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ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… 1479. [1] Apollo. For this particular oracle see J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle (1978) 382-383 ##L73-74. [2] This portion of the entry is also in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2050, and is ascribed by Erbse to …Matched in noteshighmedium
α425ἈδάμAdamThe great bulk of this entry -- 104 lines out of 117 in the printed edition -- is a tour de force of polemic by an unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral …Matched in noteshighlong
γ21Γαλάται

ε3254

Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖν

to sail last of the Mysians

When the Greeks were beset by plague, the god gave them the oracular injunction "to sail to the last of the Mysians." At first they did not know what to do, but again [...] they discovered Aiolis at the boundaries of…

Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖν· Ἕλλησι λοιμῷ κρατουμένοις ὁ θεὸς ἔχρησεν, ἐπὶ τὸν ἔσχατον Μυσῶν πλεῖν. οἱ δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἠπόρουν· αὖθις δὲ τὴν Αἰολίδα παρὰ τοῖς ἐσχάτοις τῆς Μυσίας εὗρον.…

trade and manufacture77

trade and manufacture77

meter and music59

meter and music59

ΕΙ epsiloniota

ΕΙ epsiloniota

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3

Gauls, Galatai, Galatians

The entry confusingly refers to events that occur nearly a century apart, the migration of the Gauls into Anatolia in 279/8 BCE, and the defeat of their descendants by the Romans in 189. For …

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ε3149Ἐσκήνησανthey tented[1] Up to this point the entry = Photius, Lexicon epsilon2000, and is similar to entries for e)skh/nwsen in Hesychius epsilon6232, Lexica Segueriana 237.10 and (according to Adler) the unedited Ambrosian Lexicon (2183). This …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3154Ἐς κόρακαςto the crows… commentary to Homer, Odyssey 13.408, attributes to a Pausanias (not the topographer but the Attic lexicographer: his fr.183 Schwabe) a somewhat different version of the same story. In that version the Boeotians, driven out …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι35Αἰγείρου θέαpoplarNB: the online headword is incorrect; it should be ai)/geiros, not the subsidiary lemma ai)gei/rou qe/a. [1] i.e. populus alba. Note, however, LSJ's belief that this term refers to the black variety, populus nigra. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ565Διαθήκην διαθώμεθα ἣν διέθετο πίθηκος τῇ γυναικίlet us arrange the arrangement that the ape arranged with his wifeThe headword phrase is a slightly altered quotation of Aristophanes, Birds 440-441 (web address 1); the word "knifemaker" occurs in the next line of the original, making it clear that the "ape" in question …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2645Ἐπιστροφῆςtending-toThe headword noun (and hence the initial glossing one) is in the genitive singular, illustrated by the first and second of the quotations given. It is probably extracted here from the first of them, …Matched in noteshighshort

γ12ΓάϊοςGaius… s.v. Gaius(1). [1] = (with minor variations and omissions) George the Monk (Georgius Monachus), Chronicon 1.323.7-324.8. (This passage is also referred to at delta 1418.) Its assertion, in passing, that Tiberius (tau 551, tau …Matched in noteshighlong

α207Ἄγευστος θοίνηςwithout a taste of the feastThe headword phrase, illustrative of an idiom noted in LSJ s.v. a)/geustos, I -- is presumably quoted from somewhere. It features also in, besides other lexica, two adjacent entries in Photius (alpha156 and alpha157 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2030Ἐπέθεντοthey set themselves toA combination of data from at least two hands working independently of one another (see esp. n. 3). The headword is third person plural, aorist indicative middle/passive, of e)piti/qhmi (quoted from somewhere indeterminable). The …Matched in noteshighshort

