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η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… Macarius 8.22, Apostolius 8.39, Arsenius 16.49c. For Dareios and the Scythians cf. generally delta 72. [1] Literally, tell someone to lament; cf. epsilon 3073, pi 2366. [2] This odd phrase is clearer in Macarius' …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1111ΜισγόλαςMisgolasA misleading compression of a statement made in tau 595, q.v.Matched in noteshighshort
μ727Μεταποίνιονretributive, after-punishing… a dactylo-epitritic meter, must be a fragment of a longer statement, probably from choral poetry -- cf. pi 3092 where the abridged gnomic statement (in the nominative) di/kh metapoi/nios occurs. The source of the …Matched in noteshighshort
α2620ἈντέαςAnteasAnteas (or Ateas) was the Scythian king who wrote a defiant letter to Philip II of Macedon in the C4 BCE: see Plutarch, Moralia 174E (in Sayings of Kings and Commanders).Matched in noteshighshort
ε901ἜλλουροιEllourians, Ellurians, Helourians, Heruli, HerulsScythian, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, citing Dexippus (where the name is spelled with a single lambda and a rough breathing). In fact better and more authentically known as the Heruli/Heruls; cf. under sigma …Matched in noteshighshort
χ4Χαΐαgenuine, fine, true… 90-91 (abridged), with comment from the scholia there. The original statement does not, as here, involve a me/n/de/ contrast; rather, the link between the two parts of the statement is "simply connective" (Henderson); hence …Matched in noteshighshort
α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)Matched in noteshighshort
η360Ἠμωδὸν ὄροςMount Emodos, Mount Emodus… called the Caucasus: Barrington Atlas map 6 grid EF2. The statement in Strabo 15.1.28-29 that Alexander the Great cut shipbuilding timber there shows its western extent.Matched in noteshighshort
α4581ἌφενοςrichesThe appended statement is unexceptionable (see LSJ s.v.). but as to the primary headword and gloss, it is really a gloss on the adjective a)fneio/s or a)fneo/s, "rich"; see alpha 4633. Compare the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort
γ411ΓωβρύαςGobryas… Herodotus 3.70-79 (web address 1), who advised Darius against the Scythian campaign (Herodotus 4.132 and 134; web address 2 and web address 3). Also one of Darius's sons (Herodotus 7.72; web address 4); and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1870ἘξυπτιάζωI turn on my back, I fall backwards… 10.447A-B [10.67 Kaibel]), citing Aristotle (fr. 106 Rose) for this statement. On beer brewed from barley, see zeta 196.Matched in noteshighshort
α3882ἈριμάσπειοςArimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean… 3.116, 4.13, and 4.27 (with a supposed etymology from the Scythian "arima", meaning "one", and "spou", meaning "eye"); (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 803-6; and see generally OCD(4) p.152. There were also a people called the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1052ΔιισχυρίζομαιI strongly affirm… Plato, Phaedo 100d7 (web address 1): "I make no positive statement about this (presence of or participation in the good)." Cf. Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides 882.1: "I do not affirm positively, he says, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ366Χοάσπειον ὕδωρChoaspeian water… here, since the headword phrase is a reflection of Herodotus' statement (1.188: web address 1) that the Kings of Persia drink their water from no other river. [2] Not otherwise attested as such. Perhaps …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2680Ἐπίτηδεςon purpose… with scholion; but read ou)kou=n rather than ou)/koun, as the statement should be affirmative. [2] cf. Aristophanes, Knights 1135-6 (web address 2), where the reading is ei) tou/sd' e)pi/thdes w(/sper dhmosi/ous tre/feis "If you …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1690Ἐξείηit was permissible… indirect discourse, to represent a present indicative in the direct statement. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.3.10 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
α605Ἄειblows… 1.18.3 (e)s to/nde ai)ei\ to\n po/lemon), but they comment: "[t]he statement of Harp. that a)ei/ = e(/ws in Att[ic] is based on misinterpretation" of such passages.Matched in noteshighshort
χ8Χαλάσαιto loosen… the quotation are infinitives, suggesting that in the original the statement was in indirect discourse.Matched in noteshighshort
κ247Κᾶλονspar, wood… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (352). [2] This statement appears not to pertain to the headword but to the word ka/lws ('rope', 'reef'), and may have been copied from or intended for …Matched in noteshighshort
γ18Γαλαξίαςgalaxy, the Milky Way… Mühll that change the meaning significantly from the rather opaque statement found here: "a reflection of the light of the stars that are not being shined on by the sun." This reading is confirmed …Matched in noteshighshort
μ448ΜελάμπουςMelampous, Melampus… cf. PG 36.1009b. (Note however that at sigma 1376 this statement is differently worded and appears to be connected -- by ga/r, not de/ -- with the remark about Melampus and Polles.)Matched in noteshighshort
λ218Λεβηρίςslough, cast skin… [4] From gamma 491. [5] Hesychius lambda483 has a similar statement.Matched in noteshighshort
μ45Μαθώνhaving learned… ad loc. -- of Aristophanes, Birds 382, where this gnomic statement occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ν167ΝέμειοςNemeios, Nemean… Nemea, who adds to his material on Peloponnesian Nemea the statement that there was another Nemea (otherwise unattested) in Lokris, with this ethnikon.Matched in noteshighshort
α3378Ἀπολαχεῖνto allocate… to the entry is from Harpokration s.v., where the initial statement is, rather, that a)polaxei=n can stand for uncompound laxei=n.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3367Εὐάθλους δέκαten Euathloi, ten Euathlus-es… in the second line; perhaps eu)ru/prwktos. [3] A body of Scythian archers (one of whom appears as a character in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae) kept order in the Assembly and elsewhere. For Euathlus see also Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1764Ἀμφισβητεῖνto claim… Dobree), in Harpok. and again here, is needed for the statement to make sense. [3] Demosthenes 43.5; Hyperides fr. 108 Jensen.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ145ΛατρεύωI worship… significant differences: the verb governs dative, not accusative, and a statement about what the impious do has become one about what the pious do not do. Both of these elements can in fact be …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1495ΔράκωνDrakon, Draco… [2] The present entry is the sole authority for this statement; see on it Figueira 299-300 (sceptical).Matched in noteshighmedium
α1495Ἁμαρτήσοιmight err… not have been used in the protasis of a conditional statement unless it was a subordinate clause in indirect discourse (Smyth §2287, web address 1); e)a/n with the subjunctive would be a normal construction. …Matched in noteshighshort