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162 entries for Callimachus

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κ227ΚαλλίμαχοςCallimachus, Kallimachos, Kallimakhos… BC. See generally RE Suppl. 5 and 13, Kallimachos(6); OCD4 Callimachus(3). [1] RE Hermokrates(11). [2] kappa 228: Callimachus. [3] 271 BC. (Incorrect.) [4] See Kassel-Austin, PCG IV p.55 (expressing doubt). [5] alpha 3419: Apollonius. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ228ΚαλλίμαχοςKallimachos, CallimachusFor this Callimachus 'Junior' (C3) see H. Lloyd-Jones and P.Parsons, Supplementum Hellenisticum (Berlin 1983) 144, fr.309. [1] kappa 227.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughtered… us back from e)/nara to sku=la and the quotation from Callimachus (fr. 677 Pfeiffer = SH 268B). There is also some confusion in this second part of the explanation. The quotation from Callimachus attests …Matched in noteshigh

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Καλλίμαχος

Callimachus, Kallimachos, Kallimakhos

Son of Battus and Mesatma, of Cyrene. Grammarian. A pupil of Hermocrates of Iasus, a grammarian. He married the daughter of Euphrates of Syracuse; his sister's son was the younger Callimachus, who wrote on islands in…

Καλλίμαχος, υἱὸς Βάττου καὶ Μεσάτμας, Κυρηναῖος, γραμματικός, μαθητὴς Ἑρμοκράτους τοῦ Ἰασέως, γραμματικοῦ· γαμετὴν ἐσχηκὼς τὴν Εὐφράτου τοῦ Συρακουσίου θυγατέρα. ἀδελφῆς δὲ αὐτοῦ…

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ΕΙ epsiloniota

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Oliver Phillips ✝

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Ross Scaife ✝2

Alexandra Trachsel1

Alexandra Trachsel1

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Amelia Mathias1

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

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ι545ἹππίαςHippias… is, ten generals (under the overall command of the polemarch Callimachus, about to be mentioned). [4] Again at kappa 226. [5] [Again, summarily, at pi 1962, and in most respects for the worse there …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4255Ἄστρια(?)knucklebones… plural of a)/stris), to be restored in the verse of Callimachus quoted here (Hecale fr. 276 Pfeiffer). This abbreviated form of the normal word, astragalos (alpha 4250), may have been used to associate knucklebones …Matched in noteshighshort

ε345ἙκάληHekale, Hecale… tribe IV Leontis) of which she was eponym. [2] On Callimachus' hexameter poem Hecale and in general see R.L. Hunter in OCD(4) s.v. Hecale. [3] In the myth the principal beneficiary of this hospitality …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1953Κολουραία πέτρα'stump-tailed' rockCallimachus, Hecale fr. 235 Pfeiffer. The adjective kolourai=os "stump-tailed" (glossed in LSJ as identical to ko/louros, on which see kappa 1952) is metaphorically extended to "truncated" (LSJ s.v. ko/louros I.2). LSJ renders this instance …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1960Νησάωνof KolonaiFrom a gloss on Callimachus Hecale fr.300 Pfeiffer, where, as indicated, the genitive plural form of this toponym (an Attic deme: see further below) occurs. The other genitive plural cited, nhsa/wn [which SOL wrongly …Matched in noteshighshort

α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-supervisorship, market-supervisorships… by comment from the scholia there; cf. lambda 291. [4] Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 39. [5] Dikaiopolis, that is, the speaker of the quotation. [6] What seems to be a very mangled quotation from …Matched in noteshighmedium

α495Ἀδμωλίαuncertainty[1] Callimachus fr. 717 Pfeiffer, q.v. See a)dmoli/h (sic) in LSJ (web address 1 below). [2] Some other lexica have the reading doulei/as: "without slavery."Matched in noteshighshort

α1037ἌκτιαAktia, Actia… it can presumably be inferred that Athens had one. The Callimachus reference is fr. 403 Pfeiffer.Matched in noteshighshort

