ALCAEUS

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Athenaeus Jerlors of Idaner fon cucumbers]: In the Attic
dialect the word is always of three sylables, but Aleacus
says:
. . takes bites of the cucumbers;

σίκυων being from a nominative σίκυς, as στάχυς Sear of corn,

genitive oraxvos.
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Wesyehius G/ossery: Pheasant : A kind of bird; Aleaeus :

[compare] nightingales to pheasants [in song]

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εὐ Btymologicum Magnani: σισύρια anil σισύμα τ thick
skins covered with hair: vompare the lyric poet Aleueus :

elad in a skin

Zenobius Proverbs :
Asking for a pig in place of a bad dog:

a saving used of those who ark for a lad thing to replace a
bad thing.

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Apostolius Proverbs :
In fleeing the ashes he’s fallen into the coals ;
a saying used of those who fall from less into greater

misfortune.

1 ref. perh. to one of the tyrants

4 wlded by #y ametre > Aleais’ 5 miss κατοῦς κακῇ» anid
ἀπαιτεῖς δ mss also καλὰ Τ γηβ5 τ. Φ. and ἔπεσεν

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