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154 entries for Menander

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α3339ἈποκατέστηνI restored… prints the latter (unattested elsewhere). [2] Part of the long Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley (76-77), on the conclusion of negotiations in 561 between the Persian Yazdgushnasp (Yesdegusnaph, cf. omicron 1022 note) and the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1193Διοπτῆρεςscouts… scholia there. [2] This unattributed historiographical quotation apparently stems from Menander the Guardsman (a.k.a. Menander Protector). Blockley registers it as fr. 35.2, while expressing (287 with n.329) some uncertainty about the attribution. On the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned… and Leokrates's etc.'.) [2] Parasite of the soldier Bias in Menander’s play Kolax. See also the commentary in POxy, L 3534: "Bias and Strouthias ... are the names of the soldier and his attendant …Matched in noteshigh

α3339

Ἀποκατέστην

I restored

[Meaning] I returned. "He restored to the associates of the Zikh the monies that had been owed to them for seven years."

Ἀποκατέστην· ἀπεδόθην. ἀποκατέστη τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ζὶχ τὰ ὀφειλόμενα χρήματα τῶν ζʹ ἐνιαυτῶν.

law

law

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9

trade and manufacture7

trade and manufacture7

meter and music5

meter and music5

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

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ε145Ἐγνωμάτευενformed a judgment, took counsel… gnwmateu/w) is illustrated by both of the quotations given. [1] Menander Protector fr.18 FHG (4.225); cf. alpha 997. [2] Not identified by Adler, but another fragment of Menander Protector (preserved in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De …Matched in noteshighshort

ε304Ἐθελοκάκωςwilfully doing wrong… epsilon 303. [2] Appian, Italica 7. [3] Once attributed to Menander Protector (fr.68 FHG, 4.269) and connected with alphaiota 322; Blockley, however, does not accept the present passage as an authentic fragment of Menander. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε958Ἐμβριθέςweighty… lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (there are numerous possibilities). [2] Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on Justin II (ruled 565-578); quoted again at iota 449. Further excerpts from this fragment are at alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2452Ἐπίλυσινresponse… 2177, and especially epsilon 2178 (the last a fragment of Menander Protector). But e)pi/lusin is required by alphabetical order here in the Suda. [2] Attributed by Charles Burney (1757-1818) to Menander Protector, and accepted …Matched in noteshighshort

α1138ἌλεξιςAlexis… He produced 245 plays. He was the paternal uncle of Menander the comic playwright. And he had a son, Stephanos, a comic playwright himself.Matched in translationhighshort

α3405ἈπολλόδωροςApollodoros, ApollodorusOf Gela; comic poet, contemporary of the comic poet Menander. His dramas: Hunger-Striker or Brotherly Lovers, Well Dyed Man, Priestess, Banquet of Letters, Liar, Sisyphos, Shameful Man.Matched in translationhighshort

δ437Δημιουργοίartisans, craftsmen, public workers… bride. Hence there is [a play called] Demiourgos [attributed] to Menander. In common parlance demiourgoi are those working on public projects, sometimes also the master-builders. Aristophanes in Peace [sc. illustrates this]. Also [sc. attested …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2898ἘρατοσθένηςEratosthenes… whose pupil Aristarchus was in turn. His pupils were Mnaseas, Menander and Aristis. He wrote philosophical works, poems and histories; Astronomy, or Catasterisms; On the Philosophical Sects; On Freedom from Pain; many dialogues; and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α82Ἁβροδιαίτῃwith luxurious living… 73. [2] Same or similar material in other lexica. [3] Menander Protector fr. 15.1 Blockley (148-149), from the emperor Justin II's letter to his generals, admonishing them for delaying battle with the Avars. The …Matched in noteshighshort

