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Βάτα Κάρας
Bata Karas, Batakaras
Likewise in
Apostolius
4.75. Hesychius (beta312) and Appendix Proverbiorum 1.49 provide more detail: this proverbial expression was reportedly inscribed on a votive offering in the temple of Hera on Samos. All four sources allude …
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Βάττου σίλφιον
Battos' silphium, Battus' silphium
… besides the one given here; see e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 1.50,
Apostolius
15.49. See also beta 185 (for Battos), sigma 422, sigma 423. [1] For Ammon see generally alpha 1638.
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Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανής
Besas stands as if gaping
… is in the second person singular, and the post-Suda Michael
Apostolius
(4.90). Common to the non-Suda versions is that the proverb itself is confined to the first two words, i.e. "as if gaping" is …
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2995
Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξ
Furies' limb, Furies' off-shoot
… a proverb (as the form of the gloss implies) cf.
Apostolius
3.38. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1034. [3] epsilon 3580, epsilon 3581. (And see also epsilon 2994.)
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