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α730ἈθήναιονAthenaion, Athenaeum, shrine of AthenaApollonion [is] short for the shrine of Apollo. This is how one must construe it in Thucydides. Also [sc. attested is] Poseidonion, that of Poseidon, like Athenaion, that of Athena, and Dionysion and Demetrion …Matched in headwordhighshort
δ359ΔειπνοσοφισταίDeipnosophistai, Deipnosophistae, Deipnosophists, Dinner-Sophists, Sophists at Dinner… a book thus titled (the one who wrote it [is] Athenaeus by name) which is helpful. [It records] that Ulpian, one of the Dinner-Sophists, who was called "Attested-or-Unattested" [Keitoukeitos] because of his constantly challenging …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3936Ἀριστώνυμος

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Ἀθήναιον

Athenaion, Athenaeum, shrine of Athena

Apollonion [is] short for the shrine of Apollo. This is how one must construe it in Thucydides. Also [sc. attested is] Poseidonion, that of Poseidon, like Athenaion, that of Athena, and Dionysion and Demetrion and all…

Ἀθήναιον· ὅτι Ἀπολλώνιον βραχέως, τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. οὕτως καὶ παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ ἀναγνωστέον. καὶ Ποσειδώνιον, τὸ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος, ὡς Ἀθήναιον, τὸ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, καὶ Διονύσιον καὶ…

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Aristonymos, Aristonymus

… poet. [One] of his plays is the Shivering Sun, as Athenaeus [notes] in Deipnosophists. [He lived] while Ptolemy Philadelphos was ruling, and [during] Philopator after him; and he managed the library of the king …

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α4082ἈρχέδικοςArchedikos, Archedicus… among his dramas are Treasury and Making a Mistake, as Athenaeus says in the Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

δ228ΔεξικράτηςDexikrates, Dexicrates… comic poet. His dramas are: Men Deceived by Themselves, as Athenaeus says in the third [book] of Deipnosophists.Matched in translationhighshort

α2019Ἀναπίπτεινto fall backSee also alpha 2018. The source for both is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). See further below, nn.1-2. [1] Athenaeus has this adverb, kuri/ws. [2] So the Suda mss, o)ligwrei=n; but o)ligodranei=n (Athenaeus), "to …Matched in noteshighshort

α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… scholium on Aristophanes, Acharnians 640 (for which see below). Compare Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.96C (3.49 Kaibel), 7.284F (7.22 Kaibel). See also pi 461. [3] Scholium on Aristophanes, Birds 76. [4] On this phrase see further …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1703Ἀμφίαςamphias… more favourable interpretation here -- middling, tolerable -- but cf. Athenaeus (next note) on Amphias as a 'poor' wine. [1] Nicostratus fr. 18 Kock, now 17 K.-A.; Sosicrates fr. 7 Kock, now 4 K.-A. …Matched in noteshighshort

α740Ἀθλητάςathletes… [3] Polybius 8.9.8-9, himself quoting Theopompus (FGrH 115 F225; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.260E = 6.77 Kaibel), on the hetairoi of Philip II of Macedon.Matched in noteshighshort

α866Ἀκήματαcures… already alpha 848. [2] This and what follows comes from Athenaeus, Deipnosophistai 1.24C-D (1.44 Kaibel), discussing bathing in Homer.Matched in noteshighshort

α960ἈκρατίζωI have breakfast, I drink neat wine… Because breakfast consisted of bread dipped in unmixed wine; see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.11C (1.19 Kaibel). [3] delta 358.Matched in noteshighshort

α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut now anything might happen… of Sikyon by the scholiast, see the drinking-song quoted by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695D = 15.50 #20 Kaibel ("Under every stone, my friend, there lurks a scorpion. Take care that it does not strike you; …Matched in noteshighshort

