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δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… Cresphontes wanted Messenia, so he placed a lot of moist earth in the pot, knowing it would never jump out of the hydria (either because it dissolved in water in the pot or because …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1286Κελαινόςblack, murky, dark… fobero/n or frikto/n) to dark, murky or ominous things: the earth, Hades, the depths of the sea, storm clouds (cf. kappa 1284), the river Danube (Lycophron, Alexandra 1336), waves, and blood (cf. kappa 1285), …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2998ἘριούνιοςEriounios… on Homer, Odyssey 24.1ff.) is from a rare word for "earth," e)/ra (perhaps from an unattested adjective in -ios). It would thus refer to the role of Hermes Chthonios as underworld guide. Its frequent …Matched in noteshighshort
δ691Διαπεσούσηςafter it had collapsed, if it had collapsed… this passage, reading e)pibolh=s ("attempt, assault") instead of e)piboulh=s ("plan, plot"). [1] Extracted from somewhere else, evidently.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… Pandrosus. For speculation on the role of Phineus in the plot of the play see the Loeb edition of the fragments (ed. H. Lloyd-Jones, 1996, pp.308-09). Some have suggested that it was a satyr-play.Matched in noteshighshort