α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator… this four-word statement means is less than self-evident. However, since the present headword does not occur in the extant works of Isocrates, whereas the first glossing term au)to/xeir does (4.111, 5.150, 14.29, 19.19), its …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ431ΔημήτριοςDemetrios, Demetrius… 309 or 308 BCE, mentioned again (as being short-lived) at the end of the entry (and at epsilon 2459), is not otherwise attested; its historicity is nevertheless accepted by (e.g.) H.H.Schmitt (ed.), Staatsvertraege no.433. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3450Ἀπονέμου τῆς ἁμάξης τῶν δὲ ὄνων οὐδὲν μέλειhelp yourself to the wagon but don't worry about the donkeysNot in the paroemiographers in this full form, but cf. tau 863, where the second part reappears (in a personalised form); thus in Apostolius 17.43.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… Ephoros (FGrH 70; OCD(4) 510) see already epsilon 3930; for Theopompos (FGrH 115; OCD(4) 1461-2 'Theopompus[3]') see theta 172. [2] Isocrates: iota 652. [3] A memorable aphorism much echoed (by Cicero, Quintilian, et al.) …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4493Αὐτόθενfrom this very place, from that very place… 481. [3] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.10.1. [4] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 12.199. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes the attribution to Polybius by 'Dr.' = …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ356ΚάρανοςKaranos, Caranus[1] In mythology, the descendants of Heracles, returning to Greece after exile. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Heraclidae. On Caranus, specifically, see N.G.L. Hammond and G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia, ii (Oxford 1979) 3-14. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4119Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντεςarchon (and) archonsThe primary headword, unglossed, is the nominative singular of this noun; the nominative plural is appended, which gives rise to the glossing (likewise or similarly done in other lexica. [1] sc. in Athens. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2776Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσί σεthey will take you into their hands= Theodoret, PG 80.1613.21. The headword phrase is from the Septuagint (Psalms 90:12); cf. Matthew 4:6, Luke 4:11.Matched in noteshighshort

δ635Διάληψιςjudgment, grasping… glosses in Photius and other lexica. Hesychius delta1125, earlier, has the same in the accusative case; Latte s.v. regards it as quoted from the Septuagint (2 Maccabees 3.32), though there are many other options. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2088Ἐπεστήριξας ἐπ' ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σουyou rested your hand upon mePsalm 38.3 LXX, with a version of Theodoret's commentary thereon (PG 80 1137c). [1] So the transmitted text, le/gw. Adler notes but does not adopt the persuasive emendation to the participle le/gwn ('he is …Matched in noteshighshort

β524ΒραχμάνBrahman, BrachmanThe source of this entry's (dubious) opening definition is unidentifiable, but its central paragraph derives from George the Monk, Chronicon 1.35.7-37.6. [1] a.k.a. Alexander the Great (356-323), alpha 1121. On his encounter with the …Matched in noteshighlong

ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscatedThe primary headword is third person plural, present indicative active, of e)phluga/zw. This form appears in neither of the quotations in the entry; cf. epsilon 2172. Adler cites scholia to Lucian (25.5 Rabe) and …Matched in noteshighmedium

β139Βάσανοςtouchstone, testThe first part of this entry derives from the one in Harpokration s.v., but the citations of Pindar and Sophokles are added. cf. generally beta 137. [1] Variously attributed to Antiphon the orator (fr.161 …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι362Αἰσχυνόμενος περιπλέκει τὴν συμφοράνout of shame he obfuscates the calamity… lexica; ultimately Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 2.9 (see further, next note). The headword phrase (in which the particle ga/r needs to be supplied) is from comedy: Comica adespota fr. 576 Kock, now 554 K.-A. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2228Ἐπιβατεῦσαιto take a stand on, to occupyThe headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist infinitive of the verb e)pibateu/w. [1] cf. Lexicon Vindobonense epsilon216; Syntacticum Laurentianum. Adler also cites the Syntacticum Gudianum, but no appropriate entry appears in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1908Ἐώσαντοthey forced themselves… with two glossing synonyms (but no quotation), in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The headword is aorist middle indicative, third person plural, of w)qe/w. It is probably extracted from the quotation given; alternatives include one in Thucydides …Matched in noteshighshort

α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium

η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from ScythiansAlso, with variable glossing, in several of the paroemiographers: Diogenianus 5.11 (who adds a comparison with epsiloniota 149), Macarius 8.22, Apostolius 8.39, Arsenius 16.49c. For Dareios and the Scythians cf. generally delta 72. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

δ834Διαφορουμένης τῆς κρόκης ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλεκτρυόνωνthe thread being torn apart by the roosters[1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 896 (web address 1), with the gloss of the scholia there. 'Thread' in this context means fine, expensive woollen cloth: see LSJ s.v. kro/kh, 3. [2] Arrian, Parthica fr.88 Roos [FGrH …Matched in noteshighshort

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