Benevento… another Beneventum near Verona.) On the other hand Argyrippe, a.k.a. Argos [Myth, Place] Hippium, was in Apulia, which is at least within striking distance of Calabria. This odd entry appears to be conflating information …Matched in noteshighshort
β472Βουτύποςox-butcherFrom the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.91, where the headword occurs; also in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
γ217Γειοτόμονearth-cleavingPoetic adjective, here neuter singular; quoted probably from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.687, geioto/mon ... a)/rotron, though the same phrase occurs also in Oppian, Cynegetica 1.137. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 229.47, and ps.-Zonaras s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

β237

Βενεβεντός

Beneventos, Beneventum, Benevento

Name of a city in Calabria, which Diomedes [Author, Myth] founded. In his voyage home, when he landed at his own country, he was not received, but was banished and departed for Calabria. There he founded a city which he…

Βενεβεντός· ὄνομα πόλεως Καλαβρίας, ἣν κτίζει Διομήδης. εἰς γὰρ τὸν ἀπόπλουν καταχθεὶς εἰς τὰ ἴδια οὐκ ἐδέχθη, ἀλλὰ δι- ωχθεὶς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Καλαβρίαν καὶ κτίζει πόλιν, ἣν ἐκάλεσεν…

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δ306Δειελινόνin the afternoon, in the evening… 261.18. The headword form is perhaps extracted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.452. [2] Another poetic form; perhaps extracted from Homer, Odyssey 17.606.Matched in noteshighshort

δ377Δῆθενindeed… (below, in the bibliography). Cf. also scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.998, to Thucydides 1.92, and to Sophocles, Trachiniae 382. [2] Adler tentatively assigned this quotation to Appian, on no stated (or discernible) basis. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ487Δηριάασθονthey both wrangle… two disputatious neighbors (web address 1). See also Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.89 (two wrangling bulls).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1008Διήλυσιςpassage-through, through-way… rare headword is likely to be quoted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1573 (used of the sea: web address 1), even though the glossing of the scholia there is not identical.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… on Aristophanes, Frogs 477. [2] See scholion on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1207. Son of Kollytos (the eponym of another deme) this figure is connected with two legends concerning Attica. A priest of Zeus Polieus, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1269Δίσκοςdiscus, quoit… from the di/skos "but not clearly," while in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1366 (web address 3), so/los seems to equal di/skos.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… three lots to pop out of the hydria would assign Argos [Myth, Place], the second Laconia, the last Messenia. Cresphontes wanted Messenia, so he placed a lot of moist earth in the pot, knowing …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1546ΔρύοπεςDryopes… See Pherecydes FGrH 3 F19); Apollodorus 2.7.1; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1212ff.; Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 160ff.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1630Δυσήνεμονbad-winded, very windy… 9.5. In general dush/nemos is attested first in Apollonius Rhodius (Argonautica 1.593) but not thereafter until the second century CE; Plutarch fr.82; Babrius, Mythiambi Aesopici 1.18 (both genitive singular). In the following centuries it …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1632Δυσήνυκτονhard to accomplish… Patristic texts. [1] See also the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 502: a(nh/nutos: duskato/rqwtos.Matched in noteshighshort

ε274Ἕεστοhad clothed himself, wore… see also Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 86 (and Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1225).Matched in noteshighshort

ε434Ἐκήκιενgushed forth… nose (web address 1). Also five times in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica; and see generally LSJ s.v. khki/w.Matched in noteshighshort

ε823Ἑλειονόμοςmarsh-dwellingAn epithet of nymphs in Apollonios Rhodios: Argonautica 2.821 (web address 1), 3.1219. cf. generally epsilon 824.Matched in noteshighshort

ε928Ἐμασχαλίσθηwas armpitted… frr. 528, 623 (of Troilos, by Achilles) and Apollonios Rhodios, Argonautica 4.477 (of Apsyrtos son of Aietes, by Jason). The practice was evidently well enough known to fifth-century Athenians to need no explanation, but …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1100Ἐνναέταιinhabitants… from somewhere -- apparently (to judge from scholia) Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1048, or Oppian, Halieutica 3.628. [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.2 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills the boar and dedicates its hide to Pan. Find …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1475Ἐντομίδαιcastrated animals; insects… in other lexica. [2] cf. the scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.587 (where the phrase e)/ntoma mh/lwn, 'castrated rams', occurs); Etymologicum Magnum 345.27. And see also epsilon 1393. [3] Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1586Ἔξαιτονchoice… = scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.320 and to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1004. See also the first part of Hesychius epsilon3522, and cf. (with different genders/cases) Apollonius Sophista, Homeric Lexicon 69.34; scholia to Homer, Odyssey …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1644Ἐξερέωνinquiring… be quoted from somewhere, very probably Apollonius Rhodius, in whose Argonautica it occurs three times (2.149, 4.1177, 4.1443). cf. Hesychius s.v. e)cereei/nwn. See also epsilon 1646.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1691Ἑξείηςone after another… Hesychius and other lexica. For another instance see Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.217 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1991Ἔπαυλιςencampment… cites Hesychius (presumably epsilon4260) and a scholium to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.800. Both use a word similar to oi)ki/a ('dwelling') to gloss the headword (or a related word), but otherwise these sources have more …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1993Ἔπαυλιςencampment… 226.27, Etymologicum Magnum 353.57, and the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.800. See also epsilon 1991. [2] Polybios fr. 145 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (145) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybios and that Schweighäuser …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2154Ἐπήβολοςcapable, possessing, skilled… headword without an objective genitive (though cf. already Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1280, 4.1380).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2216Ἐπητείαcourteousness (?)… outside lexicography, only in the dative plural at Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1007 (web address 1). That attestation and the other lexicographical appearances of the word (e.g. Herodian, Partitiones 35.8; Etymologicum Gudianum 501.18; cf. Aristonicus …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… Hannibal. He accordingly selected Polykleitos of Kyrene and Philodemos of Argos [Myth, Place] for the purpose, and sent them into Italy, with a commission to discuss the subject of an alliance with the Carthaginians; …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2482Ἐπινάστειοςincomer… headword noun is unattested outside lexicography, apart from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.795, where it occurs in the nominative plural, and with an iota (e)pina/stioi) in place of the epsilon-iota digraph found in the lexicographers …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2502Ἐπιωγήshelter… earliest attestation in the singular (although accusative) is Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1640, and it is possible that the Suda's entry is based on the scholia to that passage, where we also find the same …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2754Ἐπιφρασθείςobserving… earlier instance in Herodotus 4.200.2 (and two in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica). [1] An abridgement of Arrian, Indica 27.8. The text of Arrian reads katalhpte/on ('should be taken under control') rather than katalhpte/a, but this …Matched in noteshighshort

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