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A fanciful name constructed from [Greek: nephel_e], a cloud, and [Greek: kokkux], a cuckoo; thus a city of clouds and cuckoos.—
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He was a boaster nicknamed [Greek: Kapnos],
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Also mentioned in 'The Wasps.'
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Because the war of the Titans against the gods was only a fiction of the poets.
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A sacred cloth, with which the statue of Athené in the Acropolis was draped.
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Meaning, to be patron-goddess of the city. Athené had a temple of this name.
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An Athenian effeminate, frequently ridiculed by Aristophanes.
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This was the name of the wall surrounding the Acropolis.
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i.e. the fighting-cock.
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To waken the sentinels, who might else have fallen asleep.—There are several merry contradictions in the various parts of this list of injunctions.
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In allusion to the leather strap which flute-players wore to constrict the cheeks and add to the power of the breath. The performer here no doubt wore a raven's mask.
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Hellanicus, the Mitylenian historian, tells that this surname of Artemis is derived from Colaenus, King of Athens before Cecrops and a descendant of Hermes. In obedience to an oracle he erected a temple to the goddess, invoking her as Artemis Colaenis (the Artemis of Colaenus).
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This Cleocritus, says the Scholiast, was long-necked and strutted like an ostrich.
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The Chians were the most faithful allies of Athens, and hence their name was always mentioned in prayers, decrees, etc.