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β59ΒακχυλίδηςBakkhulides, Bacchylides… was] the son of Bacchylides the athlete; a relative of Simonides the lyric poet, himself a lyric poet also.Matched in translationhighshort
α1026ἌκρωνAkron, Acron… of the most lofty peak holds.' Some attribute this to Simonides.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1183Ἐνδόσιμονsignal, prelude"The boatswains gave the signal to the oarsmen, but at the sign [the oarsmen] shouted all together with their onslaught." And in addition to this [the word] e)/ndosis [is used]. [The word] e)ndo/simon [also …Matched in translation

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Βακχυλίδης

Bakkhulides, Bacchylides

Keian, [i.e.] from Keos the island, but of the city Ioulis (for it has 4 cities, Ioulis, Karthaia, Koressia, Poiessa), son of Medon, [who was] the son of Bacchylides the athlete; a relative of Simonides the lyric poet,…

Βακχυλίδης, Κεῖος, ἀπὸ Κέω τῆς νήσου, πόλεως δὲ Ἰουλίδος [ἔχει γὰρ πόλεις δʹ, Ἰουλίδα, Καρθαίαν, Κορεσσίαν, Ποιήεσσαν], Μέδωνος υἱὸς, τοῦ Βακχυλίδου τοῦ ἀθλητοῦ παιδός· συγγενὴς…

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δ1405ΔοσίθεοςDositheos, Dositheus… (a.k.a. Nathaniel) the Samaritan and Gnostic, reputedly the teacher of Simon Magus - St Dositheos of Gaza, a monk of the sixth century CE - an object of erotic love in Greek Anthology 12.130Matched in noteshighshort

ε1196Ἐνδυτάclothing, raiment… cf. generally epsilon 1195. [1] Greek Anthology 6.217.10 (attributed to Simonides), a Gallus beats his timbrel in order to frighten away a lion; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (180); vol. II (517-518); and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1204Ἐναίσιμοςgood-omened[1] For the glossing cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 6.519, where e)nai/simon occurs (web address 1), and Hesychius epsilon2619. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1482 (web address 2), with scholion. Here the adjective is …Matched in noteshighshort

η304Ἡμερίςcultivated vine… [4] cf. omicroniota 104. [5] Greek Anthology 7.24.1-2 (attributed to Simonides), on Anakreon (cf. alpha 1916); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 180), (vol. II, 518-519), and further extracts from this epigram at gamma …Matched in noteshighshort