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192 entries for Menander

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ε2058Ἐπεντρυφήσαντοςtreating with insolence… participle, masculine genitive singular, of the verb e)pentrufa/w. [2] From Menander Protector fr. 23.1 Blockley (198-199, = Excerpta de Legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 16.15 (p. 210.17-18)), on Mebod's treatment of Roman envoys Trajan and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2178Ἐπήλυσιςassault, approach[1] cf. epsilon 2176, epsilon 2177, and epsilon 2452. [2] Menander Protector fr. 12.5 Blockley (132-133), on citizens of Sirmium (cf. sigma 477) looking out for attacking Avars (early 568). On the Avars see …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 29) and lambda 693. [5] Menander Protector fr. 10.5 Blockley (126-127), on the return trip of Zemarchus (cf. alpha 2962 and chi 167) from his 569-571 embassy to the …Matched in noteshigh

ε2058

Ἐπεντρυφήσαντος

treating with insolence

[Meaning he] making sport of. "[...] defiantly saying other, unbearable things about the receiving of the gold and treating them with insolence [...]."

Ἐπεντρυφήσαντος· καταπολαύσαντος. ἕτερά τε οὐκ ἀνεκτὰ περὶ τὴν τοῦ χρυσίου παράληψιν καταυθαδισαμένου καὶ ἐπεντρυφήσαντος αὐτοῖς.

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meter and music5

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

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ε2331Ἐπιθειάσωνto call upon, to invoke… is evidently extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley (76-77), on Roman envoy Peter (cf. pi 1406) spending Christmas and Epiphany at Dara (Daras, cf. delta 68) before …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2425Ἐπικυδέστεροςmore glorious, rather glorious… the present glossing. [3] A close approximation of part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (122-123; via Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legationibus 194.31-195.1), on the 569-571 embassy of Zemarchus to the Turks. The original …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2470Ἐπιμεμφόμενοςcasting blame upon… with two in Herodotus: 1.75.2, 3.1). [1] A fragment of Menander Protector in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legationibus 195. (Adler had proposed attributing it to Aelian.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε2560Ἐπισεῖσαιto threaten… 4.302. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIV. [2] Menander Protector, part of fr. 12.2 Blockley (130-131), on the Avar khan Baian (cf. alpha 209) pressing negotiations with the Lombards (cf. lambda 21 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2724Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοιςto entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends… comes from Demosthenes). Besides Demosthenes and Lysias, below, Harpok. cites Menander's play Epitrepontes. [1] Demosthenes 27.1, with "arbitrators", diaithtai/, instead of "jurors", dikastai/. (The error postdates Harpok.) [2] Lysias fr. 63 Sauppe (now 70 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3013Ἐρρίφθω κύβοςlet the die have been cast… 2601, kappa 2602 and notes 5-7), and is used by Menander (fr. 65 Kock, 59 Koerte, now 64 Kassel-Austin = Arrhephoroi fr. 1) with the compound verb a)nerri/fqw; also, in the indicative, of a …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… 3036. Aristotle also wrote a work On the Soul. [4] Menander, Sikyonios 11 (formerly Comica adespota fr. 884 Kock). 'Thrice-sold' probably has the sense of 'a sly fox'; see Wormell p.90. [5] This paragraph …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… under koino/s I (web address 1). See Aristotle, Rhetoric 1401a20-22; Menander, Epitrepontes 284, 317; Diodorus Siculus 5.51.1; Lucian, Navigium 11.22; cf. Plutarch, Moralia 777D. [4] Aelian fr. 12e D-F (12 Hercher). It is uncertain …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3520Εὐθυωρόνstraight… (inappropriately) glossed by a scholiast as au)th=| th=| w(/ra|. [4] Menander Protector fr. 31.2 Blockley (244-245); the same passage is quoted at omicron 119; cf. also kappa 2311. The fragment is unplaced. On the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3550Εὐκτόνprayed-for, wished-for… here, though there are plenty of earlier examples (Euripides, Xenophon, Menander, Josephus, Lucian, et al.). [1] Read zwgrh/sontes (future participle), from Agathias, instead of the Suda's zwgrh/santes (aorist). For Narses (478-573), of Armenian descent, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3658Εὐπόριστονeasy to procure… is extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (116-117), on the Turks offering iron for sale to Roman envoy Zemarchus and his entourage (probably in 569). On …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian letters… stitched leather'), and similar allusions without explanation occur in (e.g.) Menander (fr.274 Kassel-Austin: see under alpha 1139) and in Plutarch's Table-Talk (Moralia 706E). Explanation begins in the 2nd. century A.D.: besides Aelius Dionysius (above) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3875Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle… the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti; cf. epsilon 2385. [3] Part of Menander Protector fr. 12.5 Blockley (136-137, again preserved in the Excerpta); part of the reply to the Avar khan Baian (cf. alpha 209 note), …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3969Ἐφοινίττετοwas blushing, was turning red… 795), presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), on the Persian envoy Mebod's (cf. alpha 3098) embarrassment while addressing Roman emperor Justin II (cf. iota 449). …Matched in noteshighshort

