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α330Ἀγωνίᾳin a competitionSame or similar entry in other lexica (references at Photius alpha312 Theodoridis), implying that a)gw/n would have been the more normal word to choose. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.3.15.Matched in noteshighshort
δ333ΔείναρχοςDinarchus, Deinarchos… [1] Other sources did record the name of his father, as either Socrates or Sostratus. [2] This account of his death confuses him with a Corinthian politician of the same name (RE Deinarchos(2)); see …Matched in noteshighshort
α3397Ἀπολινάριος

α330

Ἀγωνίᾳ

in a competition

Xenophon [sc. uses this word] to mean 'in a contest'.

Ἀγωνίᾳ· Ξενοφῶν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνι.

gender and sexuality3

gender and sexuality3

meter and music3

meter and music3

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

science and technology1

science and technology1

Apollinarios, Apollinarius

C4 AD. See generally RE Apollinarios; NP Apollinarios(3), and cf. [alpha 3398] Apollinarius. The Suda consistently spells his name with a single lambda (and the TLG Canon lists him under Apollinaris). [1] [beta 150] …

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α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, AmmoniusRE Ammonios(14); NP Ammonios(3); OCD(4) Ammonius(2) Saccas. Ammonios Sakkas taught the most prominent Neoplatonists, both pagan (Plotinus) and Christian (Origen: see the beginning of omega 182). See web address 1 below (Internet Encyclopedia of …Matched in noteshighshort

α1989ἈναξιμένηςAnaximenesC4 BC. See generally RE Anaximenes(3); NP Anaximenes(2); OCD4 Anaximenes(2); FGrH 72. [1] [zeta 130] Zoilus. [2] This material comes from Pausanias 6.18.2-6. For discussion of it see M.A. Flower, Theopompus of Chios (Oxford …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι464ἸωάννηςIoannes, Johnc. AD 490-570s. See generally RE Ioannes(21); OCD4 Philoponus. [1] The work against Proclus is the treatise Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World; the work against Severus is unidentified.Matched in noteshighshort

α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderThe opening material here is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] The second gloss here is a mistake (perhaps by confusion with the following entry, where the same word, a)gkw/n, is translated 'embrace'). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenesC2 AD. See generally RE Hermogenes(22); OCD4 Hermogenes(2); PIR2 H149; FGrH 851, BNJ 851. [1] = 'rasp, plane'. [2] Probably the Athenian Stoic mentioned in Porphyry, Life of Plotinus 20 (RE Musonios (17)). This …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ231ΚαλλίνικοςKallinikos, CallinicusThird century AD. See RE Kallinikos(1),(4); PIR2 C229; PLRE Callinicus(1); FGrH 281. Cf. gamma 132, kappa 158; usually distinguished on chronological grounds from the Callinicus mentioned in iota 435. [1] Jacoby regards this title …Matched in noteshighshort

α2187Ἀνδρόπαιςman-boy… citing Sophocles fr. 619 Radt (of Troilus). The term is also applied to (e.g.) Parthenopaeus in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 533. See also alpha 2706, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusFl. c. AD 200. See generally RE Athenaios(22); NP Athenaios(3); OCD4 Athenaeus(1); Olson (2006), vii. [1] In Egypt (see nu 58). [2] cf. delta 359, sigma 1397. What follows is excerpted from Athenaeus 1.3D-4A …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3215ἈπίωνApionFl. C1 AD. See generally RE Apion(3); NP Apion; OCD4 Apion; FGrH 616. P.Oxy. 5202 (edited with commentary by A. Benaissa) is a copy of an honorific inscription for him, including a detailed c.v./eulogy. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ429ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… refers to Phanostratus, not Demetrius himself: so e.g. J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971). In any event, Davies points out that Phanos is a typical slave's name, which ties in with …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ414ΔημάδηςDemades… Demades; FGrH 227. Identical with [delta 415] Demades. [1] See again delta 415; this is a distorted way of describing him (and his family) as deriving wealth from shipping. [2] That is, his influence …Matched in noteshighshort

κ227ΚαλλίμαχοςCallimachus, Kallimachos, KallimakhosC3 BC. See generally RE Suppl. 5 and 13, Kallimachos(6); OCD4 Callimachus(3). [1] RE Hermokrates(11). [2] kappa 228: Callimachus. [3] 271 BC. (Incorrect.) [4] See Kassel-Austin, PCG IV p.55 (expressing doubt). [5] alpha 3419: …Matched in noteshighmedium

