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mythology24
zoology22

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Ε epsilon39
Δ delta26
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Χ chi9
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Ι iota3

2 more

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Γ gamma2

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Catharine Roth26
David Whitehead12
William Hutton12
Antonella Ippolito11
Anne Mahoney7

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Robert Dyer5
Stefano Sanfilippo5
Craig Gibson3
Ioannis Doukas3
Malcolm Heath3

145 entries for Aeschylus

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αι357ΑἰσχύλοςAiskhylos, Aischylos, Aeschylus… age does not conform to the generally accepted dates for Aeschylus' life (see above).Matched in noteshighmedium
αι44Αἰγίζεινto rend asunder… entry reappears under eta 104. [1] cf. alphaiota 61. [1] Aeschylus fr. 481 Radt (either of these infinitives). [2] Aeschylus fr. 78 Mette.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2978Ἐριβρεμέταςloud-thundering… the entry comes from a scholion on this verse. [2] (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1-6 (translated by H.W. Smyth, LCL), quoted in part at lambda 274. [3] (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 64-65 (translated by H.W. Smyth, …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι357

Αἰσχύλος

Aiskhylos, Aischylos, Aeschylus

Athenian, tragic poet, son of Euphorion and brother of Ame[i]nias, Euphorion, and Kynageiros, who [all] fought bravely at Marathon together with him. He also had two sons who were tragedians, Euphorion and Euaion. He…

Αἰσχύλος, Ἀθηναῖος, τραγικός, υἱὸς μὲν Εὐφορίωνος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἀμενίου, Εὐφορίωνος καὶ Κυναιγείρου, τῶν εἰς Μαραθῶνα ἀριστευσάντων ἅμα αὐτῷ. ἔσχε δὲ καὶ υἱοὺς τραγικοὺς δύο,…

philosophy

philosophy

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trade and manufacture7

trade and manufacture7

Ryan Stone

Ryan Stone

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Elizabeth Vandiver2

Elizabeth Vandiver2

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things]… B) alpha12; cf. Hesychius alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. [2] Aeschylus fr. 137 Nauck.Matched in noteshighshort

α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. 326E; 340C. [3] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 282f. (web address 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious gloss. [4] Menander, Sikyonios fr.4 Sandbach [= fr 440 Kock].Matched in noteshighmedium

α1747Ἀμφιμήτωρof a different mother… cf. alpha 1752. [1] sc. but the same father. [2] Aeschylus fr. 76 Nauck.Matched in noteshighshort

α1980Ἄναξmaster, mistress… entry in Photius. cf. generally alpha 1923, alpha 1924. [1] Aeschylus fr. 342 Nauck (689 Mette). LSJ s.v. notes this (also in Pindar, Pythians 12.4) as a rarity.Matched in noteshighshort

α3641Ἀποφώλιοιciphers, idlers, monsters… but ought to be, as in other lexica, a)pofu/lioi. [1] Aeschylus fr. 287 Nauck (493 Mette). [2] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.182, where the phrase ou)k a)pofw/lia ei)dw/s occurs. See again phi …Matched in noteshighshort

α3715Ἀποίμωξόν με τοῦ τριωβόλου τὸν ζῶντα μᾶλλονweep for me who am alive rather than for the triobol -- for I am undone… the lengthy headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). [2] Aeschylus fr. 138 Nauck = 227 Mette (with Antilochos in the vocative, not, as here, the accusative). It is this plea of Achilles, concerning …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1070Δίκαιοςjust… of Isidore fr. 56 Zintzen (26 Asmus, 28A Athanassiadi), quoting Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592-3 (where the word is a)/ristos "bravest" rather than di/kaios, see web address 1) ; again at delta 1327. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised… from this fragment at theta 413 and pi 1114. [4] Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592 (web address 1); see already under delta 1070. This quotation illustrates a distinct, though related, verb, doke/w ('seem').Matched in noteshighshort

