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- γ455ΓρίοςGrios, ? Grinos… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (545). The name of a hero, according to Herodian, On Prosody [Grammatici Graeci 3,1] 110.18 (accented *Gri=os there); possibly, then, an error for Grinos/Grinnos, mentioned in Herodotus 4.150.2-3 as …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian (On the declension of nouns 3.2.733.4-5,29-30 = Lentz's edition 1.36) between *kro/twn, the S Italian city (and its eponymous hero) and krotw=n, the …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1495Ἐντυγχάνεινto encounter, to meet, to run into
… the two verbs, with particular reference to meeting a named hero, Orestes (web address 1).
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αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… definition here), of music of varied modes, of gods and heroes capable of metamorphosis, chiefly in the Orphic Hymns (alphaiota 249), or of unreliable people, whose words and opinions cannot be trusted; it may …Matched in noteshighshort