ει208Εἰρωνευόμενοιdissembling, perplexing… to Plato, Symposium 216E, where the singular participle occurs. [2] Menander Protector fr. 19.1 Blockley (174-175; 43 FHG (4.246a)), the retort of the Turkish khan Turxanthus to Roman envoy Valentinus in 576. On Turxanthus …Matched in noteshighshort

ει267Εἰσήρρησενwent into… the scholia there (resuming at 'It is also written..'). [3] Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley (164-165), on the Persian army under Chosroes (cf. chi 418) surprising the Romans by arriving into Persian Armenia (in …Matched in noteshighmedium

η42Ἡγεμώνguide… history of Pannonia, when the Avars occupied it. See generally Menander Protector (to whom Bernhardy attributed this fragment).Matched in noteshighshort

η416ᾘώρουνthey were supporting… is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (120-121), on the appointments of the dwelling where Roman envoy Zemarchus (569-571; cf. alpha 2962 note) is hosted by …Matched in noteshighshort

η424ᾟπερas… cf. eta 422, eta 423. [2] Attributed by Gaisford to Menander Protector, and accepted as such by Blockley: his fr. 37 (246-247). The fragment is unplaced and without context that would clearly identify the …Matched in noteshighshort

η622ᾘτημένηνbegged… s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 47.52 (and going on to quote Menander, Dyskolos 9). [1] Both headword and glossing word are passive participles in the accusative case, feminine singular, agreeing with an original "bronze pitcher". …Matched in noteshighshort

ι355Ἱμητόνdrawn from a well… presumably from late historiography. (Adler notes Toup's suggested attribution to Menander Protector.) For the Avars see generally under alpha 18. The river 'Danapris', a.k.a. Borysthenes, is the present-day Dnieper, which flows SW into the …Matched in noteshighshort

ι356Ἱμονιάwell-rope… [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler's note about Toup attributing it to Menander Protector belongs under iota 355, q.v.). [2] cf. iota 332, iota 334.Matched in noteshighshort

ι449ἸουστῖνοςIoustinos, Justinus, Justin… empress 565-601, see PLRE IIIb s.v. Sophia(1). [3] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on Justin II; cf. epsilon 958.Matched in noteshighshort

ι560Ἱπποκόμοςgroom, horse-tenderAlso in other lexica. (Title of a play by Menander.)Matched in noteshighshort

ι575Ἱππόπορνεhorse-whore… The headword is taken by Theodoridis to be quoted from Menander, Theophoroumene 19; this supersedes Comica adespota fr. 1021 Kock (not in K.-A.), drawn from the present entry and the associated Aristophanic scholion: see …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ480Καταβοήoutcry… 1.73.1; see also kappa 484, kappa 906. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley (82-83), part of Chosroes's description of the criticisms Ambrus (Saracen ruler allied to Persia in 561; cf. PLRE IIIa …Matched in noteshighshort

κ527ΚαταδιαιτήσωI will arbitrate against… is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), Persian envoy Mebod's pledge before Justin II in late 567. One of the Saracen envoys in Mebod's entourage …Matched in noteshighshort

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