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Αὖλις
tent; Aulis
… and where Iphigeneia was sacrificed. See generally e.g. Strabo 9.2.8,
Pausanias
9.19.6, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.
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4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… fine imposed by the Sikyonians after their plundering of Oropos
(Pausanias
7.11.2-3). As senatorial legate in 154, he joined two others in ending the war between Prusius of Bithynia and Attalus of Pergamum (Polybius …
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66
Αἴγλης Χάριτες
Aigle's Graces
… and Helios...". Theodoridis notes there that the ultimate source is
Pausanias
9.35.5, citing 'Antimachus' (alpha 2681, presumably). For the Graces, usually three in number, cf. chi 123, and generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Charites' (p.306). One …
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85
Αἰδῶ
respect, shame
… scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.262, and mu 825. [2] cf.
Pausanias
1.17.1 (web address 1).
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180
Αἴλινον
ailinon, dirge, dirge-like
… in Aeschylus (Agamemnon 121) and Euripides (Orestes 1395). See also
Pausanias
9.29.6-9, and lambda 570. [2] Greek Anthology 6.348.1-2 (Diodorus). The Suda mss actually omit the headword adjective from the quotation; Küster (Ludolf Küster, …
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192
Αἵματι κλαίειν
to weep blood, to weep in blood
… authentic one, appearing also in other lexica which stem from
Pausanias
the Atticist (alpha46); proverbial, besides, in Apostolius 1.63. The source of the (full) quotation, however, is indeterminable. [2] Also in Apostolius 1.63 (see …
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246
Αἰόλλει
turns, variegates
… of snake (sh/y), similar to the cerastes or horned viper.
Pausanias
8.4.7 tells us on the basis of autopsy that the seps was of a drab colour, changing to match its hole, and that …
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248
Αἰόλιος
Aeolius, Aiolios
… of Hippodameia (PW 1.1034), daughter of Oinomaos [Author, Myth]: see
Pausanias
6.21.11; scholion d to Pindar, Olympians 1.79(127); and a broken line of a papyrus fragment of the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (Eoiai fr. …
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268
Αἴπεια
Aipeia
… of it with Thouria or Methone/Mothone (mu 1189), while in
Pausanias
4.34.5 it is Korone. See Graham Shipley, 'Messenia' in Hansen & Nielsen 540-568, at 552 and (twice) 555.
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344
Αἴσυμνος
Aisumnos, Aesymnus
… slain by Hector: Homer, Iliad 11.303. The heroized Megarian in
Pausanias
1.43.3 is presumably a descendant.
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β
153
Βασίλειος
Basileios, royal
… one of the ancestral Athenian magistracies, the "king" archon. See
Pausanias
1.3.1. [6] A corruption of "Peisianakteios": see pi 1469. [7] On the Stoa Poikile, see pi 3079 and sigma 1126.
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β
248
Βείδιος
glorious (?)
… connected with the charge of the the ephebi"; five in
Pausanias,
six in inscriptions. This is derived from *widuios, with beta representing w-. Perhaps the Suda's adjective is from the same root, with the …
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β
328
Βλεπεδαίμων
ghostlooking
… now 749 K.-A.) and noted by various lexicographers; according to
Pausanias
the Atticist it was used of the followers of Socrates (sigma 829).
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β
400
Βοσόρ
Bosor
… the Quercus coccifera, used to dye this color; see e.g.
Pausanias
10.36.1-2).
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β
489
Βωμολόχος
altar-ambusher
This entry is identical to
Pausanias
the Atticist beta2b and Photius, Lexicon beta321. It is based in part on observations of the grammarian/lexicographer Apollodorus of Cyrene (RE 1.286 'Apollodorus 65'). It should be read …
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21
Γαλάται
Gauls, Galatai, Galatians
… 279 BCE. See OCD(4) 249, s.v. "Brennus(2)", Livy 38.16.1-5, and
Pausanias
10.19.5 - 23.14 (web address 1). [3] Literally "within the Gates" (Gates = 'Hot Gates', i.e. Thermopylae). This is the normal way for …
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γ
278
Γλάνις
catfish
[1] Silurus, esp. Parasilurus Aristotelis. See e.g.
