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  1. χ120Χάρισι καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ ξύντροφος ἡ διαλλαγήreconciliation is companion to the Graces and to AphroditeThe headword phrase is generated by Aristophanes, Acharnians 989, which reads, "O reconciliation, companion of beautiful Kypris [Aphrodite] and the dear Graces" (web address 1). What follows in the entry is from the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altarThe headword optative comes from Aristophanes, Clouds 968 (web address 1). The passage in which the clause occurs is also cited in Suda entries on "bends, twists" from harmony made by the poets of …Matched in noteshighmedium
  3. α3730Ἆρά γε τοῦτ' ἆρ' ἐγώ ποτ' ἐπόψομαι;so will I myself ever see this, then?From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 466, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). Apart from the elucidation which the scholium provides, the main feature of interest in the line is its …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. α3857ἈρητῖνοιAretinoi, Aretini, Aretinians, ArretinesDespite the single rho, this is presumably the ethnikon of Arretion/Arretium (present-day Arezzo) in Italy. See also alpha 3856.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. α3883ἈριματθαῖοςArimathaian, Arimathaean, ArimatheanArimathea/Arimathaia, a.k.a. Ramathaiam, is in the present-day West Bank. Its ancient claim to fame rested principally on its being the home town of Joseph, the man who (in all four Gospels) begs the body …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. α3882ἈριμάσπειοςArimaspeian, Arimaspian, ArimaspeanThe Arimaspeans were a fabled tribe from the far north whose members each had only one eye. See Herodotus 3.116, 4.13, and 4.27 (with a supposed etymology from the Scythian "arima", meaning "one", and …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. α4066Ἀρυταινοειδοῦςarytenoid, arytaina-shapedphi 117. The arytenoid cartilage is located in the larynx, so called because it is vessel-shaped; for the arytaina see alpha 4065.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. α3761ἈργαῖονArgaion, Argaeum, Argaios, Argaeus… capital of Cappadocia (in present-day Turkey), still called Kayseri. Mount Argaios/Argaeus (sic) was nearby, to the south. See generally OCD(4) pp.261-2, s.v. 'Caesarea(1)'.Matched in noteshighshort
  9. α3838Ἄρειος πάγοςAres' hill; Areiopagos, AreopagusSee generally OCD(4) p.146, s.v. Areopagus. [1] Literally "in them," but the name of the city is plural. [2] Hellanicus FGrH 4 F38. For the Attic hero Halirrhothios, son of Poseidon, see already alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium
  10. α4119Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντεςarchon (and) archons… 267. [3] cf. pi 1878 and (esp.) pi 1879. [4] ?Aristotle, Ath. Pol. 3.5 calls the place where the Polemarch sat the Epilyceum. [5] No classical-period evidence supports the idea that the archons could …Matched in noteshighmedium
  11. α3805ἈρδεᾶταιArdeatai, Ardeati, ArdeatesStrabo 5.3.4 and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ardea give this as the ethnikon of Ardea in Latium (central Italy). See generally OCD(4) p.145, s.v. Ardea. Strabo 7.5.1 mentions an Ardea or Ardia in Dalmatia, …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. α3772ἈργειφόντηςArgeiphontes, Argos-SlayerAttested from Homer onwards. On the monster Argos [Myth, Place], see generally RE Argos(19); OCD(4) p.50, s.v. Argus.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. α3778ἈργίννουσαArginnousa, Arginousai, Arginusae… (Barrington Atlas map 57 grid E2). (So, correctly, Harpokration s.v. Arginousai, presumably the immediate source of the present, unimpressive entry.) Site of a celebrated seabattle between the Athenian and Spartan navies in 406 BCE; …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. α3808ἈρδιαῖοςArdiaian, Ardiaean, ArdiaiosMore exactly, the name of someone from Ardea/Ardia in Dalmatia. See under alpha 3805. The Ardiaioi were the dominant Illyrian tribe at the time of the Roman wars with Makedonia, and for some time …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. α4105ἈρχίβιοςArchibius, ArchibiosRE Archibios(6). Perhaps father of [alpha 3423] Apollonius.