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34 entries for Zeus-born

γ214Γειναμέναιςgiving birth… to follow. The lexicographer interprets the headword participle as "being born," but it should mean "giving birth." See note at gamma 215. [2] Greek Anthology 7.99.1-2 (Plato the Epigrammatist) = Diogenes Laertius 3.30. The …Matched in noteshighshort
α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… generally OCD(4) p.5, under 'Achaeus(2)'. [1] 484-481. [2] Sophocles was born in the mid 490s. [3] 448-445. "Jointly" evidently means "contemporaneously".Matched in noteshighshort
α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… 836 (web address 1 below). The second trimeter, "having been born a male and from a male line", appears to be an addition. [3] Euripides, Bacchae 317-318 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium
γ215Γείνατοbegot… amended, in the Supplement, to eliminate the passive sense "is born"; cf. gamma 214.Matched in noteshighshort
γ219Γειωρίσαιto convert to Judaism… גר means "sojourner", but it comes to mean someone not born Jewish but converted to Judaism (Philo 1.417, Isaiah 14.1), leading to the technical term גיור ("giur", conversion). Hesychius defines the plural as "neighbors …Matched in noteshighshort
δ40ΔάμασοςDamasos, DamasusThis is Saint Damasus, born c.305 and Bishop of Rome (i.e. Pope) 366-384; Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [1] Jerome, Famous Men 111.Matched in noteshighshort
α3724Ἀπφάappha, sib… as o( a)f' ou(= e)/fu, "he from whom one was born".Matched in noteshighshort
γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gellocf. Zenobius 3.3, attributing the tale to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of …Matched in noteshighshort
α2452ἈννίβαςHannibalBorn 247 BCE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.644-5). [1] See generally OCD(4) pp.644, under 'Hamilcar(2)', and 646-7, under 'Hasdrubal(1)'. [2] Appian, Iberica 6 (for this whole paragraph so far); cf. alpha 4134. [3] Appian, …Matched in noteshighlong
α2492Ἀνθέμωνflowers… Aristophanes, Acharnians 991-2 (web address 1), with scholion. [2] For Zeuxis see again zeta 38, and generally OCD(4) p.1591, s.v. s.v. 'Zeuxis(1)'.Matched in noteshighshort
α1534ἈμβούλιοςAmboulios, AmbuliusEpithet ("Counsellor") of Zeus, Athena and the Dioskouroi in Sparta: Pausanias 3.13.6.Matched in noteshighshort
α2957Ἀπαιθριάζειis clearing away… given. Weather verbs are normally impersonal, except when, as here, Zeus is the subject. Cf. kappa 394, kappa 889, nu 294, omicron 231, and especially xi 129. [1] Aristophanes, Birds 1501-2 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighshort
α3297Ἀποδιοπομπεῖσθαιto conjure away, to escort away, to set aside… what lies behind this entry: a rite of purification/appeasement for Zeus Meilichios involving (as scapegoat) the fleece of a ram. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Again under delta 1189; evidently quoted from somewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
α3046Ἀπερίτροποςunheeding… Orestes not returning, and of Hades not pursuing enemies. (For zeugma in this sense see generally LSJ s.v., II: "a figure of speech, wherein two subjects are used jointly with the same predicate, which …Matched in noteshighshort
α1294ἈλκμήνηAlkmene, AlcmeneIn mythology, the wife of Amphitryon and mother (by Zeus) of Herakles; OCD(4) s.v. Alcmene (pp. 54-55). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
α668Ἀϊδάαςlord, (?)Hadad… the Semitic storm-god Hadad, a manifestatation of beta 1 (and Zeus).Matched in noteshighshort
α4522Αὐτόσεthither… [2] Quotation unidentifiable (but presumably from a military narrative). For zeugma in this sense of boats or rafts bound together see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α1538Ἀμβρόσιαιambrosial [locks]… alpha 1540. [1] Homer, Iliad 1.529-530 (web address 1), of Zeus nodding; cf. epsilon 2073.Matched in noteshighshort
δ69ΔαρδανεύςDardaneus, Dardanian… speaking the ancient Trojans (qua descendants of Dardanus, son of Zeus). See LSJ s.v. Dardanioi is also a correct form of the (Illyrian) Dardanians who plagued Makedonia's northern borders for much of the pre-imperial …Matched in noteshighshort
α2521Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρὸς ἦσανthe treasure was ashesSame entry in Photius. For this proverb see e.g. Lucian, Zeuxis 2, Philopseudes 32, Navigium 26. Its modern (if nowadays little-used) equivalent would be "apples of Sodom".Matched in noteshighshort
δ283ΔευκαλίωνDeucalion, Deukalion… his wife Pyrrha were the survivors of the flood which Zeus sent to punish humans for their lack of piety. A homonym is D. the son of Minos (and father of Homer's Idomeneus).Matched in noteshighshort
α2408Ἀνηκούστησενignored… Homer, Iliad 15.236 (where the headword occurs, of Apollo defying Zeus). [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Herodotus 6.14.2 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
α1795Ἄναup… cf. epsilon 265. [3] Example in Homer, Iliad 3.351 (of Zeus): web address 3.Matched in noteshighshort
α1488Ἁμαξίςcart… [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 864. On the Diasia, a festival of Zeus, see delta 752.Matched in noteshighshort
α1352Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίανbut not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre… Its proverbial status, implied by the present gloss, is not borne out by inclusion in the paroemiographic collections, but see Plutarch, Moralia 439C and 534C.Matched in noteshighshort
α2694Ἀντίοχος ὁ ΠραιπόσιτοςAntiochus Praepositus… also epsilon 3604, pi 793. This is Priscus fr. 56 Bornmann, but the source is now recognized as John Malalas, Chronographia XIV.15 Thurn (281); cf. Carolla (84) and Blockley (232-235). On Theodosius II, see …Matched in noteshighshort
α1660Ἀμοιβαία ἔκτισιςreciprocal payment… phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere. [2] Priscus fr. 47 Bornmann, 67 Blockley, still 47 Carolla. Blockley suggests (376-377, 400 note 204) that the fragment might concern an effort by Roman authorities to resolve …Matched in noteshighshort
α4232Ἀστέρειοςof a star, star's… Electra 866 for 'sun's four-horser'. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.580 (of Zeus), with the gloss of the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort
α1277Ἀλκήmight… 203 Merkelbach-West (in Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F33), on Zeus. [3] Polybius fr. 5 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that this fragment is in fact Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.5.1; cf. de Boor (196) …Matched in noteshighshort
δ57ΔανάηDanaë… the Silentiary), quoted from epsilon 919. The allusion is to Zeus visiting Danae (and fathering Perseus) as a shower of gold. Find further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1510, kappa 454, kappa 2075, …Matched in noteshighshort

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