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5 entries for Xanthus

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αι334ΑἴσωποςAesop… 54th Olympiad. [Some say that] Aesop became the slave of Xanthus the Lydian, while others say [that he became the slave] of a certain Samian, Iadmon, who also had a female slave Rhodopis; Charaxos …Matched in translationhighmedium
αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… of a colour word as the name of Achilles' horse Xanthus. One is "Black" from the adjective kelaino/s. Ours is then, almost certainly, either "Roan" (of patchwork colouring; cf. the word’s use for a …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1130Δινήεντοςwhirling… Homer, Iliad 2.877, where the headword (used of the River Xanthus) appears, as it does again here, in the genitive case. See also delta 1128; and cf. generally delta, 1129, delta 1131, delta 1132.

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A Samian or Sardian, though Eugeiton said that he was a Mesembrian, and others [call him] a Phrygian from Kotiaiaon. He became a logopoios, which is an inventor of stories and responses. Being welcomed at [the palace…

Αἴσωπος, Σάμιος ἢ Σαρδιανός, Εὐγείτων δὲ Μεσημβριανὸς εἶπεν, ἄλλοι Κοτυαέα Φρύγα. ἐγένετο δὲ λογοποιός, ὅ ἐστιν εὑρετὴς λόγων καὶ ἀποκριμάτων. διέτριψε δὲ παρὰ Κροίσῳ φιλούμενος,…

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ε299Ἐθελήσειwill [not] be willing… [2] Homer, Iliad 21.366 (on the discomfiture of the River Xanthus, web address 1), with scholion; cf. omicron 840. [3] Aristophanes fr. 911 Kock, a phrase that includes the headword's future indicative (glossed here …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3660Εὐποτμίαgood fortune… at xi 9; there it is given as the historian Xanthus' description of the reign of the Lydian king Alkimos. "They" are the Lydian people.Matched in noteshighshort