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8 entries for
Charax
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99
Χάραξος
Charaxos, Charaxus, Kharaxos
The brother of Sappho.
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95
Χάραξ
Charax
… an ancient book the following epigram about him: "I am
Charax,
a priest from the venerable heights of Pergamum, where once Telephus, blameless son of blameless Heracles, fought a war against city-destroying Achilles." He …
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1740
Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον
the stake deceived the vine
[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when that which is preserved is deceived by that which preserves.
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96
Χάραξ
palisade; stake
In the masculine [it means] an army camp. "The Greeks consider this to be the best stake, one which has the most and the largest projections around its base; whereas amongst Romans stakes have …
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97
Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον
a stake (deceived) the vine
[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.
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98
Χάραξιν
with stakes
[Meaning] with sharp timbers, or reeds, or thorny plants.
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334
Αἴσωπος
Aesop
… certain Samian, Iadmon, who also had a female slave Rhodopis;
Charaxos
the brother of Sappho took her, a Thracian by race, as his wife after she had spent time as a hetaira, and he …
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93
Χαράκωμα
stockade
From Harpokration s.v. xa/raka: sic, i.e. the accusative case of
charax
(chi 92, chi 96, chi 97, chi 98); for the Suda's xara/kwma, see already at chi 92. [1] Demosthenes 6.23, cf. 18.87. [2] …
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