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ἀνταῖος

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Transliteration A: antaîos Transliteration B: antaios Transliteration C: antaios Beta Code: a)ntai=os

English (LSJ)

α, ον, (ἄντα)

   A set over against, right opposite, ἀνταία πληγή a wound in front, right in the breast, S.El.195, E.Andr.844; ἀνταίαν ἔπαισεν (sc. πληγήν) S.Ant.1308.    2 opposed to, hostile, hateful, κνώδαλον ἀ. βροτοῖσιν A.Ch.588 (lyr.); πομπά E.IA1323 (lyr.), cf. S. Fr.72,334; θεός ib.335; τἀνταῖα θεῶν their hostile purposes, A.Pers. 604.    II besought with prayers, epith. of Hecate, etc., A.R.1.1141, cf. Orph.H.41.1; ἀνταία· . . ἱκέσιος, A. (Fr.223)ap.Hsch.; ἀνταῖος Ζεύς Sch.Il.22.113.