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η552ἭρωνHeron, Hero[1] RE Heron(4). [2] For Dinarchus see delta 333. [3] RE Heron(6); PLRE II Heron(2). For Proclus see pi 2473. [4] Marinus, Life of Proclus 9.Matched in noteshighshort
η542Ἥρωαςheroes… plural phrase, quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.151 (Stoic doctrine). For 'hero' cf. eta 556.Matched in noteshighshort
η546ἩρωδιανόςHerodianos, Herodianus, Herodian[1] RE Herodianos(4); OCD4 Herodian(1). [2] alpha 3422: Apollonius. [3] mu 214: Marcus Aurelius, ruled AD 161-180. [4] delta 1171: Dionysius. [5] phi 447: Philo.Matched in noteshighshort
η543ἩρώδειονHerodeion, Herodeum… grid G2. South of Jerusalem. Built by, and named after, Herod (eta 544). Mentioned several times by Josephus e.g. Antiquities of the Jews 16.14; Jewish War 1.265 (web address 1), 419, 673.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3087ἘροιάδαEroiadai, Eroeadae… The truncated spelling of its name in the Suda headword, Eroiada, is a textual aberration.Matched in noteshighshort
η535ἩρόδικοςHerodikos, HerodicusPerhaps intended to refer to the Hellenistic writer/philosopher Herodicus of Babylon (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.); but see also gamma 388 for H. the brother of Gorgias; and under omicron 654.Matched in noteshighshort
η547ἩρωδιάςHerodiasThat of the wife (and niece) of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome (sigma 65): see under eta 544.Matched in noteshighshort
η544ἩρώδηςHerodes, Herod, Herod the Great… the Baptist; cf. under alpha 985, iota 503. [2] For Herodias, see eta 547; for this Salome and another, sigma 65. [3] Herod Agrippa was in fact the grandson of Herod. Agrippa's father was …Matched in noteshighmedium
η127Ἠερόειςmistycf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.191 (*)ai+/dhs d' e)/laxe zo/fon h)ero/enta "Hades received the misty realm"), as well as other lexica. See also eta 126.Matched in noteshighshort
η541ἩροφίλαHerophila, Herophile[1] For Herophila as the name of the Erythraean Sibyl see again under chi 484, and cf. Hesychius eta829. Varro listed a total of ten Sibyls, and the story reported by the Suda about …Matched in noteshighshort
η536ἩρόδοτοςHerodotus, HerodotosC5 BCE. See generally John Gould in OCD(4) s.v. 'Herodotus(1)'. [1] Present-day Bodrum, in Turkey. [2] For Artemisia in Herodotus' work, see 7.99; 8.68-69, 87-88, 93, 101-3. [3] According to ancient tradition, Herodotus was …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4006Ἅρπεζον>20 ὅτι τὸ ἐκ χαλίκων ᾠκοδομημένον τειχίον ἄνευ πηλοῦ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ τινὲς ἅρπεζον καλοῦσινhedgingQuoted from alphaiota 189. The Herodotus passage is 1.180.2, on the fortifications of Babylon.Matched in noteshighshort
αι33ΑἰγεῖονAigeion, Aegeum… generally OCD(4) p.16). [1] Harpokration uses a more plausible term, "hero-shrine" [heroon] - which indeed appears here too, in the final sentence. [2] Dinarchus fr. III.2 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort
η545ἩρώδηςHerodesc. AD 101-177. See generally RE Herodes(13) = Claudius (72); OCD4 Claudius Atticus Herodes(2); PIR2 C802; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.1.545-566. [1] See RE Claudius(71). Herodes' grandfather's name was in fact Hipparchus. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… below). There is some debate over the identity of "the hero Kalamites" (tw=| Kalami/th| h(/rwi). This may be a physician or bone-setter (one who uses splints, ka/lamoi) named Heros who is mentioned in Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort
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
ι202Ἱερῶςin a sacred mannerSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is an adverbial form from i(ero/s; cf. generally iota 198.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3014ἘριχθόνιοςErichthonios, ErichthoniusAn Athenian "hero" (demi-god) connected with the Acropolis and its cults; perhaps orginally the same as Erechtheus (cf. epsilon 2943). See generally OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… Apostolius 2.96) and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 (Aristophanes) pp.51-52. [3] On hero-cult see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.672). [4] Anagyros, evidently. (At epsilon 78, where this mini-narrative is summarised, the father is the subject -- but …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι198ἹερῷsacredDative singular of i(ero/s, with same or similar glossing in other lexica; quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.464. cf. generally iota 197, iota 202.Matched in noteshighshort
χ303Χιλήfodder… 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the Suda's e(te/rhs ("other"). [3] Quotation and context unidentifiable. [4] cf. Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3060ἘρόγευονI was distributing alms, they were distributing alms… and cf. LSJ Supplement: 'r(ogeu/w, pay in kind, fr. Latin erogare'). It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae 807.17 (its only other attestation); if so it is …Matched in noteshighshort
ι16ἼακχοςIakkhos, Iacchus… is referring to the battle of Salamis (480 BCE); cf. Herodotus 8.65.1 for this detail. [3] Also spelled i)a/xw or i)axw=: cf. Etymologicum Magnum 462.48. [4] Aelian fr. 270b Domingo-Forasté (272 Hercher again); 'Areian' …Matched in noteshighshort
ι190ἹεροσόλυμαHierosolyma, JerusalemSee also iota 194. The spelling in this entry, apparently influenced by Greek i(ero/s, occurs in later books of the Septuagint. Both spellings occur in the New Testament. The Hebrew is (יְרוּשָלַיִם [jəɣuʃɔlɑjɪm]).Matched in noteshighshort
ι775ἸφίστιοςIphistios, Iphistius… Hesychius iota1129, Iphistios is the name of an Athenian local hero, the eponym of the tiny deme Iphistiadai. (There is no separate Suda entry for Iphistiadai, but see e.g. Diogenes Laertius 3.41: Plato's will …Matched in noteshighshort
μ469ΜελέαγροςMeleager, Meleagros… For the two best-known bearers of it see OCD4 s.v.(1) [hero of the Calydonian Boar hunt; cf. under omicron 849, and see also mu 468] and (2) [philosopher and poet, author of the Garland …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).Matched in noteshighshort
ι154Ἱερὰ νόσοςsacred diseaseArtemidorus 2.12. For the Hippocratic treatise on the "sacred disease" (epilepsy), see web address 1; and generally LSJ s.v. i(ero/s, IV.8.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… Eustathius (1409 on Homer, Odyssey 1.185, copying Strabo) call the hero Polites. According to Strabo the shrine lay near the city of Temesa and was shaded by wild olive trees. The story in epsilon …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι215ΑἰνείαςAineias, Aeneas… p.23. Not on any account to be confused with Vergil's hero (for whom see under alpha 4653, alphaiota 214, and elsewhere). [1] Polybios 10.44. Cf. kappa 1726.Matched in noteshighshort