Pausanias
4.34.2 (web address 1). [2] For Bakis see generally beta 47. For Glanis see Aristophanes, Knights 1004ff (web address 2), with J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle …
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γ
463
Γρύλλος
Gryllos, Gryllus
… at the battle of Mantineia in 362 (Xenophon, Hellenica 7.5.15-17;
Pausanias
8.9.5; Diogenes Laertius 2.52-55). [2] Also (and originally) gru=los: see LSJ s.v.
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γ
486
Γυμνοπαιδεία
Gymnopaideia
… of the Spartan city-state, cf. scholiast to Thucydides 5.82.2; also
Pausanias
3.11.9 (Gymnopaidia, festival where the young men perform choruses for Apollo). [6] Josephus, Jewish War 6.369 (web address 1).
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δ
43
Δαμαίων
Damaion, Damaeon
… Dameon, son of Phleious, associated with Heracles in Peloponnesian mythology
(Pausanias
6.20.16).
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δ
206
Δελφίνιον
Delphinion, Delphinium
… according to the accused, had been lawful or justifiable. See
Pausanias
1.28.5-11 (web address 3), with MacDowell chap.7.
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δ
698
Διαπηνικίσαι
to pull the wig over
… (fr. 282 Kock, now 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian
Pausanias
and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] …
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δ
1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… Cynics was founded by Antisthenes (Diogenes Laertius 6.16; alpha 2723).
Pausanias
1.19.3 describes the altars devoted to mythological figures related to Herakles: Hebe, Alcmene, Iolaus. However, the identification of that Herakleion with the temple …
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δ
1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… all that they wanted to cleanse off" (cf. Strabo 8.6.8;
Pausanias
8.15.8). For further relation to rituals of ka/qarsis see [Lysias] 6.53 th\n po/lin kaqai/resqai kai\ a)podiopompei=n kai\ farmako\n a)pope/mpein kai\ a)lith/rion a)palla/ttesqai, "purify …
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1204
Διὸς ἐγκέφαλος
Zeus' brain, Zeus' morsel
… of Lyon known as cervelle de canut, "silkworker's brain". [1]
Pausanias
the Atticist fr. 129; Photius s.v. [2] cf. Zenobius 3.141 and other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1420. [3] See beta 145.
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δ
1213
Διὸς ψῆφος
Zeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote
… west pediment of the Parthenon; see also e.g. Herodotus 8.55,
Pausanias
1.24.3. [1] Cratinus fr.7 Kock (and K.-A). [2] Apostolius 6.20 and other paroemiographers.
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1395
Δόρυ κηρύκειον
a spear as a herald's wand
… kappa 1544, kappa 1545, kappa 1546. [2] In Boeotia. [3]
Pausanias
the Atticist fr. 135 (Eustathius 1.408.4). For the Gephyraioi see gamma 213. For Eumolpus see epsilon 3585 (and epsilon 3584).
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1399
Δορύξενος
spear-friend
cf. iota 114. [1]
Pausanias
the Atticist fr. 282 (Eustathius I.405.46). See generally zeta 117, zeta 120, zeta 121, zeta 122. [2] (sc. in Homer, Iliad 6.119ff.) Scholion on Sophocles, Electra 46 (web address …
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δ
1416
Δουλίχιος
Doulichios, Doulichion, Dolicha, Doliche, Dulichium
… given here is a mistake; it was Doulichion (Homer, Strabo,
Pausanias,
Stephanus of Byzantium), when not Dolicha/Doliche. NF adds: Doulichion in Homer seems to be a substantial island and (controversially; cf. Strabo 10.2.10, 14, …
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δ
1440
Δωδεκάκρουνος
Twelve Spouts
… delta 1441. [2] Thucydides 2.15.5 (web address 1); also in
Pausanias
and elsewhere. This entry is repeated at epsilon 1208; see also epsilon 1209.
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