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- ε3441Εὐερκεῖwell-fenced… evidently extracted from the quotation given. [2] Greek Anthology 7.193.3 (Simias), recounting the capture and confinement of a pet locust (or a grasshopper) expected to sing; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 178), (vol. …
- α4677ἈχαρνείτηςAcharnite… 556. On this epigram, an epitaph for Sophocles attributed to Simias, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 178), (vol. II, 513-514), and another extract at kappa 1272.
- α1589Ἄμμιγαcombined, confusedly… 4677) an epitaph for Sophocles, was by implication attributed to Simias of Thebes in the Anthologia Palatina; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 178-179) and (vol. II, 514-515). On the problematic ascription of these …
- κ1215ΚέβηςKebes, CebesC5/4 BCE. Compare the very similar entry for his fellow-Theban Simmias (sigma 432) -- both feature prominently in the Phaedo of Plato; and see generally OCD(4) s.v. Cebes. [1] For Socrates see generally sigma …
- β82Βαλίανdappled… singular) occurs. [2] Synesius, Hymns 3.77-8. [3] Greek Anthology 7.203.3-4 (Simias), an epitaph for a partridge decoy; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 177), (vol. II, 512), and another extract at delta 1530.
- δ1530Δρίοςcopse, thicket… "you send forth your echoing voice"). This epigram, attributed to Simias, is an epitaph for a decoy partridge; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 177), (vol. II, 512), and another extract at beta 82. …
- β327Βλαισόςbandy-legged; curving… grammars. [2] Repeated at rho 72. [3] Greek Anthology 7.21.3-4 (Simias); cf. alpha 4677, theta 556. On this epigram, an epitaph for Sophocles, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 178), (vol. II, 513-514), and …
- ι387Ἴξαλοςjumping… lambda 717, pi 201, pi 2954. [3] Greek Anthology 6.113.1-2 (Simias the Grammarian), which has xlwroi=s "green", as translated here, not the Suda's garbled xw/rois. On this epigram, in which a bow is made …
- κ1272ΚέκροψKekrops, Cecrops… the phrase "land of Kekrops" occurs. [3] Greek Anthology 7.21.2 (Simias of Thebes): referring to Sophocles. On this epigram, an epitaph for Sophocles, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 178); (vol. II, 513-514); and …
- κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-men… 1402, kappa 1403) and the Kerkopes were mythological dwarvish and simian beings, associated with Thermopylae and Euboea, who feature in myths of Heracles and Omphale. See Lucian, Alexander, or The False Prophet, ps.-Apollonius, Bibliotheca …