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- λ473Λῄσταρχοςpirate-chief… the headword see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 33.1.5; Appian, Iberica 289; Polyaenus 4.9.3; and cf. generally lambda 474, lambda 475).
- κ390Καρίνη γυνήKarian woman, Carian woman… Kaphene, who -- in Plutarch's Mulierum Virtutes (Moralia 246D-247A); cf. Polyaenus 8.64 -- betrays her compatriots out of love for Nymphaios of Melos.
- ε3548ΕὔκριτοςEukritos, Eucritus… Carey OCT); a fourth-century-BCE Pythagorean philosopher in an anecdote in Polyaenus 5.2.22; and characters in Theocritus' 7th Idyll and Lucian's Symposium.]
- μ243ΜασαισύλιονMasaisylian, Masaesylian… 3.33.15, 16.23.6; Strabo 2.5.33, 17.3.15; mentioned also in Plutarch and Polyaenus. This entry is repeated as mu 246. Perhaps [NF] because, besides the Masaisylioi, there was also a neighbouring tribe called the Maisylioi (Polybius …
- ε3732ΕὐρυσθεύςEurystheus… either son or, more generally, descendant of Eurystheus. See e.g. Polyaenus 1.10.1 (war between the Eurystheidai and the Herakleidai).
- μ1370ΜυγδόνιοςMygdonian… is attested as -- apparently -- a proper name in Polyaenus 7.36, its appearance here is probably qua 'denizen of Mygdonia' (as in e.g. Lucian, On Sacrifices 10). Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Mygdonia recognizes …
- ε49Ἐγένετο καὶ Μάνδρωνι συκίνη ναῦςeven Mandron got a fig-wood ship… Bebrycians, near Lampsacus, see Plutarch, Moralia 255 (Mulierum Virtutes #18); Polyaenus 7.31. The Mandros of the proverb can hardly be him; nevertheless there is a tantalizing link between the geographical location of his kingdom …