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α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus 9. …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2245Ἀνελέγετοused to read through[Meaning he/she/it] used to go over, used to practice. "Simonides had as good a memory as anyone. Apollonius the Tyanian was like him. He kept his voice silent, but used to read through quite …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… [sc. uses this word] to mean a)mei/besqai ["to requite"], but Simonides [uses it] to mean to return favours, and Sophocles to mean a)palech=sai ["to ward off"]. The orators apply the [word] a)mu/nasqai to those …

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Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι

Alcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days

[Meaning] those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus 9.…

Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι· αἱ εὐδιειναί. περὶ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ διαφέρονται. Σιμωνίδης γὰρ ἐν Πεντάθλοις ιαʹ φησὶν αὐτὰς καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν τοῖς περὶ ζῴων, Δημαγόρας δὲ ὁ Σάμιος ζʹ, καὶ…

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α2867ἈπαγορεύωI renounce, I deny, I forbid… an accusative: "you kept us from perdition." Also, "you deny, Simon Peter, which haste persuades [you to do]."Matched in translationhighshort

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… a hundred years old he had a sharper memory than Simonides. He composed and used to sing a hymn to Memory, in which he says that Time causes everything to waste away but Time …Matched in translationhighlong

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

α2866Ἀπαγορεύειrenounces, denies… [their previous life] for murders and plunder." "And you deny, Simon Peter". Alternatively a)pagoreu/ein, meaning to be distressed and incapacitated. "[He] proclaiming explicitly to the commanders/officials to avoid covetousness."Matched in translationhighshort

α3989Ἄρομαarable land[Meaning] tillage. But a)/rwma [spelled] with omega [means] a perfume. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ro/simon kli/ma ["fruitful slope"], [meaning] that which is being ploughed.Matched in translationhighshort

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 translationhighshort

ε2112Ἐπέχθηwas coiffured… cut. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "I commanded [him] to sing Simonides' 'How the Ram Was Coiffured'."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2135Ἐπειρωνευόμενοςmaking an ironic remark… mocking, ridiculing. "He was brought before [the] Romans and killed. Simon did this, making an ironic remark [to the effect that] whether those against whom he had chosen to desert would come to his …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2388Ἐπίκλητοςinvited, summoned[Meaning] he who is being called in for some reason. "[Simon], whom in their desperation the Jews introduced as their own invited tyrant".Matched in translationhighshort

χ514Χρηστόνdecent, serviceable[*xrhsto/n means the same as] xrh/simon ["useful"]. "[They] having bought a decent bit of salt fish for the field."Matched in translationhighshort

α267ἈγλαοφῶνAglaophonPausanias (10.27.4, see web address 1) quotes an epigram of Simonides, naming Aglaophon as the father of the painter Polygnotos. See also pi 1948.Matched in noteshighshort

α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, Athenaeus… [4] cf. alpha 1280 (end). [5] Athenaeus says (3E) that Simonides wrote a victory ode commemorating this (PMG 515, and Olson, 2006, 15 n.34). [6] cf. iota 487 (end) and chi 314. On "Chian" …Matched in noteshighmedium

α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring… is to the desecration of the tomb of the poet Simonides of Ceos, who was buried at Acragas; it must refer to a desecration by the Phoenician Carthaginians in the process of sacking Acragas …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1316Ἀλλοδαπάforeign [things]… must again be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Greek Anthology 7.510.1 (Simonides).Matched in noteshighshort

α3019ἈπεμορξάμηνI brushed away (tears)… and order in Athens. [2] Greek Anthology 6.217.3-4, attributed to Simonides; again at beta 473. The preceding verses are quoted at kappa 1050. On this epigram, in which a Gallus scares away a lion …Matched in noteshighshort

α3903ἈριστείδηςAristides, AristeidesC6/5 BCE. See generally Simon Hornblower in OCD(4) p.154, under 'Aristides(1)'. [1] This is paraphrased from Plutarch, Life of Aristides 25.6 [2] Probably a paraphrase of Plutarch, 8.3. [3] Related by Plutarch in 7.5-6. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4025ἈρτεμίδωροςArtemidoros, ArtemidorusC2 AD. See generally Simon Price in OCD(4) p.176, s.v. 'Artemidorus(3)'. [1] cf. delta 30. Artemidoros was actually an Ephesian; it was his mother who had come from Daldis. [2] Text: Teubner (1963) by …Matched in noteshighshort

α4739ἌψυρτοςApsyrtos, Apsyrtus… however the name of this author should almost certainly be Simon (making the authorship misattributed); cf. sigma 871.Matched in noteshighshort

β110Βάρβιτονbarbitos, long-armed lyre… 437, tau 393, and chi 518) and 7.24 (attributed to Simonides; see gamma 192, eta 304, and lambda 126); cf. Gow and Page (43). Gow and Page note (ibid.) that the distich was appended …Matched in noteshighshort

β473Βουφάγοςox-devouring… extracted from the quotation. [1] Greek Anthology, 6.217.3-4 (attributed to Simonides), quoted from alpha 3019. On this epigram, wherein a Gallus (cf. gamma 41, gamma 42) beats his timbrel to frighten away a lion, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ71ΔαρετίουDaretianGreek Anthology 6.214.2-4 (Simonides) -- but the headword Daretiou, extracted from it, is otherwise unattested, and problematical. Beckby's text of the Anthology prints dareikou= (cf. delta 72, delta 73). Arguably more attractive, though, is …Matched in noteshighshort

δ85Δασπλῆταfrightful, hellish, horrible… from the epigram about to be quoted but, rather, from Simonides fr. 17 PMG (on Charybdis, chi 144). [2] Greek Anthology 5.241.3-4 (Paul the Silentiary), on the anguish of parting from a lover. See …Matched in noteshighshort

δ238ΔέξιπποςDexippos, Dexippus… considerable intellectual coterie at the Hecatomnid court; see in brief Simon Hornblower in The Cambridge Ancient History (second edition) 6.231. For Hecatomnus see epsilon 367.Matched in noteshighshort

δ705Διαπλώσαςhaving sailed through… 437, tau 393, and chi 518) and 7.24 (attributed to Simonides; see gamma 192, eta 304, and lambda 126); cf. Gow and Page (43). On whether the couplet should be appended to 7.23 and …Matched in noteshighshort

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

δ1605Δυσδιάλλακτονhard to reconcile… onwards. As a lyric composition, the qrh=nos was developed by Simonides and Pindar and, later, in tragedy, where it acquired an important function.Matched in noteshighshort

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