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η583ἩσίοδοςHesiodOn Hesiod see generally M.L. West in OCD(4) s.v.: 'one of the oldest known Greek poets, often coupled or contrasted with Homer [omicron 251] as the other main representative of early epic. Which was …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1710Ἀμφιγυήειςdoubly-lame, lame in both legsEpic/poetic: Homer, Iliad 1.607-8 (and passim); Hesiod, Theogony 945; etc.Matched in noteshighshort
δ126Δαῖταςfeasts… 274, beta 527, and omicron 158. [3] Polybius 5.2.6, quoting Hesiod fr.206 Merkelbach-West (77 Rzach).Matched in noteshighshort
α1277Ἀλκήmight… and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.245. [2] Hesiod fr. 203 Merkelbach-West (in Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F33), on Zeus. [3] Polybius fr. 5 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that this …Matched in noteshighshort
κ186Κᾶλαlogs, spars, woodsNeuter plural(s), the headword one probably quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 427; cf. the scholia there. See also kappa 195, kappa 201, kappa 211, kappa 247.Matched in noteshighshort
δ350Δεινωποίterrible-visaged (ones)… plural headword is probably quoted from its only other attestation: Hesiod, Shield (Aspis) 250, describing the goddesses of doom.Matched in noteshighshort
α1279ἌλκηστιςAlkestis, Alcestis… she was prepared to die. First mentioned in Homer and Hesiod, but most fully depicted in Euripides' tragedy Alkestis (438 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort
δ25Δακρυόενταshedding tears, weeping… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Homer and Hesiod.Matched in noteshighshort
α1433Ἀλυκτοπέδηinextricable bond… Greek -- is generally found in the plural (see esp. Hesiod, Theogony 521, of Prometheus); so indeed is the noun in the glossing phrase.Matched in noteshighshort
χ346Χλοερόςgreen, verdant… uncontracted form of the gloss, often preferred in poetry (e.g. Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 393, Euripides, Bacchae 866). See also chi 358, Hesychius s.v., and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 271.Matched in noteshighshort
β38Βαθυρρείτηςdeep-flowing… as an epithet of Ocean, at Homer, Iliad 21.195, and Hesiod, Theogony 265 (texts at web addresses 1 & 2).Matched in noteshighshort
δ356Δειπνολόχονdinner-trapping… similarly in other lexica. The headword adjective famously occurs in Hesiod, Works and Days 704 (of a bad wife): deipnolo/xhs, feminine genitive singular. Here in the lexica, however, it is masculine accusative singular (or, …Matched in noteshighshort
α2889Ἀπαμείρεταιtakes away a share… gloss guarantees that this is the passage in question; in Hesiod, Theogony 801 it is passive. See LSJ entry at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
δ257Δέρκεινto glance… plural, and gloss, in Photius and elsewhere; perhaps quoted from Hesiod, Shield 169.Matched in noteshighshort
κ174Κακόχαρτονdelighting in evil… in other lexica. The headword adjective is first attested in Hesiod, Works and Days 28 & 196, but in the masculine/feminine nominative singular. Here it is masculine accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere else; …Matched in noteshighshort
α1669Ἁμύεινto fall, to sink… occurrence of the phrase a)mu/onta xama=ze (of falling leaves) in Hesiod (fr. 204.124 Merkelbach-West).Matched in noteshighshort
α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… that the Anthologia Planudea transmits sth/mon (vol. I, 12). [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 777 (not Adler's "475": cobwebs). [3] Pindar fr. 296. [4] Callias fr. 2 Kock, now 5 K.-A. [5] Sophocles fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α701ἈθαμαντίδηςAthamantides… unattested in this precise form, as opposed to Athamantiades (in Hesiod, Pindar and elsewhere). Either way it means "son of Athamas"; that is, Phrixos, who features with his sister Helle (eponym of the Hellespont) …Matched in noteshighshort
χ434Χωόμενοςvexed… 1). (17 other instances in Homer, and see also e.g. Hesiod, Theogony 533 & 561.) See also Hesychius s.v. (and ps.-Zonaras 1866).Matched in noteshighshort
α670Ἀϊδέςunseen… (see LSJ s.v. a)i+dh/s), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps Hesiod, Shield 477 (of the swollen R. Anauros obliterating the tomb of Kyknos), though the glossing might be better suited to one of the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1341Ἄλλοτε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη ἄλλοτε μήτηρsometimes a day is a step-mother (but) sometimes a motherHesiod, Works and Days 825; in Macarius 1.90 and other paroemiographers. Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.31.Matched in noteshighshort
α898Ἀκλητίunbidden, uninvited, unsummoned… other lexica. [2] cf. Zenobius 2.46 and other paroemiographers. [3] Hesiod fr. 264.Matched in noteshighshort
α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth… as e)pi/kouros, a)lecika/kos. Latte regards that entry as prompted by Hesiod, Works and Days 464 (where fallow land, neio/s [nu 291], is called a)lecia/rh); and the same is surely true of the present one. …Matched in noteshighshort
χ251Χειροδίκαιοςmight-is-right-man, one who believes that might makes right… attested only here; but cf. the related word xeirodi/kai in Hesiod, Works and Days 189 (web address 2), the plural of xeirodi/khs ("one who believes that might makes right"). Previous Suda editors advocated a …Matched in noteshighshort
α4097Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντόςa beginning (is) half of the whole… (and see already under alpha 4091) -- and ultimately from Hesiod, Works and Days 40: ple/on h(/misu panto/s "the half is more than the whole." Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.59.Matched in noteshighshort
α4087ἈρχέστρατοςArchestratos… known as the Gastronomia Deipnologia and the Opsopoiia), which imitates Hesiod's Works and Days. See OCD(4) s.v. (p.140).Matched in noteshighshort
α1533Ἀμβολίαprocrastination… standard technique in a courtesan's repertoire; cf. Madden (134); [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 413.Matched in noteshighshort
α719Ἀθέρεςchaff, stalks… the stalks of cereals like wheat or barley. Mentioned from Hesiod onwards; see e.g. Xenophon, Oeconomicus 18.1 ("chaff and stalks") at web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort
χ293Χηρωσταίcollateral relatives, distant kinsmen… Iliad 5.158 (web address 1), which finds an echo in Hesiod, Theogony 607 (web address 2). For the gloss cf. the Homeric scholia; also the Etymologicum of Orion [Author, Myth] 166.1 (whence derive entries …Matched in noteshighshort
α3749Ἀράχνειον νῆμαspidery web… phrases is illustrated by the quotation given; the first by Hesiod, Works and Days 777 (web address 1). cf. generally alpha 3750. [1] Greek Anthology 6.39.3-4 (Archias), three sisters dedicate their spinning and weaving …Matched in noteshighshort