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δ23Δακία χώραDacian 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ102Δάψατοtore… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
δ181Δεκατεύεινto 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 …Matched in noteshigh

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Δακία χώρα

Dacian region, Dacian territory

That which Trajan colonized in the regions on the other side of the Istrus. And Aurelian abandoned this [region], once the region of the Illyrians and the Mysians had become afflicted [sc. by the Goths], thinking that…

Δακία χώρα· ἣν ὁ Τραϊανὸς ἐν τοῖς πέραν τοῦ Ἴστρου χωρίοις κατῴκισε. καὶ ταύτην Αὐρηλιανὸς ἀπέλιπε, κεκακωμένης τῆς Ἰλλυριῶν τε καὶ Μυσῶν χώρας, ἡγούμενος ἀδυνάτως ἔσεσθαι τὴν…

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δ258ΔερκυλλίδαςDerkyllidas, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ807Δίαυλοςdiaulos… 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. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ818Διαφέρωνcarrying 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ846Διάψαλμαinterlude… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ935Διέπεσενcollapsed, 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.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, 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( …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1126Διμοιρίτηςdouble-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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1157Διοκωχήrespite, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… [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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1188ΔιοπείθηςDiopeithes… 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.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… since any negative detail about Carinus may have been exaggerated during the reign of Diocletian, his rival and successor (delta 1156).Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, 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, …Matched in noteshighlong

δ1530Δρίοςcopse, thicket… fowlers used tamed quails and partridges to attract other birds during a hunt.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1607Δυσδιόρθωτοςhard 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1677ΔυσωπῶI 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.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε52Ἔγεσταegesta, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε95Ἐγκεχείρικα πάντα ΤιμολέοντιI 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε549Ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷwilling 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε736Ἐλακωμάνουνthey were Lakono-crazy… Aristophanes, or the herald who is speaking. [2] 414 BC, during the Peloponnesian War.Matched in noteshighshort

ε917Ἐλοιδορούμεθαwe 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε959Ἐμβριθεστάτηmost 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1104Ἐναλλάγδηνcrosswise… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1219Ἐνεγύησενpledged, promised… [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 8.3.2, on Roman general Priscus's strategy during the second of a series of battles against the Avars (see generally alpha 18 note) in 599; cf. de Boor (287) and Whitby …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1799Ἐξόνbeing allowed.… subject is Titus (*kai=sar), son of the new emperor Vespasian, during the siege of Jerusalem. For Josephus see generally iota 502, iota 503.Matched in noteshighshort

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