ε1368Ἔνθ' οὔτε μίμνειν ἀνέμους οὔτ' ἐκπλεῖν ἐᾷthe wind allows neither staying there nor sailing out… Diogenianus 4.88, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1129. [2] Aeschylus fr. 250 (with the nominative singular a)/nemos, not the Suda's ungrammatical accusative plural).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2681Ἐπιτήδευμαoccupation, pursuit… suggests Aelian.) No relevance is likely to the famous poets Aeschylus (alphaiota 357) and Stesichorus (sigma 1095). [2] Aelian fr. 22a Domingo-Forasté (part of fr.22 Hercher). For Diopeithes see under delta 1188. [3] Aelian …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3127Ἔσεισέ μου τὴν καρδίανhe shook my heart… with comment from the scholia there (summarizing lines 10-11). For Aeschylus see generally alphaiota 357; for Theognis theta 137.Matched in noteshighshort

ει64Εἰκάσμεθαwe have been made like… 1), with scholion. The next verse is a quotation from Aeschylus' lost play Myrmidons [fr.139], about an eagle struck with an arrow trimmed with eagle feathers: "these are not from others but our own …Matched in noteshighshort

χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies… theta 257.) [3] An apocryphal tale about the death of Aeschylus; from alphaiota 357.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4147ἈσίαAsia… the kingdoms of Lydia and Persia (the latter first in Aeschylus, Persians 929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of the three continents known to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… fertility of earth see Homer, Odyssey 19.109ff.; further parallels are Aeschylus, Supplices 627-29, Eumenides 937-87; Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 269-71. The notion is also to be seen in the accounts concerning the Golden Age; conversely, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… paratragic invocation (for dio/pths see [Euripides], Rhesus 234; for kato/pths Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 101) might conceal a tragic quotation from an unknown source. [3] One could easily imagine Dicaeopolis holding up the cloth …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1639Δύσθεοςgodless, ungodly… gloss of the scholia there; cf. also the scholia to Aeschylus, Choephoroi 525. The headword adjective occurs in Aeschylus as well as Sophocles, but is not extant in Euripides. In later periods it was …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3Ἔα δήhah indeed!, oh indeed!… phrase is an "exclamation of surprise" (so the scholia to (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 114, where a)= a)= e)/a e)/a occurs), reiterated in LSJ s.v., rather than the imperative of e)a/w 'allow' (epsilon 1). For …Matched in noteshighshort

α92Ἀβρότηdivine, holy… of death); and it is also a textual variant at (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 2 (applied to 'wilderness'). See also alpha 94. With the exception of this last instance (and contrary to the present entry), …Matched in noteshighshort

α96Ἁβροχίτωνdelicate-tunic'd… Greek Anthology 9.538; however, the word is first attested in Aeschylus, Persians 543, of beds (accusative plural: web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α99Ἁβρύνεταιputs on airs… of the famous appearances of the headword in Attic tragedy: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1205 (web address 1); Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1339 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α107Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇI exalt overmuch… Hysmine and Hysminias 11.23. For the LSJ entry, which cites Aeschylus and Sophocles for the accusative, see web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… was the first painter to make a theatrical skene (for Aeschylus).Matched in noteshighshort

α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning… 2); it is also attested in a general sense at Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 99 (web address 3).Matched in noteshighshort

α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded… plural occurs in a quotation (oi( qew=n a)gxi/sporoi: part of Aeschylus fr. 162). [2] Damascius fr.87 Zintzen (40 Asmus); cf. pi 1966.Matched in noteshighshort

α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air… paralleled in other lexica. (Used in reference to ants in (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 452-3.) [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 311 Pfeiffer (where the editor prints a lacuna between adjective and noun).Matched in noteshighshort

α1033Ἀκταίνεινto lift up, to raise… attested usage of the verb in tragedy, noted there (see Aeschylus, Eumenides 36 [web address 2], cited by Latte on Hesychius s.v., where the gloss is metewri/zein). See however Plato, Laws 672C (on the …Matched in noteshighshort

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