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- α4624Ἀφίστωνthey were keeping away, they were driving away… [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.17.10; on the Avar siege of Adrianople, lifted by the Romans in the summer of 587; cf. de Boor (104) and Whitby (68). On the Avars, see generally alpha 18 …
- ε374Ἐκβακχευθείςfrenzied… Eunapius fr. 44.[5]]), this probably refers to the Battle of Adrianople on August 9, 378; the Roman army under Valens was defeated by the Goths and the emperor himself was killed. For an account …
- α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, AdrianusHadrian (or Adrian) of Tyre, c. 113-193. See generally RE Hadrianos(1); OCD4 Adrianus; PIR2 H4; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.10. [1] [eta 545] Herodes. [2] a.k.a. Marcus Aurelius [mu 214]. [3] [alpha 3902] …
- α527ἈδριανόςHadrianos, Hadrianus, Hadrian[1] Publius Aelius Hadrianus, ruled 117-138. See generally A.R. Birley in OCD(4) pp.641-2; DIR entry (Herbert Benario) at web address 1. The present entry, apart from one short extract from John of Antioch (see …
- α4203ἈσπάσιοςAspasius, Aspasios… Jubayl, in Lebanon. [2] [alpha 3902] Aristides. [3] [alpha 528] Hadrian. [4] An improbable title; perhaps 'On Figured Speeches; On Issues'. [5] In the sense of technical (How to...) handbooks.
- β200Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεωςabomination of desolation… Aelius was copied from this entry to alphaiota 183. For Hadrian, see generally alpha 527; for Aelia, alphaiota 177.
- η545ἩρώδηςHerodes… [phi 4] Favorinus. [3] [pi 1889] Polemo. [4] [alpha 528] Hadrian. [5] [alpha 3902] Aristides.
- αι177ΑἰλίαAilia, Aelia… as a military colony (called Aelia Capitolina) by the emperor Hadrian; cf. beta 200.
- ν375ΝικάνωρNicanor, NikanorRE Nikanor(27); OCD4 Nicanor(2); FGrH 628. [1] Hadrian (alpha 527) reigned AD 117-138. [2] For Hermippus, see epsilon 3045. [3] A study of the location of contingents in the Greek camp in the Iliad; …
- κ454Κάσιον ὄροςKasian mountain… Barrington Atlas map 70 grid C3). [2] Greek Anthology 6.332.1-3 (Hadrian). Hadrian composed the dedication at Antioch (alpha 2692, on the south bank of the Orontes; cf. OCD(4) s.v. Antioch(1)) in 114 CE. Trajan …
- κ1165ΚεκίλιοςCaeciliusC1 BC/AD (the reference to Hadrian here cannot be right). See generally RE Caecilius(2); NP Caecilius(5); OCD4 Caecilius(1); PIR2 C14; FGrH 183; TLG 1233. Adler has chosen to print the name spelled with epsilon, …
- μ1086ΜινίκιοςMinikios, Minicius… Pliny, and (when proconsul of Asia in 122-3) recipient of Hadrian's rescript about persecuting Christians. But in fact the headword can also be a variant of Minucius, for which see mu 1088.
- ν190ΝεοκαισάρειαNeokaisareia, Neocaesarea, Kabeira… Pontus (modern Turkey). Its names included Cabira/ Neocaesarea/ Diospolis/ Sebaste/ Hadriane/ and presumably from this entry, Hadrianopolis. See Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (at web address 1); Barrington Atlas map 87 grid B4. A …
- κ2391Κρῆναιto accomplish, to fulfill[1] Approximate quotation of Greek Anthology 6.332.7-8 (Hadrian). The headword, extracted from it, is aorist active infinitive of krai/nw; see web address 1 for LSJ entry. On this epigram, a dedication by Trajan to …
- ε1586Ἔξαιτονchoice… etc. [2] An approximation of Greek Anthology 6.332.5-6 (the Emperor Hadrian, writing of Trajan), the mss of which read (more credibly) a)teirh/s in place of a)teirei=s, yielding the meaning "when he, tireless, sacked the …
- λ609Λῖταlinen-cloths… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.441. [2] Greek Anthology 6.332.3-4 (Hadrian): but read genitive ou)/rou for the Suda's ou)=ron (again at omicron 955) and, more important, de/pa ("cups") for the Suda's li=ta. On this …
- ν252ΝέρβαςNerva, Nerbas… the first of the so-called five "good" emperors (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius), and the last strictly Italian emperor. See generally J.B. Campbell in OCD(4) s.v. Nerva; De Imperatoribus Romanis entry by …