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β14Βάγιονbagion… the family of Pharnaces, Persian satrap of the Hellespont -- Plutarch, Alcibiades 39 -- though some mss read Magaios rather than Bagaios). According to Hesychius beta22, *bagai=os was also the Phrygian name for Zeus, …Matched in noteshighshort

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Βάγιον

bagion

[Meaning something] great.

Βάγιον· μέγα.