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Ἀρίστρατος
Aristratus, Aristratos
… Sicyonian leader of the C4 BC: Demosthenes 18.48 and 295;
Plutarch,
Aratus 13.
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3963
Ἅρμα
Harma
… watched for; the proverb from it (besides Strabo loc.cit. see
Plutarch,
Moralia 679C) thus meant seldom if ever.
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3967
Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειος
chariot wheel
… The "chariot nome" (played on the aulos) is mentioned by
Plutarch,
Moralia 335A and 1133A, and the "chariot tune" is an intrusive stage-direction (which generated a scholion) in Euripides, Orestes 1384.
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4055
Ἀρτώριος
Artorios, Artorius
… who had a disturbing dream before the Battle of Philippi
(Plutarch,
Brutus 41); but for another Artorios see Josephus, Jewish War 6.188; and Clement of Alexandria mentions a writer, author of a treatise On …
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4092
Ἀρχή
principle
… Preparation 15.18.3; Nemesius, On the nature of man chapter 38;
Plutarch,
On common conceptions 1075D. [5] In Diogenes Laertius 7.134, some mss give "bodies" (somata), and this reading is probably better according to the …
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. Pausanias 1.17.6 and
Plutarch,
Theseus 35 (neither, however, mentioning L.'s wife). In the 470s BCE Kimon brought back from Skyros to Athens bones which were believed to …
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4102
Ἀρχιάδας
Archiadas
… (page 251 note 277), this Archiadas was the grandson of
Plutarch
and Proclus' closest friend. For another Archiadas see epsilon 3650. [1] sc. In Athens. See generally pi 151, pi 152.
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4111
Ἀρχίκλοπος
chief-thief, master-thief
… glossed here. It might, however, be the genitive of a)rxi/klwy
(Plutarch,
Aratus 6.2: genitive plural), here morphologically defective -- a)rxi/klopos rather than a)rxi/klwpos -- and misconstrued as a nominative.
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4570
Ἀφαιρεῖν κροκύδας
to pluck off threads
… object of his attentions); and cf. Valeria and Sulla in
Plutarch,
Sulla 35.4. [2] If this is a quotation, it is unidentifiable.
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4670
Ἀχανὲς πέλαγος
yawning sea
… Homeric Lexicon. The twin headword phrases are perhaps quoted from
Plutarch;
he uses both of them, the first especially copiously. [1] The source of this quotation (cf. mu 1437) is uncertain, but Adler mentions …
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87
Αἰδοῖ εἴκων
yielding to shame
… 'rash' and preferred John of Antioch. More attractive -- given
Plutarch,
Marcellus 30, on Hannibal's show of respect to the dead M. Claudius Marcellus -- is Polybius (Mor. Mueller); cf., along the same lines, …
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173
Αἶκλος
Aiklos, Aeclus
… one of the sons of Xouthos (xi 82). See e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 296D.
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316
Αἴσακος
laurel-branch
… table as a challenge to sing' (LSJ s.v.). See e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 615B (in the Quaestiones conviviales). cf. alphaiota 96.
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14
Βάγιον
bagion
… the family of Pharnaces, Persian satrap of the Hellespont --
Plutarch,
Alcibiades 39 -- though some mss read Magaios rather than Bagaios). According to Hesychius beta22, *bagai=os was also the Phrygian name for Zeus, …
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29
Βαθμίδος
base, pedestal, step, threshold
… 1); the line was striking enough to be quoted by
Plutarch
(Moralia 776C).
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45
Βακκαῖοι
Bakkaioi, Bacchaioi, Vaccaei
… Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 13.5.9; 15.10.4-5; 18.1.5. [2] Mentioned in (e.g.)
Plutarch,
Life of Sertorius 21.
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154
Βασίλειοι
royal
… to the 30,000 such boys mentioned in Arrian, Diodorus Siculus,
Plutarch,
and other sources on Alexander the Great. The present version is wrong in its location as well as the figure: having been organized …
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190
Βάτραχος ἐκ Σερίφου
a frog out of Seriphos
… and other paroemiographers. Seriphos was a proverbially insignificant (cf. e.g.
Plutarch,
Themistocles 18 [web address 1]) little island in the south Aegean Sea. Skyros is a larger one -- though still, too, proverbially insignificant: …
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232
Βελεστίχη
Belestiche
… Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (reigned 282-246 BCE); mentioned in
Plutarch,
Moralia 753E, who says there were shrines dedicated to her in Alexandria. cf. under sigma 871.
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367
Βολίτου δίκην
case of a cow-pat
… the severity of Solon's, rather than Draco's, laws; contrast e.g.
Plutarch,
Solon 17.
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451
Βουολοῦσκοι
Volsci
… which seems to have conflated the two attested spellings *ou)olou=skoi
(Plutarch,
Dionysius of Halicarnassus) and *bolou=skoi (Appian). On this alleged episode (of 493 BCE) see OCD(4) p.897, s.v. Marcius Coriolanus. The source of the …
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519
Βρασίδας
Brasidas
… Nikias in 421 (Thucydides 5.19.2). Brasidas' mother was named Argileonis
(Plutarch,
Moralia 240C). [2] Contrary to the impression given here, Methone never revolted against Sparta. It was a perioikic town on the Messenian coast, …
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561
Βροῦτος
Brutus
… Brutum) and the epitome of Polybius must come ultimately from
Plutarch's
Brutus 2 and 4. [2] A cross-reference to delta 421 (but the Brutus there is a much earlier one).
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4
Γάγγης
Ganges
… height attributed to Poros (Arrian, Anabasis 5.19.1; Diodorus Siculus 17.88.4;
Plutarch,
Alexander 60.12, with an un-rounded-up four cubits and one span -- six feet nine inches -- which modern scholars are prepared to accept). …
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25
Γαλεάγρα
weasel-trap, iron-maiden
… e.g. Job 27:1 LXX; the Alexander Romance 3.18; Strabo 6.2.6;
Plutarch,
Moralia 974D (and cf. Lexica Segueriana, Glossae rhetoricae 227.33, Photius gamma10, Etymologicum Magnum 220.27). More frequently the animal trapped and/or held was human, …
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44
Γάμβρειος στολή
Gambreian garb
… Nepos, Strabo and others) has only Lampsacus, Magnesia and Myus;
Plutarch,
Themistocles 29 (citing two earlier authorities), adds Percote and Palaescepsis. But only the unnamed source of Athenaeus adds Gambreion (a city in the …
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121
Γεμίνιος
Geminios, Geminius
… Bearers of it are attested as minor players in several
Plutarch
Lives of late-Republican biographees (Marius, Pompey, Antony). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
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212
Γεφυρίζων
abusing, catcalling
… generally Mylonas 256.) Outside lexicography its two occurrences are in
Plutarch's
Sulla, 6.12 and 13.1 (on the Athenians' mockery of Sulla and his wife Caecilia Metella). The second of these has general parallels with …
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240
Γῆν ἰλλομένην
fettered land
… accusative case, is generated by Plato, Timaeus 40B (quoted by
Plutarch,
Moralia 1006C). cf. generally iota 285, iota 298.
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266
Γίγις Γίγιδος
Gigis, Gigidos
That of a Persian maid mentioned in
Plutarch,
Artaxerxes 19 (following Ctesias); she helped her mistress, queen Parysatis, poison a rival. The second element in the headword gives the genitive case.
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