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. α3899ἈρίσταιχμοςAristaichmos, Aristaechmus… of the name. It is that of the Athenian eponymous archon of the year 621/0, the year famous for being the year of the lawcode of Drakon (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 4.1, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort
  17. α3789Ἀργύρειος σταυρός Ἀργυρίδιονsilver cross… somewhere [1] Eupolis fr. 113 Kock, now 124 K.-A. [2] Aristophanes fr. 262 Kock, now 273 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
  18. α3982Ἀρνακίδα Ἀρνακίςsheepskin… accusative, without gloss; now it is in the nominative. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 729-30 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; cf. already alpha 3554.Matched in noteshighshort
  19. α3823ἈρεόβινδοςAreobindos, Ariobindus, AriovindusAgain under omicron 936 and pi 2251. The Goth Areobindos (cf. his famous near-namesake Ariovistus: OCD(4) s.v., p.152) -- in full Flavius Areobindus Dagalaifus Areobindus -- was son-in-law of the shortlived western emperor Olybrius, …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α3950ἈρκεσίλαοςArcesilaus, Arkesilaos[1] phi 270. For Arcesilaus (or Arcesilas) of Pitane, see also phi 409, and generally OCD(4) p.136, under 'Arcesilaus(1)'.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. α3892ἈρίσταρχοςAristarchus, Aristarchos, Aristarkhosc.216-144 BC. See generally RE Aristarchos(22); NP Aristarchos(4); OCD4 Aristarchus(2). [1] 156-153 BC. [2] [alpha 3933] Aristophanes. [3] [kappa 2342] Crates. [4] This phraseology seems rather awkward; Adler (addenda) notes several attempts to improve …Matched in noteshighmedium
  22. α3920Ἀριστοκρατίαaristocracy… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. See generally OCD(4) p.156, s.v. "aristocracy" and "aristocracy, attitudes to".Matched in noteshighshort
  23. α3949ἈρκαῖοςArcaeus, ArkaiosApparently unattested outside lexicography. (In Strabo 12.8.14 the deity "Men Arkaios" in Pisidian Antioch is thought to be a corruption of "Aska-enos".)Matched in noteshighshort
  24. α3746ἈραφήνιοςAraphenian… the demotic adjective; the name of the deme itself is Araphen.Matched in noteshighshort
  25. α4106ἈρχίβιοςArchibius, ArchibiosRE Archibios(7).Matched in noteshighshort
  26. α4083ἈρχέδικοςArchedikos, ArchedicusFor Archedikos see already alpha 4082. [1] On this see Polybius 12.13.7. (Demochares was actually the nephew of Demosthenes.)Matched in noteshighshort
  27. α4085ἈρχέμοροςArchemoros, Archemorus… Opheltes: his death from snake-bite, and acquisition of the name Archemoros (First to Die), was part of the foundation-myth of the Isthmian Games (Apollodorus, Library 3.6.3).Matched in noteshighshort
  28. α3868ἈρριανόςArrianos, Arrianus, Arrianc.86-160 CE. See generally OCD(4) p.169, s.v. 'Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus'. [1] In Bithynia. [2] For Epictetus see epsilon 2424. [3] epsilon 851, presumably. [4] Wholly surviving: the Anabasis of Alexander, in 7 books, …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. α3784ἌργουσαArgoura, Argousa… (at chs. 132 and 164) and citing the local historian Aristoteles of Chalkis [Myth, Place] (FGrH 423 F1). The name, all other sources (including Stephanus of Byzantium) agree, was Argoura, not the Suda's Argousa …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. α3893ἈρίσταρχοςAristarkhos, Aristarchos, AristarchusC5 BCE; see generally OCD(4) p.154, under 'Aristarchus(3)'. The principal paragraph of the present entry derives from Aelian (fr. 104 Domingo-Forasté). [1] In Arkadia (central Peloponnese). [2] A.L. Brown in OCD s.v. notes that …Matched in noteshighmedium

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