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- α3726ἈπφώAppho… "Elisha the Prophet says: 'where is the god of Elijah Appho?' For he struck the waters with Elijah's sheepskin [mantle] and they did not part."
- ι229Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ θεὸς ἡμῶνJesus the Christ and our God… well known to most of the Christians and to the aforementioned faithful emperor himself. At that time there was a certain Christian man -– Philip was his name -– a silver merchant by trade. …
- δ59Δανάκηdanake… dead cross, and as they do so they give the aforementioned coin to the ferryman.
- α4316ἌτταλοςAttalos, Attalus… truly offers great utility for every initiative, but without the aforesaid things has for most men become the partial cause of misfortunes and, in short, of destruction. For it gives birth both to feelings …
- α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine… to take pity on those who seemed to have fallen afoul of fortune (since what they suffered was undeserved), or to hate the perpetrators [of injustice] and those who commit transgressions, were accustomed to …
- κ1766ΚλειτόμαχοςKleitomakhos, Kleitomachos, Clitomachus… on the same day, having beaten in the pankration the aforementioned Kleitomakhos and in the pankration Paionios [of Elis], many times crowned as victor. His victories were thus the result of enormous effort and …
- α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus… but then gradually increasing, and already having crossed all the aforementioned area in full view for ten stades, it comes to Lykoa, at this point already joined by the stream of Lousios, and is …
- α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, Athenodorus… excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from that with his advice. Then Tiberius succeeded to the principate. For at that time the flatterers that had …
- α449ἌδερHadad, Ader, Aderos… affairs were going badly for Solomon, on account of his aforementioned faults and transgressions and the anger of God for him over these same things, Hadad came by [the permission of] the Pharaoh into …
- μ56ΜακάριοςMakarios, Macarius… Theologian; but when he came to Egypt and met the aforementioned men he imitated their way of life. Some very excellent books were written by him: among these one is entitled The Monk or …
- α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… when referring to the women among the ancients, as the aforementioned poets bear witness and also Diphilos in Amastris. For he says that even the daughter of Themistocles was a "foreign Athenaia"; and [likewise?] …
- α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… [him] afresh because of the overcautiousness and inaction of the aforementioned king, he was forced to offer 500 talents. And so Seleucus agreed to help [him]." And elsewhere: "those wishing to take away his …
- ι200ἹερώνυμοςHieronymos, Hieronymus… make it worthwhile to compare him with any of the aforementioned tyrants. But it seems to me that those who write history in small bits, or when they take on strictly limited and narrow …
- α783ἈκάκιοςAkakios, Acacius… He also brought about the salvation of many who ran afoul of him, and managed to have those sentenced to life-long exile recalled to their homeland. After the death of Gennadios, patriarch of Constantinople, …
- ι368ἼνδακοςIndakos, Indacus… back on the next day he was found at the aforementioned fortification; from here again, not needing a rest day, he came in one day to Neapolis in Isauria.
- α478Ἀδιαφορίαindifference… head, stretching out one's finger or crooking it. But the aforementioned indifferent things were not termed so after this fashion: for it is possible for those things to incite attraction or repulsion. Therefore some …
- ει184Εἰρεσιώνηeiresione… Athenians sacrifice to Helios and Seasons; the boys bring the aforementioned fruits, and they hang them up in front of their doors. In accordance with an oracle they used to carry out this hanging …
- κ1708ΚλαύδιοςKlaudios, Claudius… few things on request whenever it came about through the aforementioned passions. [It is said] that Claudius, the emperor of the Romans, put forth the law that a senator could not travel beyond seven …