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- δ1545Δρυοκοίτηςoak-dweller"Shedding her virgin tears, the maiden Myro built a common tomb for the locust which sings in the fields and the oak-dweller cicada."
- α1050Ἀλαβαστοθήκαςperfume-bottle boxes, scent-bottle boxes… boxes of scent-bottles [this]. In common parlance they call them murothekai ["unguent-boxes"]. Alabastoi are flasks of which one cannot take hold because of [their] smoothness. Aristophanes [writes]: "into the scent-bottle one ladle of peace". …
- λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware that one would not find such an expression arising from …