α1123υνκνοων—Ὅτι οὗτος ὁ μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος νικήσας ναυμαχίαν Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ—Alexander, Alexandros… (and again here), this must be case of mistaken identity. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.3D = 1.5 Kaibel (the source of alpha 731) allows us to rectify it: "... Alexander the Great. KONON, having defeated the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1268ἈλθηφίαςAlthephianFrom Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31B-C (1.56 Kaibel), drawing on the Aristotelian Constitution of the Troezenians (fr. 596 Rose). cf. (in brief) alpha 2506 and upsilon 292. [1] Althephios (Ath.) [2] Anthos (Ath.).Matched in noteshighshort

α1296Ἀλκτῆρεςprotectors… part of an oracle of Apollo quoted also by (e.g.) Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.602C (13.78 Kaibel), and Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4: qei/as a(ghth=res e)fameri/ois filo/tatos, "guides of divine friendship for mortals". See further H.W. Parke …Matched in noteshighshort

α1485ἈμμανίταιAmmanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites… in e.g. a fragment of Nicander [nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); but single mu there, i.e. a)mani=tai.Matched in noteshighshort

α1665Ἀμυγδαλῆalmond… see generally the dossier of material and citations collected in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.52Bff (2.39ff Kaibel); included in it is this question of accentuation, differentiating between the tree and its nuts. See also LSJ s.v.; …Matched in noteshighshort

α1684Ἄμυρις μαίνεταιAmyris is mad… entry parallels the one in Photius, Lexicon alpha1275. See also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.520A-B (12.18 Kaibel). The date must be before 510 BCE, when Sybaris (in S Italy) was destroyed. On the episode see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1812Ἀναβολήdeferral… and the lavish narrative in Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4; also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.602B (13.78 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort

α1898Ἀνακεῖσθαιto be erected, to be set up[1] (Again at kappa 572.) See for this distinction Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23C-D (1.42 Kaibel). [2] The conjunction could have been 'But ...', since this addendum effaces the distinction just made.Matched in noteshighshort

α1930Ἀναλαμβάνεινto gather up… Likewise in syntactical lexica. [2] Here begins material taken from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.21B-D (1.38 Kaibel); it includes the quotations from Plato and Alexis. The opening verb is the impersonal e)/mele, not (as here) e)/melle. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2018Ἀναπίπτεινto fall back… See also alpha 2019. The source for both entries is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). [1] Thucydides 1.70.5, of the Athenians (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2082Ἀνάστατοιanastatoi… [1] See generally alpha 3863; and for the point cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.114A (3.80 Kaibel). [2] A garbled version of Aristophanes fr. 202 Kock, now 211 Kassel-Austin. (It is even worse at chi 121, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2443Ἄνηστιςunfasting… ou): "For you [are] not...". The passage is preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.47A (2.27 Kaibel), with explicit comment on the redundant a-. Compare in English (e.g.) flammable and inflammable. See also Olson B20.Matched in noteshighshort

α2501ἌνθειαAntheia… [3] For discussion of the spelling of the name compare Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.586E (13.51 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort

α3336Ἀποκαρτερήσανταhaving killed oneself by abstinence… from somewhere (other than the quotations given below) -- probably Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.234A (6.24 Kaibel) [= part of Posidonius fr. 402 Theiler], on Gylippos (gamma 477) doing this after his conviction for embezzlement by …Matched in noteshighshort

α3455Ἀπόνιπτρονdirty water, washing water… where the phrase "water for hands" occurs; and see generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.408F (9.76 Kaibel), citing the learned Aristophanes of Byzantium.Matched in noteshighshort

α3636Ἀποφθεγγόμενοςspeaking plainly, uttering an apophthegm… headword participle must be quoted from somewhere. It occurs in Athenaeus, Galen, and Christian writers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3660Ἀποψώμενονwiping off… may be another matter, but cf. e.g. Aristophanes, Peace 1230; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.578E (13.41 Kaibel) and 13.584C (13.47 Kaibel). In the present Aristophanes passage, using leaves rather than stones is presented as a surrender …Matched in noteshighshort

α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… in Nabataea, 312 BCE. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.26. [3] From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31C-D (1.57 Kaibel), citing Alcman and Polybius; cf. generally alpha 1482.Matched in noteshighshort

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