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13 entries for Gallus

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α3019ἈπεμορξάμηνI brushed away (tears)… quoted at kappa 1050. On this epigram, in which a Gallus scares away a lion by beating his timbrel, see Gow and Page vol. I (180); vol. II (517-518); and further extracts at epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1196Ἐνδυτάclothing, raiment… epsilon 1195. [1] Greek Anthology 6.217.10 (attributed to Simonides), a Gallus beats his timbrel in order to frighten away a lion; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (180); vol. II (517-518); and further extracts …Matched in noteshighshort
α388Ἀγύρτηςmendicant… And it is also a throw with dice and a Gallus and a seer, as Apion [says]. In the Epigrams: "a certain beggar-priest of the Mother who had severed a genital vein". And elsewhere: …Matched in translationhigh

α3019

Ἀπεμορξάμην

I brushed away (tears)

[Meaning] I wiped away [tears], I cried. "So that I felt pity, and I brushed away tears, seeing an elderly man panic-striken by an archer-fellow." For it follows by logic that he brushed away tears. Or a)pemo/rcato…

Ἀπεμορξάμην· ἀπεψησάμην, ἐδάκρυσα. ὥστ' ἐγὼ μὲν ἠλέησα, κἀπεμορξάμην, ἰδὼν ἄνδρα πρεσβύτην ὑπ' ἀνδρὸς τοξότου κυκώμενον. ἀπὸ τοῦ παρακολουθοῦντος. παρέπεται γὰρ τοῖς δακρύουσιν…

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α1044ἈκύλλιοςAquillius, Aquilius… was defeated and put to death by Mithridates; Gaius Aquil(l)ius Gallus, praetor with Cicero in 66 BCE, lawyer.Matched in noteshighshort

α1510Ἅμματα[Kasiotic] knots… of Sidon), having taken shelter in a lion's den, a Gallus drives the animal away by beating the tambour; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 33); (vol. II, 84-86); and further extracts from this …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1828Ἀνάγκηnecessity… of Sidon), having taken shelter in a lion's den, a Gallus drives the animal away by beating his tambour; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 33); (vol. II, 84-86); and further extracts from this …Matched in noteshighshort

α3822Ἄρρενmale, masculine… toward the latter. [2] Hipponax [iota 588] fr. 114. [3] Gallus was a priest of Kybele who grew so frenzied that he cut off his own genitals. Later priests of her cult who castrated …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4172Ἀσκητόςtricked-out… [1] Greek Anthology 6.219.3 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon), a Gallus takes shelter in what turns out to be a lion's den, encounters the animal, but drives it away by beating his tambour; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

β473Βουφάγοςox-devouring… Simonides), quoted from alpha 3019. On this epigram, wherein a Gallus (cf. gamma 41, gamma 42) beats his timbrel to frighten away a lion, see Gow and Page vol. I (180); vol. II (517-518); …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1225Διῳδηκόταthoroughly swollen… of the same participle, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Lucian, Gallus 10).Matched in noteshighshort

ε747Ἐλαστρηθείςdriven… [1] Greek Anthology 6.219.6 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon), a Gallus takes shelter in a mountain cavern; again at zeta 19; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 33); (vol. II, 84-86); and further extracts …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3972Ἔφυδροςmoist, rainy, wet… upsilon 742. [3] Cassius Dio 51.9.4, which describes how Cornelius Gallus trapped Antony’s ships in a harbour. (Here the adjective is the right one, though wrong in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε4078Ἐψύχθηcooled, refreshed… has presumably been extracted. [2] Greek Anthology 6.220.3-4 (Dioskorides/Dioscorides), a Gallus drives away a lion by beating his timbrel, again at theta 198; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 85-86); (vol. II, 245-246); and …Matched in noteshighshort