α1146Ἀλετρίβανοςpestle… tau 74, tau 799, chi 620, and omega 294. [4] Callimachus, Hecale fr.334; cf. alpha 3259 and epsilon 66.Matched in noteshighshort

α1592Ἀμιθρῆσαιto calculateThe headword is an aorist active infinitive. [1] Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 86, and Hecale fr.314. LSJ s.v. cite other instances of this epic/Ionic/poetic inversion of a)riqmw=.Matched in noteshighshort

α3071Ἀπεστώabsence… epsilon 3446, a)eiestw/ alpha 618 and ai)eiestw/ alphaiota 103. [2] Callimachus fr. 340 Pfeiffer.Matched in noteshighshort

α3259Ἀποβράσματαchaff[1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 334 Pfeiffer, with scholion; more fully at epsiloniota 66. To be more exact, the verb used is related to the (neuter plural) headword noun here.Matched in noteshighshort

α3622Ἀπ' οὔατος ἄγγελος ἔλθοιmay the messenger go far from my earCallimachus, Hecale fr. 315, with the gloss of the scholia there. [1] Adler does print this double negative in the gloss, while noting Bernhardy's wish to delete the first mh/ (and ms F's omission …Matched in noteshighshort

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… fragments, p. 133, "And everything is loaded with cobwebs"). [6] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 253. [7] Cratinus fr. 190 Kock, now 202 K.-A. [8] Pherecrates fr. 142 Kock, now 151 K.-A.; again at sigma 1334. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3981Ἁρμοῖ πουjust now… locative of the noun a(rmo/s; literally, "at a junction". [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 274. See also epsilon 874.Matched in noteshighshort

α4208Ἀσπαστοίwelcome, welcomed… but is not independently attested. [3] This (Ionic) word is Callimachus fr. 427 Schneider.Matched in noteshighshort

α4272Ἄστυρονlittle town, town… from the quotation given) of astu. See LSJ s.v. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.260 Pfeiffer.Matched in noteshighshort

αι137Αἴθ' ὄφελες θανεῖν ἢ πανύστατον ὀρχήσασθαιif only you had died or danced for the very last timeCallimachus, Hecale fr. 326, with scholion. (The third word of the original must be qane/ein for metrical reasons; and h)\ panu/staton is regarded as corrupt.) For 'if only you had' cf. alphaiota 136.Matched in noteshighshort

γ155ΓένταintestinesNeuter plural. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 322; cf. mu 471.Matched in noteshighshort

δ56Δανάdana, parched… Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius delta46 Theodoridis. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.243, followed by comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

δ340Δεινόνterrible… Oedipus at Colonus 510-511 (web address 1), with scholion. [2] Callimachus Fragmenta incertae sedis 682 Pfeiffer. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 352-354 (web address 2) with scholion; Plato Comicus fr. 32 Kock, now 31 K.-A. Again …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1566Δύηmisery… see already delta 1564. [2] Already at delta 1420. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 325 Pfeiffer (where the metre needs a)po/qeston). [4] Fragment of elegiac fable, included in appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε139Ἐγκυτίto the skinSimilarly in other lexica. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 281; cf. epsilon 1506. (Earlier in Archilochus.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε523Ἐκόησενheard… indicative active, of the verb koe/w; cf. kappa 1894. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 232., with scholionMatched in noteshighshort

ε1506Ἐν χρῷon skin, to skin… 786 (where the headword phrase occurs); also other lexica. [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 281, with scholion; cf. epsilon 139. [3] Agathias, Histories 5.21 (on using reeds to make a raft); but read pepiesme/nas. The …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2389Ἐπικλινέςslanted… singular of this adjective (for which see also epsilon 2390): Callimachus, Hekale fr.333, with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2898ἘρατοσθένηςEratosthenes… from St. Andrews at web address 1. [1] kappa 227: Callimachus. [2] So the transmitted text, bh/mata, but it is a mistake for bh=ta (the letter which comes second in the alphabet: thus, no.2, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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