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α4191Ἀσώματονincorporeal, bodiless… itself as a teaching of Christ delivered to the Apostles during the days between the Resurrection and the Ascension. The original recounted Michael's battle with Satan, his victory over evil, and his "investiture" as …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2586ΚυβέληKubele, Kybele, Cybele; Kubebe, The Great Mother of the Gods and Men… they subjugated in west-central Anatolia, and were imported to Rome during the Punic Wars (and widely extended in the Roman Empire by the Emperor Claudius, a devotee). Mother Cybele was more often known in …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3598ΕὐνόμιοςEunomios, Eunomius [of Cyzicus]… [1] 364-378. But Philostorgius places the beginning of Eunomius' episcopate during the reign of Constantius: see Vaggione (who brought this fact to my attention), Eunomius of Cyzicus and the Nicene Revolution, pp. 292-4. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is, during the triumvirate (43 BCE onwards) of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus.Matched in noteshighmedium
β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… of Procopius (pi 2479) and covers the years 553-59 AD, during which Narses (nu 42), the Persian-Armenian eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… his mockery. The extensive scholia by Arethas, archbishop of Caesarea during the early 10th century, echo the Suda's disgust over the De morte Peregrini (pp.216-220 Rabe). On this Byzantine polemic, which is sustained by …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ265ΛέωνLeon… not have written a history of Alexander if he died during the reign of Philip. See A. Woerle, Die politische Taetigkeit der Schueler Platons (Darmstadt 1981) 126-127.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… (in)famous for the conspiracy he launched against the Roman Republic during the year of Cicero's consulship (63 BCE), see generally Ernst Badian in OCD(4) s.v. 'Sergius(RE 23) Catilina', with bibliography. The main sources for …Matched in noteshighmedium
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
ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian letters… semnuhr baui. "Aski kataski" is a recurrent invocation.) St. Paul, during a visit to Ephesus, encountered the practitioners of these "curious arts" and succeeded in having them burn many of their sacred books (Acts …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2647Κυκλίων τε χορῶν ᾀσματοκάμπαςand tune-benders of cyclic choruses.… "bends" in the musical structure (Pherecrates fr.155 PCG vol.7, see During; ps.-Plutarch, de Musica, see Barker pp.236-40), the abandonment of strophe/antistrophe responsion (alpha 1810; Dunbar p.661), and strange new compounds (epsilon 1174, sigma 1192). …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ822Κατατιλᾷshits down on… at the foot of a statue of Hecate, perhaps principally during a ritual of this name. The line may imply that dithyrambic choruses were danced around the statues of Hecate; this would shake our …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι544ἹππίαςHippias… History Bulletin 8.4 (1994) 121-122. Herodotus 6.107 reads as follows: 'During this time, Hippias son of Peisistratos was directing the advance of the barbarians into Marathon. In a dream the previous night it seemed …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… (p.149 Niebuhr); cf. sigma 1800. In this episode (555 CE) during the Lazic War (541-562), Wilgang, the commander of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) contingent supporting the Romans, offers this aphorism to …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… Aristotle -- quoting Simonides -- in History of Animals 542b4-24. During those days, especially around Sicily, the seas were calm and the weather clear; hence the phrase. Aristotle's description is the basis of the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… for the arrival of Demosthenes and the Messenians at Pylos during the Peloponnesian War, Gomme observed that the historian regarded being at the right place at the right time as a goal of ancient …Matched in noteshighshort
λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… 2, web address 3, and web address 4 for Longinus during the reigns of Zeno and Anastasius. For the role of Isaurians such as Zeno and Longinus in the empire see Feld (below). [1] …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
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
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… capture of Spartan forces on Sphakteria in 425 BCE, i.e. during the Peloponnesian War (see Thucydides 4.8-41: web address 4); Sphakteria played no part in the Persian War. Adler notes that in the present …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… no entry for Athanasius, the great defender of Nicene orthodoxy during the mid-fourth century. (Sources: Philostorgius, Historia Ecclesiastica 8.11a, pp. 111-113 Bidez-Winkelmann.)Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… Satyrus. The testimonia relating to Chion are conveniently collected by During.Matched in noteshighmedium
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
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
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… Hippokrates was born at Carthage into an exiled Syracusan family. During the Second Punic War he returned to Syracuse and urged the city to war against Rome. When Syracuse was besieged by Marcellus’ legions, …Matched in noteshighmedium
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
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
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
β150ΒασίλειοςBasil, Basilius, Basileios… praise on martyrs, the so-called martyrial encomia. They were delivered during the yearly celebration in honour of the martyr, which was held on the day his or her death was commemorated by local communities. …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… is written, and the chromatic scale introduced to Greek music during the 5th. century B.C. and quickly the scale of choice for the "new music" of the "new dithyramb" (West 162-71 with notes 1,12-14,19, …Matched in noteshighshort

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