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1432
Δοῦρις
Douris, Duris
Name of a poet.
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707
Ἀθάνατοι
immortals
… of the Persians. [The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated
during
Theodosius' reign. [The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.
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4507
Αὐτόλυκος
Autolykos, Autolycus
… convicted of removing his relatives to a place of safety
during
the Chaironeia crisis, and the jurors condemned him. [Sc. also attested is] autolykoi, poor men, in effect those serving themselves.
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α
4679
Ἀχαία
Achaia, Achaea
… this from the beat made by the cymbals and drums
during
the examination of the girl; or from her distress [a)/xos] about her daughter; or from the sound [h)=xos] which they used to produce …
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205
Αἱμόνιος
Haimonios, Haemonius
A Roman; wounded
during
the war of the Persians against the Athenians he [nevertheless] ran to Athens, went in to [see] the prytaneis, and said to them 'Rejoice, we are rejoicing'; he then fell …
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478
Βούχετα
Boucheta, Bucheta
… Themis went there, mounted on an ox [e)pi\ boo\s o)xoume/nhn],
during
the flood of Deukalion.
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486
Βωμολοχεύεσθαι
altar-ambusher
… was the name for those who sat under the altars
during
the sacrifices and pleaded disarmingly [for a share of the offering], but beyond that [sc. the term is applied to] the pipers and …
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530
Διάγραμμα
register
… of a capital levy [ei)sphora/] to contribute to public funds,
during
a war, the sum of money recorded against the name of each man is called [sc. his] register.
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1118
Δίκτυς
Dictys, Diktys
During
the reign of Claudius, after an earthquake had flattened Crete and many graves had been opened, in one of these there was found the historical treatise of Dictys, covering the Trojan War; Claudius …
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1206
Διοσκορίδης
Dioskorides, Dioscorides
… of the moles on his eyes. He associated with Cleopatra
during
Antony's time. And written by him are 24 books, famous medical works all.
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1217
Διοφάνης
Diophanes
… was someone] who had great expertise in military matters because,
during
the lengthy war against Nabis which was waged in the vicinity of Megalopolis, he had served all the time continuously under Philopoemen and …
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410
Ἐκκέκοφθ' ἡ μουσική
the culture has been cut out
They say that whereas the ancients engaged in philological enquiry
during
their symposia, their successors introduced the singing-girls and kithara-girls and dancing-girls. Hence some people used to use this saying when criticizing innovation.
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1067
Ἐμφανές
clear, light, visible
… "black night". Sophocles [writes]: "to confine Ajax in his tents
during
this present light [of] day".
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1500
Ἐν νυκτὶ βουλή
counsel in the night
… proverbial phrase used] because of the fact that free time
during
the night gives opportunities for reflection to those about to take important decisions.
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2020
Ἐπέβαλεν
set about, overlapped
… who also overlapped with Hecataeus the Milesian, a man born
during
the Persian Wars and a little before. He lasted until the time of Perdikkas." But [the related noun] e)pibolh/ is a term for …
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2571
Ἐπισθένης
Episthenes
This man lived
during
the reign of Seuthes as king of the Thracians, and was a byword for pederasty.
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3090
Ἐρυγή
belch
A belch is a hidden gust of wind, produced
during
the digestion of food as bubbles are given off, [and] blown up to the top.
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3428
Εὐδόξιος
Eudoxios, Eudoxius
Bishop of Antioch; from Arabissos in Lesser Armenia.
During
the reign of Maximian his father Kaisarios put on a martyr's crown, despite having previously given the impression of being a slave to pleasures. But …
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310
Ἡμεροσκόποι
day-scouts
[Meaning] men on guard
during
the day.
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476
Ἡρακλῆς
Herakles, Heracles, Hercules
… possessed an aerial renown." i.e. a large and celebrated one.
During
the reign of Minos there appeared Herakles of Tyre, who discovered the dye of the so-called murex from [observing?] a dog bloodstained in …
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308
Κανηφόροι
basket-carriers
Philochorus says that it was
during
the reign of Erichthonios that virgins of good repute were first appointed to carry the baskets containing the requisites for the sacrifice to the goddess, in both the …
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310
Κάνθαρος
dung-beetle
… and rolls it with its feet and deposits its seed
during
the rolling; and out of this the dung-beetle comes into being. Hence also it bears its name from [sc. both] the pack-ass and …
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χ
136
Χάρων
Charon, Kharon
Of Lampsakos; son of Pythokles; lived
during
the reign of the first [King] Dareios, in the 79th Olympiad; but rather in the time of the Persian Wars, the 75th Olympiad. A historian, he wrote …
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175
Χαίρων
Chairon, Chaeron
… one most capable of exposing his greed, as he returned
during
the daytime from his trip to the bath-house. The [Achaian] people were outraged at these events, and the general set off for Sparta, …
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447
Γραικοί
Graikoi, 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] …
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477
Γύλιππος
Gylippos, 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).
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95
Ἐγκεχείρικα πάντα Τιμολέοντι
I 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 …
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959
Ἐμβριθεστάτη
most 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 …
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2053
Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματι
to 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).
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2366
Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου
in summary
… grid D1; about 10km east of Larissa, Thessaly; 171 BCE),
during
the Third Macedonian War (171-168 BCE); cf. Burton 128-132.
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