η462ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides[1] In Egypt. See generally RE Herakleides(51); OCD4 Heraclides(3). [2] A lembos was a small, fast boat or skiff (see lambda 245). According to Diogenes Laertius 5.94 the nickname arose because H wrote a …Matched in noteshighshort

γ9ΓαϊανόςGaianus, Gaianos… possible that this Gaianus is identical with Gaianus of Smyrna, a rhetor active under the Antonine emperors; cf. Phrynichus 394.14 Fischer (Lobeck, p. 418, read *gagiano/s, but such a name is unattested elsewhere and …Matched in noteshighshort

α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, AdrianusHadrian (or Adrian) of Tyre, c. 113-193. See generally RE Hadrianos(1); OCD4 Adrianus; PIR2 H4; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.10. [1] [eta 545] Herodes. [2] a.k.a. Marcus Aurelius [mu 214]. [3] [alpha 3902] …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2898ἘρατοσθένηςEratosthenes… is the present entry. Entry in the History of Mathematics archive from St. Andrews at web address 1. [1] kappa 227: Callimachus. [2] So the transmitted text, bh/mata, but it is a mistake for …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3902ἈριστείδηςAristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides… see Behr (1968) 146-147; Behr (1994) 1151 n.42. [1] RE Aristeides(24); NP Aristeides(3); OCD4 Aristides, Publius Aelius; PIR2 A 145; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.9. [2] [pi 1889] Polemo. [3] This obscure sentence …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ416ΔημάδηςDemadesA "monumentally confused" (J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 102) entry. We are invited to see this man as the adoptive son and homonym of delta 414/delta 415, the well-known Demades; …Matched in noteshighshort

α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, AsklepiadesC1 BC. See generally RE Asklepiades(28); NP Asklepiades(8); OCD4 Asclepiades(4); FGrH 697. [1] cf. [mu 1442] Myrleanos. [2] Not identified. [3] A clearer formulation of this etymology can be found in the Etymologicum Magnum, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1644ἈμώριονAmorion, Amorium[1] In Phrygia. See generally RE Amorion; Barrington Atlas map 62 grid F3. [2] Amoraios has a long 'o', Amorraios (cf. [alpha 1628] Amorite) a short 'o'.Matched in noteshighshort

ι653ἸσοκράτηςIsocrates, Isokrates… is not in the OCD (or the RE). He was also known simply as the Apollonian. See theta 138; Harpocration s.v. e)pakto\s o(/rkos. ([1] Ignore this automatic link, which refers to the Illyrian Apollonia.) …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4735ἈψίνηςApsinesRE Apsines, with Suppl. 14.53; NP Apsines; OCD4 Apsines; PIR2 A978. For the rhetorical treatise traditionally attributed to Apsines see Dilts and Kennedy (1997), including text and translation. Heath (1998) argues that the attribution …Matched in noteshighshort

α325Ἀγωαῖοςfor leadingThis unglossed adjective a)gwgai=os (sic: a)gwai=os here is wrong, but guaranteed by the alphabetical order) is attested only in the source quoted; cf. Gow and Page, vol. II (356-357). [1] Greek Anthology 6.35.5 (Leonidas …Matched in noteshighshort

α326ἈγώμενοςenvyingSame material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (344-345). The primary headword a)gw/menos, a participle in the middle voice, occurs in Hesiod, Theogony 619 (of Ouranos and his offspring). The entry is concerned …Matched in noteshighshort

α1635Ἀμώμενοιreaping… lexica, is present middle participle, masculine nominative plural, of LSJ's a)ma/w (A); evidently quoted from somewhere. (It is part of Comica adespota 436 Kock, but Kassel-Austin exclude the item.) cf. generally alpha 1579, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

αι178ΑἰλιανόςAelian, Aelianus, AilianosClaudius Aelianus (c. 170-235), Roman author and teacher of rhetoric at Rome, was born at Praeneste, offspring of freedmen, and flourished under the reign of Septimius Severus (192-211). He wrote in Greek and was …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1140ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, Diogenianus… Diogenianus, q.v. [1] For Pontic Heraclea see [delta 1139] Diogenianus (and elsewhere). Stephanus of Byzantium lists more than twenty "other" cities of this name, but the lexicographer goes on to specify the one he …Matched in noteshighmedium

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