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Γύλιππος
Gylippos, Gylippus
… the flesh of the Athenians (in various places and capacities)
during
the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.638).
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23
Δακία χώρα
Dacian region, Dacian territory
… of the Danube. Dacia had become increasingly isolated and untenable
during
the 260s owing to the large-scale inroads of the Goths and other Germanic peoples. At an indeterminable date Aurelian evacuated the civil and …
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δ
102
Δάψατο
tore
… a young Ptolemaic prince that died in his parents' lifetime
during
a pandemic; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 20) and (vol. II, 54-5). Find further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 1578, delta …
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δ
181
Δεκατεύειν
to pay a tithe
… states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks
during
the Persian invasion of 481-479 BCE. [3] Delphian Apollo. [4] A loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 11.3.3. [5] At this point the Suda …
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δ
258
Δερκυλλίδας
Derkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas
… rather a Spartiate who won distinction in several military commands
during
the late fifth and early fourth centuries. Xenophon reports that he won a reputation for cleverness and deception which earned him the nickname …
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δ
807
Δίαυλος
diaulos
… Olympic program for the sixty-fifth Olympiad (520) was a diaulos.
During
the classical period, runners carried a round shield, possibly covered with bronze (Pindar, Pythian Odes 9.1-4), and wore a helmet and shin guards. …
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δ
818
Διαφέρων
carrying out; exceptional
… [2] Polybius 3.18.8 (web address 2, L.Aemilius Paullus at Pharos
during
the Second Illyrian War, 219 BCE). The city of Pharos (Pharus) is on the western end of an island of the same name …
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846
Διάψαλμα
interlude
… somebody supposed; the theme of the interlude was sung when,
during
the song, they changed the melody according to the available instruments. So, as regards changes, these things indicate rhythm variations, not changes in …
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δ
935
Διέπεσεν
collapsed, fell through
… beta 283 for the role of Bithias in aiding Hasdrubal
during
the siege of Carthage in 147 BCE.) Latterly, however, Favuzzi [see under alpha 1596] finds vocabulary-based grounds for attributing to it Polybius.
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δ
1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… vol. 2, and the Bibliography below (esp. Anderson, Barker, Dunbar,
Düring,
West). d) self-conscious pride and fearlessness in innovative licence (sigma 1192 note [4], cf. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Composition 18-19). These poets were …
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… two banks of oars (web address 1); see also e.g.
Duris
FGrH 76 F66, who gives ploi=on di/kroton as a definition of the word samai/nh (cf. sigma 77; see also Hesychius eta507 h(mioli/a: h( …
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δ
1126
Διμοιρίτης
double-pay soldier, half-file commander
… and for the knights (Id. Knights 51 [web address 3],800).
During
the Peloponnesian War it was the normal pay for sailors enrolled in the fleet: Thucydides 8.45.2 (web address 4); Xenophon, Hellenica 1.5.7 (web …
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δ
1157
Διοκωχή
respite, armistice
… has taken on the more limited sense of an armistice
during
military conflict. cf. alpha 1913, alpha 1914 (and more generally alpha 1912); also delta 601 and pi 689. [1] Similarly in Hesychius and …
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δ
1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… [Plutarch], Vitae X oratorum 835b3; Scholia on Aeschylus 1, 125;
Duris
FGrHist 76 FF 67 and 68); Plutarch, Alcibiades 21.3, Nicias 13.3; scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 477. [2] See scholion on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica …
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δ
1188
Διοπείθης
Diopeithes
… the politics of Athenian religion (London 1992) 111-114); or 404-3,
during
the oligarchical regime of the Thirty Tyrants, when 'town' and Peiraeus were at odds.
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1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… to the offerings of ram-fleeces as scapegoats to Zeus Meilichios,
during
the purificatory rituals which took place in the month Maimakterion (cf. delta 1210). The meaning escorting out [of the city] the sacred fleece …
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δ
1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… since any negative detail about Carinus may have been exaggerated
during
the reign of Diocletian, his rival and successor (delta 1156).
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1355
Δομνῖνος
Domninos, Domninus
… by both of these names: first Larissa but renamed Laodicea
during
the reign of Seleukos I or one of his successors. Barrington Atlas map 68 grid C3 ('Larissa/Sizara'). [2] This whole entry, in fact, …
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δ
1379
Δορί
with a spear
cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.303, where
douri/
(delta 1430) occurs. The headword is an archaic/poetic dative singular of do/ru (delta 1394): cf. delta 1430.
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δ
1530
Δρίος
copse, thicket
… fowlers used tamed quails and partridges to attract other birds
during
a hunt.
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δ
1607
Δυσδιόρθωτος
hard to be set right
… dusxerw=s diwrqou/menos, mh\ diwrqou/menos. While the headword has its origin
during
the second or third century CE (first attested in ps.-Galen, De humoribus 19.489) and is fully developed only later, in Patristic and Byzantine …
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δ
1677
Δυσωπῶ
I put to shame; I exhort
… subject is Titus (*kai=sar), son of the new emperor Vespasian,
during
the siege of Jerusalem. (For Josephus see generally iota 502, iota 503.)
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52
Ἔγεστα
egesta, agesta
… next note. For Cilician goat-hair cf. kappa 1605, kappa 1607.
During
the siege of Edessa (cf. epsilon 207) in 544 CE, the Persians under Chosroes (cf. chi 418) construct an artificial hill against the …
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ε
95
Ἐγκεχείρικα πάντα Τιμολέοντι
I undertook everything for Timoleon
… the elderly Corinthian of that name who revitalized Greek Sicily
during
the 340s and 330s BCE (see under tau 600, and generally OCD(4) s.v.); beyond that, however, the import and context of this unparalleled …
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ε
549
Ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ
willing but with an unwilling heart
… the reflections of Chosroes II (cf. generally chi 418 note)
during
the Roman siege of Martyropolis (cf. alpha 3649 note) in the autumn of 590; cf. de Boor (182) and Whitby (126). The Homeric …
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736
Ἐλακωμάνουν
they were Lakono-crazy
… Aristophanes, or the herald who is speaking. [2] 414 BC,
during
the Peloponnesian War.
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ε
917
Ἐλοιδορούμεθα
we were vituperating
… general Narses's feigned execution of a group of Lucchesi hostages
during
the Gothic War (535-554 CE); cf. Frendo (20). For Narses see nu 42. See also alpha 457, alpha 1709, and mu 707 for …
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ε
953
Ἔμβολον
wedge, wedge-formation
… mentions a naval wedge, taken up by the Roman ships
during
the battle at Cape Ecnomus (256 BCE). A reference to a Byzantine use of the same arrangement is provided by John Cinnamos, Epitome …
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ε
959
Ἐμβριθεστάτη
most substantial, very substantial
… Marcellus (consul 166, 155, and 152 BCE; died c. 148)
during
the Second Celtiberian War (the "Fiery War", cf. Polybius 35.1 (web address 1); 153-151 BCE); cf. Harris 132, alpha 2196, kappa 2254, mu …
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ε
1104
Ἐναλλάγδην
crosswise
… Apotelesmatica 1.288 Pingree). [2] Agathias, Histories 1.12. In this episode
during
the Gothic War (535-554), the Byzantine general Narses (cf. nu 42 generally) stages a mock execution of Lucchesi hostages in 553 CE before …
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