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η
543
Ἡρώδειον
Herodeion, Herodeum
… grid G2. South of Jerusalem. Built by, and named after,
Herod
(eta 544). Mentioned several times by Josephus e.g. Antiquities of the Jews 16.14; Jewish War 1.265 (web address 1), 419, 673.
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ε
3087
Ἐροιάδα
Eroiadai, Eroeadae
… The truncated spelling of its name in the Suda headword,
Eroiada,
is a textual aberration.
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η
535
Ἡρόδικος
Herodikos, Herodicus
Perhaps intended to refer to the Hellenistic writer/philosopher
Herodicus
of Babylon (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.); but see also gamma 388 for H. the brother of Gorgias; and under omicron 654.
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η
547
Ἡρωδιάς
Herodias
That of the wife (and niece) of
Herod
Antipas and mother of Salome (sigma 65): see under eta 544.
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ε
2639
Ἐπιστρεφέως
intently
In
Herodotus
this adverb (from epsilon 2642) occurs at 1.30.3 -- Croesus asks e)pistrefe/ws why Solon considers Tellos (tau 284) so fortunate -- and LSJ's 'earnestly, vehemently' conveys the sense of it there. The …
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αι
33
Αἰγεῖον
Aigeion, Aegeum
… generally OCD(4) p.16). [1] Harpokration uses a more plausible term,
"hero-shrine"
[heroon]
- which indeed appears here too, in the final sentence. [2] Dinarchus fr. III.2 Conomis.
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3639
Ἀποφορᾶν
to offcut
… turned this into an infinitive (same spelling, different accentuation). [2]
Herodotus
2.109.1 (web address 1).
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α
4030
Ἀρτεμισία
Artemisia
[1] Xerxes, in
Herodotos
8.88.3 (web address 1); cf. also
Herodotus
7.99 (web address 2) and 8.68 (web address 3). [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. (here abridged). [3] See the adjacent entries …
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δ
1524
Δρησμός
running-away
Ionic dialect version of drasmo/s (delta 1509). Seven instances in
Herodotus
(and three in the Plutarchean de
Herodoti
malignitate).
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ε
2843
Ἐπώνυμοι
Eponyms
… Salaminian could be regarded as an intruder amongst native Athenian
heroes;
cf.
Herodotus
5.66.) [1] C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.LXVII) points out that 'a hundred' (e(kato/n) does not appear in Ph's …
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1842
Ἀναγυράσιος
Anagyrasian
… Apostolius 2.96) and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 (Aristophanes) pp.51-52. [3] On
hero-cult
see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.672). [4] Anagyros, evidently. (At epsilon 78, where this mini-narrative is summarised, the father is the subject -- but …
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ε
904
Ἐλόχησεν
platooned
From a gloss on
Herodotus
1.103.1 (web address 1: on Cyaxares and the early Median army), also in Hesychius. In
Herodotus
the spelling is e)lo/xise, as from loxi/zw.
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ε
2629
Ἐπίστιον
ship-shed, ship-slip
… LSJ s.v. This definition of it comes from glosses on
Herodotus
-- see next note -- and there is something similar in Hesychius (epsilon5253). [2] An abridgment of
Herodotus
5.72.1, where however epistia has …
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χ
609
Χυτόν
heap, pile
From glosses on
Herodotus
7.37.1 (where the plural of the headword occurs: web address 1); cf. Hesychius. cf. chi 620. [1] For this see generally LSJ s.v. cesto/s, 2. (Here it might appear to …
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1824
Ἀναγινωσκομένους
being induced
… masculine accusative plural. [1] Antiphon 2.2.7; Isaeus fr. 144 Sauppe;
Herodotus
1.87.3 and 128.2.
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α
2026
Ἀναποδίζειν
to cross-examine
[1]
Herodotus
5.92.zeta; 2.116. (In neither passage, however, is the hostile sense suggested here in evidence.) Same or similar material in Photius and other lexica. [2] The second part of the entry derives from …
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β
142
Βάσσαρος
fox, bassaros
… elucidates an unusual word for fox with the common one.
(Herodotus
4.192.2 actually uses the diminutive bassa/ria, "little foxes".)
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γ
401
Γοργύρα
dungeon
Dinarchus fr. LXXXIX.13 Conomis;
Herodotus
3.145.1 (web address 1), as cited by Harpokration s.v. He also cites Aeschines, but no relevant passage can be identified. This does seem to be the authentic form of …
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ε
1299
Ἐνηβητήρια
places of [youthful] amusement
From glosses on
Herodotus
2.133.4 (web address 1). The noun, here in the plural, is neuter. (Its meaning and nuances derive from eta 16, etc.; and see also eta 21, eta 22.) As quite …
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ε
1711
Ἐξηγηταί
expounders
… Platonic Lexicon, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 916C. [3]
Herodotus
5.31.4 (Artaphrenes to Aristagoras). [4] So the transmitted text, o)nomazo/mena; but -- as is clear from the Suda's source for this paragraph (Harpokration …
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ε
1948
Ἐπαμησάμενος
having heaped on (earth)
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. From glosses on
Herodotus
8.24.1 (web address 1), where the headword -- aorist participle of e)pama/omai, masculine nominative singular -- is used of Xerxes burying his Thermopylae dead.
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ε
2630
Ἐπίστιος
guest
From glosses on
Herodotus
1.35.3 (web address 1), where the word appears; cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 6.265.
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ει
262
Εἰσηγήσαιντο
they were to introduce
Herodotus
1.133.3-4, cited in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 91; again under omicroniota 136.
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η
151
Ἤθεα
abodes, haunts
From glosses on this word (neuter plural) in
Herodotus
1.157.1 (see web address 1). Similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.511.
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η
179
Ἡκούσης
coming [well]
Feminine genitive singular of these present participles. From glosses on
Herodotus
1.30.4, where the headword one is used (of the city of Athens: web address 1).
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578
Ἵππος Νισαῖος
Nisaian horse, Nisaean horse
… quoted from somewhere, is accusative plural); and nu 425. [1]
Herodotus
3.106.2, 7.40.3; both passages also mention the horses. [2] Polemon fr.98 FHG (3.147). [3] For 'Orpheus' read, presumably, Euripides (fr. 1128).
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218
Καλλιερεῖσθαι
to obtain good omens
[1]
Herodotus
7.167.1 (web address 1) with gloss. LSJ s.v. notes this and related meanings of the verb. For 'cut-up victims' cf. under epsilon 1475, where it has a more restricted sense. [2] (cf. …
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χ
427
Χώματα χοῦν
to heap heaps
Likewise in other lexica. [1]
Herodotus
2.137.3 (work on raising embankments assigned as a punishment in Egypt: web address 1).
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γ
411
Γωβρύας
Gobryas
… C5 BCE, such as one of the seven regicides in
Herodotus
3.70-79 (web address 1), who advised Darius against the Scythian campaign
(Herodotus
4.132 and 134; web address 2 and web address 3). Also …
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β
47
Βάκις
Bakis, Bacis
… (under "Bacis"); it notes that his oracles were mentioned from
Herodotus
onwards and that "[t]o cope with the mass of oracles from manifestly different dates, later authors assumed several Bacides". [1] Likewise, according to …
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