α112ἈγαθίαςAgathias… pi 2479. A's own work was in turn continued by Menander Protector (mu 591). [4] See beta 233. [5] See nu 42. [6] An alternative name for Colchis (kappa 1979); present-day Georgia, between the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillage… see also alpha 293 and epsilon 427. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-195). For the Slavs (Sklavenoi) see generally sigma 634. In 578 the Avar khan Baian (Baianos, ruled ?561-582/585; cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α402Ἀγχίνουςtight-witted… alpha 403. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Menander Protector fr. 5.2 Blockley (48-49). In 558 (probably), Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally) presents a plan to the Senate in Byzantion to enlist …Matched in noteshighshort

α997Ἀκροβολισμόςskirmishing… etymology see already alpha 996. [3] Both the quotation (from Menander Protector) and the gloss come from epsilon 145, q.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α1087Ἀλλὰ χρήbut it is necessary… Photius and elsewhere; and the entry in Hesychius (alpha3118) cites 'Menander' as the source of the headword phrase (Dyskolos 849). [2] cf. (e.g.) epsiloniota 50, kappa 845, nu 92, nu 102.Matched in noteshighshort

α1243Ἁλιρρόθιονsea-beaten, roaring; Halirrothios… is inscribed on a headless double herm (to Homer and Menander) found outside the walls of Rome, Alle Tre Fontane, in what had probably been Aelian's (Claudius Aelianus, sophist, ca. 170 – ca. 235 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1756Ἀμφιπρύμναιςdouble-sterned… lower Danube; see OCD(4) p.749, s.v. Ister. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-193), on Baian (cf. alpha 209 note) crossing the Danube in order to attack Slav villages. See the following …Matched in noteshighshort

α1772ἈμφιστείδηςAmphisteides… cross-reference to gamma 118. In Photius the name, purportedly from Menander, is Amphietides.Matched in noteshighshort

α1841Ἀνάγραπτονrecorded… given, where it is masculine accusative plural). [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (194-195), on the Avar khan Baian's rebuffed embassy to the Slavs, prior to his attack on them in 578; …Matched in noteshighshort

α2201Ἀναίνεσθαιto reject, to spurn… citations are Demosthenes 36.31 and fragments of Plato Comicus and Menander. [1] cf. chi 110. [2] cf. eta 376.Matched in noteshighshort

α2323Ἀνεσόβησανthey roused up… is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (194-195), on Baian's embassy to the Slavs, some time prior to the Avars' attack on them in 578; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2330Ἀνέστησανthey forced [someone] to emigrate… perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley (164-167), on the displeasure of Tiberius Caesar (cf. tau 553 and PLRE IIIb s.v. Tiberius Constantinus(1)) with the first …Matched in noteshighshort

α2394Ἀνεῖτο δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ κόμη καὶ ποτὸν ὕδωρ ἦνhis hair was left free and his drink was water[1] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.347 (web address 1 below). [2] Menander Protector fr. 3.2 Blockley (44-45). Agreeing with Baldwin (121) that this unattributed fragment is Menandrian in style, Blockley places it here because it …Matched in noteshighshort

α2410Ἀνηλεήςmerciless, pitiless… cf. generally nu 311. There are instances in Aeschines (2.163), Menander, Callimachus, Appian and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort

α2811Ἀξιόλογα βάρηnoteworthy weights… at alpha 2621. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley (80-81), the Persian king Chosroes (cf. chi 418) explains his lack of designs on Suania to Justinian's envoy Petros. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2906Ἁπαξάπανταall together… again at iota 469 (end). See also alpha 2407. [3] Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley. See already alpha 2330, and again sigma 10; both have "all together", evidently correctly, in the accusative. [4] Likewise …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2962Ἀπαίσιονill-omened… scholia there. [2] Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius. [3] Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (118-119), using the genitive plural of the headword. Further Sogdians present themselves before Zemarchus and begin a ritual to …Matched in noteshighshort

α3000Ἀπεκτάγκασιthey have killed… former, which Orus condemns as un-Attic). [2] A line from Menander's comedy Misoumenos; again at alpha 3372.Matched in noteshighshort

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