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- ε2575Ἐπισκήνιονepiskenion, episcenium… means either the upper storey of a skene sigma 569 (Vitruvius) or 'something brought on the the skene' (Hesychius s.v.). But it might be an adjective, meaning stage-y; LSJ s.v. notes an instance of …Matched in noteshighshort
- α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… address 2); Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades 16.4 (web address 3); Vitruvius, On Architecture 7, praef. 1l (web address 4). According to tradition, A. was the first painter to make a theatrical skene (for Aeschylus).Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3708Εὐρώςdankness… apart from accentuation, would have been homophonous in late Greek. Vitruvius (1.6.11) connects the word Eurus with the Greek word au)/ra ("breeze"). On the other hand, the word used here is accentuated differently, au)=ra, …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… On this site and its warm springs see Strabo 13.4.14; Vitruvius, On architecture 8.3; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [2] On this detail of Epictetus' life see John Chrysostom, Homily 13 on Acts, PG 60.111.30; …Matched in noteshighmedium