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δ210ΔελφοίDelphi, Delphoi… pi 3137, pi 3138. [1] See e.g. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.705-6. [2] The verb pu/qesqai (pi 3138) means "to decay". For this material cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.405, where the phrase …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1175ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius… Leather-worker. [He wrote] the Expedition of Dionysos and Athena, [and] Argonauts in 6 books. These works are in prose: Fables for Parmenon.Matched in translationhighshort
αι267Αἴπειheight, high place, summit… is dative singular, ai)/pei -- perhaps quoted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.362, its only other extant instance. In any event it comes from the neuter noun ai)=pos, "high place." (The dative of the adjective …

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Δελφοί

Delphi, Delphoi

The sanctuary of Apollo. It was thus named because the serpent Delphyne was found there, the one which Apollo killed. But [sc. it was also called] Pytho, because it rotted there. Also [sc. attested is] Delphis,…

Δελφοί· τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. οὕτω δὲ ἐκλήθη διὰ τὸ τὸν Δελφύνην δράκοντα ἐκεῖ εὑρεθῆναι, ὃν ἀπέκτεινεν ὁ Ἀπόλλων. Πυθὼ δέ, διὰ τὸ ἐκεῖ σαπῆναι. καὶ Δελφίς, ἡ Δελφική, ἡ τοῦ…

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αι268ΑἴπειαAipeia… described as being 'near sandy Pylos' places them not in Argos [Myth, Place] (Hesychius) or Laconia (Steph.Byz.) but Messenia, in the SW Peloponnese. As to Aipeia itself, specifically, Strabo 8.4.5 noted identifications of it …Matched in noteshighshort

β237ΒενεβεντόςBeneventos, Beneventum, Benevento… another Beneventum near Verona.) On the other hand Argyrippe, a.k.a. Argos [Myth, Place] Hippium, was in Apulia, which is at least within striking distance of Calabria. This odd entry appears to be conflating information …Matched in noteshighshort

ε274Ἕεστοhad clothed himself, wore… see also Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 86 (and Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1225).Matched in noteshighshort

ε823Ἑλειονόμοςmarsh-dwellingAn epithet of nymphs in Apollonios Rhodios: Argonautica 2.821 (web address 1), 3.1219. cf. generally epsilon 824.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1100Ἐνναέταιinhabitants… from somewhere -- apparently (to judge from scholia) Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1048, or Oppian, Halieutica 3.628. [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.2 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills the boar and dedicates its hide to Pan. Find …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1475Ἐντομίδαιcastrated animals; insects… in other lexica. [2] cf. the scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.587 (where the phrase e)/ntoma mh/lwn, 'castrated rams', occurs); Etymologicum Magnum 345.27. And see also epsilon 1393. [3] Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1644Ἐξερέωνinquiring… be quoted from somewhere, very probably Apollonius Rhodius, in whose Argonautica it occurs three times (2.149, 4.1177, 4.1443). cf. Hesychius s.v. e)cereei/nwn. See also epsilon 1646.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1691Ἑξείηςone after another… Hesychius and other lexica. For another instance see Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.217 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2154Ἐπήβολοςcapable, possessing, skilled… headword without an objective genitive (though cf. already Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1280, 4.1380).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2837Ἐπωμαδόνshoulder-high, on the shoulders… and cf. upsilon 741. [1] Adverb, used by Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.738 (web address 1) and 4.1770, and by later poets. [2] Adjective, used by Theocritus, Idylls 29.29 (web address 2: spelled e)pomma/dios in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3004Ἐρίπναιcliffs, ravines… somewhere in that form, the source is perhaps Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1247; note however that Hesychius epsilon5682 has the accusative plural, regarded by Latte as quoted from Euripides, Phoenician Women 1168. [The first glossing …Matched in noteshighshort

χ606Χυτήheaped [earth]… cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.464, to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1536, and other lexica. For the gloss cf. already chi 373.Matched in noteshighshort