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α121Ἀγαθόςgood… Quotation unidentifiable, but for the Daoi, a Danubian people, see Strabo 7.3.12 (web address 1); Steph.Byz, s.v. Dakia; OCD(4) p.409 s.v. Dacia, and Herodotus 1.125.4 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
α1090ἈλβανοίAlbanoi, Albani, Albanians… who lived on the coast of the Caspian sea; cf. Strabo 11.14.1 (web address 1); Pliny, Natural History 6.38; and see generally OCD(4) s.v. Albania.Matched in noteshighshort
α4444Αὖλιςtent; Aulis… to Troy, and where Iphigeneia was sacrificed. See generally e.g. Strabo 9.2.8, Pausanias 9.19.6, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.

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[Meaning one who is] prudent. But the prudent man and the good man are not equivalents. For the 'good' man [has] something extra. For the prudent man [is] good, [as is] the brave man and others. Those who have some…

Ἀγαθός· ὁ φρόνιμος. οὐκ ἐπίσης δὲ ὁ φρόνιμος καὶ ὁ ἀγαθός. ἐπιπλέον γὰρ ὁ ἀγαθός. ἀγαθὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων, ὁ ἀνδρεῖος καὶ οἱ λοιποί. ἀγαθοὶ λέγονται καὶ οἱ ἐπιστήμονες. τοὺς δὲ Δάους…

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α4461Αὐσονίωνof Ausonians… gloss 'Romans'. [2] This odd material is unparalleled elsewhere. [3] Strabo's preferred variant is *Au)so/nion pe/lagos [4] (Atlas and Kalypso, in other versions.) For this material cf. the scholia to Lykophron, Alexandra 702.Matched in noteshighshort

α4591ἈφέταιAphetai, Aphetae… far to the north of Attica, in Thessaly; see also Strabo 9.5.15 & 18. Perhaps just inside the Gulf of Pagasai, or (as, speculatively, in the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World …Matched in noteshighshort

αι29ΑἰγεσταῖοςAigestaios, Aegestaeus… Aigesta (Egesta, Segesta) in western Sicily; so in Diodorus Siculus, Strabo and elsewhere. (But note that Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. equates them with the Thesprotoi, mentioned in the Odyssey, of SW Epeiros.) [2] Attested …Matched in noteshighshort

αι123ΑἴθικεςAithikes, AethicesIn northern Greece, between Epirus and Thessaly: Homer, Iliad 2.744; Strabo 7.7.8-9, 9.5.11-12 & 19; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. See also under alpha 683.Matched in noteshighshort

αι204ΑἱμονίαHaimonia, HaemoniaAn ancient name for Thessaly (in northern Greece): Strabo 9.5.23; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; Horace Odes 1.37.20 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

β581Βοίδιονcalf… 'Look under...'; rather, a memo for further research. See generally Strabo 9.5.2,15,18,22.Matched in noteshighshort

ε937Ἔμβαρός εἰμιI am weighty… see also beta 122 and pi 1455. [1] So e.g. Strabo 1.3.18. [2] Mounykhos is cross-referenced at mu 1289. [3] The name means 'Mister Weighty' (but apparently implying intellectual rather than bodily "weight"). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3255Ἐσχατόωσανterminating… of Ships (web address 1). The phrase is quoted by Strabo (1.2.3, 9.2.13, 9.2.14), Herodian, Stephanus of Byzantium, and others.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… 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 'from Mopsopos'. [9] Ruhnken, as Adler notes, proposed emending this to 'to Antiochus'. [10] This actual …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3930ἜφιπποςEphippos, Ephippus; Ephoros, Ephorus… enough to be mentioned (together with the big History) by Strabo 13.3.6.Matched in noteshighmedium