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15 entries for Nikias

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β519ΒρασίδαςBrasidas… as one of the Spartan signatories to the Peace of Nikias in 421 (Thucydides 5.19.2). Brasidas' mother was named Argileonis (Plutarch, Moralia 240C). [2] Contrary to the impression given here, Methone never revolted against …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate… remember well." Thucydides in [book] 7 [writes]: "and those from Nicias came into Athens and they reported orally as many things as he told them." Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "but what indeed are words? …Matched in translationhighmedium
α942ἈκουσίλαοςAkousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus… of age: witness the remark attributed to Sophocles in Plutarch, Nikias 15.)Matched in noteshighshort

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The son of Tellis, a general of [the] Lakedaimonians. When Methone went over to the Athenian side, he waged war against it and restored it [sc. to the Spartans]. He also distinguished himself as a general at Pylos,…

Βρασίδας, ὁ Τέλλιδος, Λακεδαιμονίων στρατηγὸς, Μεθώνην ἀποστᾶσαν πρὸς Ἀθηναίους πολεμήσας ἀνεκαλέσατο. ἠρίστευσε δὲ καὶ περὶ Πύλον στρατηγῶν, πρῶτος τῆς νηὸς ἐκπηδήσας· οὗ καὶ…

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α1973Ἀνανεοῦσθαιto renew… (web address 1 below), a provision of the Peace of Nikias, on renewing an oath. [2] Cratinus fr. 167 Kock, now 178 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α3012Ἀπέλθῃwould depart… [1] Same glossing in other lexica. [2] Thucydides 5.46.4, on Nikias (web address 1). [3] Adler cited no Demosthenic passage which illustrates this, but see e.g. 23.104 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α3069Ἄπεστινis away… it may, the principal one was a younger brother of Nikias; see generally on him J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 404. [3] The Thirty Tyrants were Athenian oligarchs granted power …Matched in noteshighshort

α4542Αὔχημαboast, glory… Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.48.4; cf. upsilon 450. [3] Thucydides 7.75.6 (Nicias on the Athenian forces in Sicily, 413 BCE): web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

δ490Δῆρινbattle… genitive and dative see delta 489.) [2] Greek Anthology 6.127.1-2 (Nicias), a piece of military gear speaks after an old warrior places it at the temple of Artemis; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ619Διαλλάττεινto reconcile… held Spartans responsible for the failure of the "Peace of Nikias" and the resumption of the Peloponnesian War. [2] Evidently in a different proverb; cf. Aristophanes Acharnians 10 (web address 2; kappa 1465), and …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1147ΔιόγνητοςDiognetos, Diognetus… the protagonists in Lysias 18 -- brother of the well-known Nikias (nu 389); the hellenistic historian from (?)Erythrai, FGrH 120; and see under alpha 830.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… Duris FGrHist 76 FF 67 and 68); Plutarch, Alcibiades 21.3, Nicias 13.3; scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 477. [2] See scholion on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1207. Son of Kollytos (the eponym of another deme) this …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1513Δραστήριοςeffective, efficient, energetic… portrayals of great men by Plutarch (Antonius 42.2, Lucullus 6.2, Nicias 16.9, Pericles 19.3, Phocion 6.3, Timoleon 3.7) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It exemplifies well the overtones of the verb dra/w (delta 1488), from …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2343Ἐπιθυμῶνdesiring… instead a convincing link with Gylippos (gamma 477), whom Plutarch, Nikias 28.3 [28.2 Loeb], describes as 'demanding to bring alive to the Lakedaimonians' the Athenian generals he had captured in Syracuse. [3] As already …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2588Ἐπισκότησιςdarkening, obscurity… are well-known instances in (e.g.) Plutarch's lives of Pericles and Nicias. In ps.-Zonaras this headword does have a gloss (evidently drawn from a source other than the Suda): "to lie over something, and to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… 126th Olympiad actually covers 276-273.) [6] Name transmitted here as Nikia; Nikaia is Bernhardy's correction (noted but not followed by Adler). [7] OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). [8] Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and Stephanus of Byzantium say …Matched in noteshighmedium