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16 entries for Douris, Duris

χ451Χωστρίςdigging-shedDuring sieges and blockades: see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 24.1.1. The headword is used either as a adjective attached to 'tortoise' (xelw/nh) or by itself.Matched in noteshighshort
γ477ΓύλιπποςGylippos, Gylippus… the flesh of the Athenians (in various places and capacities) during the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.638).Matched in noteshighshort
ε95Ἐγκεχείρικα πάντα ΤιμολέοντιI undertook everything for Timoleon… the elderly Corinthian of that name who revitalized Greek Sicily during the 340s and 330s BCE (see under tau 600, and generally OCD(4) s.v.); beyond that, however, the import and context of this unparalleled …Matched in noteshighshort
ι639Ἰσθμικὴ πίτυςIsthmian pine… OCD(4) s.v. The crowns awarded there were of dry celery during the classical period but of pine earlier (and again later). There is a lavish and learned discussion of this in book 5 of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1982ΚομμαγηνήKommagene, Commagene… it was incorporated into the Seleucid empire but broke away during its decline. Eventually incorporated into the Roman empire.Matched in noteshighshort
ν184Νεοδαμώδηςnew-citizen, newly-enfranchised, neodamodes… him instantly into a soldier. The category was perhaps created during the Archidamian War (431-421 BC) and continues to be mentioned until the 370s. The present gloss comes from the scholia on Thucydides 7.58.3, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ562Καταθρώσκονταleaping down… 1068) injuring himself -- fatally, as it turned out -- during his siege of Paros in 490/89.Matched in noteshighshort
γ447ΓραικοίGraikoi, Graeci, Greeks… regnal date for Hellen the son of Deukalion (delta 283), during whose reign "those formerly called Graikoi were [re-]named Hellenes." [2] Here only. [3] Son of Thessalos, according to Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ812Καταταχήσωνintending to speed away… the final phrase, modified), on Hannibal "the Rhodian" at Lilybaion during the First Punic War.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3557Εὐλαβῶςcautiously, charily, warily… associates it with Philip's Asia Minor campaign in 200 BCE, during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BCE; cf. Errington, pp. 244-289). With the headword adverb cf. generally epsilon 3551, epsilon 3552, epsilon 3553, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2895ἘρασινάδηςErasinades, Erasinides… one of the ten Athenian generals for the year 406/5 (during which they were held culpable for the Athenian fatalities at the battle of Arginousai); see Develin 178-9. (A Corinthian commander of the same …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2053Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματιto carry a spear at the funeral and to make an announcement at the memorial… Prokris (pi 2488), a daughter of Erechtheus, was accidentally killed, during a hunt, by a javelin thrown by her husband Kephalos. See Apollodorus, Library of Greek Mythology 3.15.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2366Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίουin summary… grid D1; about 10km east of Larissa, Thessaly; 171 BCE), during the Third Macedonian War (171-168 BCE); cf. Burton 128-132.Matched in noteshighshort
ε959Ἐμβριθεστάτηmost substantial, very substantial… Marcellus (consul 166, 155, and 152 BCE; died c. 148) during the Second Celtiberian War (the "Fiery War", cf. Polybius 35.1 (web address 1); 153-151 BCE); cf. Harris 132, alpha 2196, kappa 2254, mu …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1639ΚινησίαςKinesias, Cinesias… mocked by Aristophanes (Ecclesiazuse 329-30), when K. fouled the Hecataea during a dithyrambic performance (tau 693, kappa 822). [2] According to a long fragment of Lysias -- most recently 195 Carey OCT -- quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
λ776ΛυγκεύςLynkeus, Lynceus… on maqhth/s. For Theophrastus see generally theta 199. [2] This Douris does not have an entry of his own, but see under delta 1432. For Douris as tyrant of Samos see G. Shipley, A …Matched in noteshighshort

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