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1991
Ἀνάξιππος
Anaxippos, Anaxippus
A comic poet of the New Comedy, he flourished under Antigonos and Demetrios Poliorketes.
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Ἀντίπατρος
Antipatros, Antipater
Son of Iolaos, from the city of Palioura in Macedonia, general of Philip [II], then of Alexander [sc. the Great], and successor to the kingship; a pupil of Aristotle. He left a compilation of …
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Ἀντίπατρος
Antipatros, Antipater
This man, when he succeeded to the rule of the Macedonians, was besieged at Lamia in Thessaly by [the] Greeks; but, when the Aitolians withdrew and then the others, he was saved. Having won …
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Ἄρατος
Aratos, Aratus
A general, as Polybios says, who 'was in other respects a perfect man in statesmanlike character. For [he was] certainly proficient in speaking and understanding and concealing what had been decided, and, moreover, amiable …
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Ἀριγνώτη
Arignote, Arignota
Female student of the great Pythagoras and of Theano; Samian woman, Pythagorean philosopher. She composed the following: Bacchica; it is about the Mysteries of Demeter; it is also entitled Sacred Narrative. She also wrote …
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Ἀριστογένης
Aristogenes
A Knidian, a doctor, slave of Chrysippos the philosopher. Served as doctor to Antigonos surnamed Gonatas.
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Ἄτταλος
Attalos, Attalus
A king, brother of Eumenes, to whom no other external resource was available for the purpose of kingship, but only wealth, which, when handled with intelligence and daring, truly offers great utility for every …
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Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως
abomination of desolation
[It is said] that Antiochos [IV] Epiphanes, son of Seleukos [IV] Philopator, was a terrible and grasping man. On capturing the city by the spear he killed 150,000 [people] and then, making an insolent …
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491
Βωμόν
bomos, bomon
[Meaning what] Laconians [call] raisin(s) [stapis].
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505
Βωτεῖν
botein
[Meaning] to plough. Laconians [sc. use the word].
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Δακνόμενος
being bitten
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] being harassed, eaten up by the expenses of horse-rearing. For raising horses is reputed to be expensive; which is also connected to the Laconian curse. For indeed the Lakedaimonians …
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997
Διειρωνόξενοι
falsely-hospitable, guest-dissembling
[Meaning] those totally deceiving foreigners and lying by dissimulation and acting. [Said of] the Laconians; among whom also existed the law about expulsion of foreigners. That the Laconians were disgracefully-covetous and small-minded is shown …
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Δικαίαρχος
Dikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus
Son of Pheidias, Sicilian, from the city of Messene. Pupil of Aristotle. Philosopher and rhetorician and geometrician. [He wrote] Measurements of the Mountains in the Peloponnese; Life of Hellas in 3 books. This man …
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Ἐλακωμάνουν
they were Lakono-crazy
[Meaning] they were in love with the constitution of the Lakonians. He mentioned them because at that time the Lakonians had the upper hand in the war.
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1290
Ἐνέχραυε
used to dash
[Meaning he/she/it] used to strike the body. Herodotos [writes]: "[...] the body, being rather crazy. For whenever he met [one] of the Spartiates, he used to dash their face with his sceptre". [He is] …
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364
Χοάς
pourings
[Meaning] outpourings, offerings over corpses, or libations. An oracle has been issued that it is necessary to bring choai to the deceased of the Aitolians, year on year, and hold a festival of the …
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Χρησμός
oracle
[Meaning] prophecy. "Scipio, the general of the Romans, when the Romans were confident after the destruction of Carthage that for the rest of time they would live in peace and quiet, came among them …
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595
Χοιρίλος
Choirilos, Choerilus, Khoirilos
Of Samos, though some [say] Iasos, and others report that he was from Halikarnassos. [It is recorded that] he was born in the times of Panyasis, and that at the time of the Persian …
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