Byzantine Teaching Miscellany

...some say it is; and warlike. But just as one
examines which of them is of the approved—

to retry a case I retry a case original: "Ἀναδικῶ" (anadiko); a judgment, looking back at things from here and behind through the?
testimonies and? again witnesses search out. And to be re-
to litigate tried original: "ἀναδικάζεσθαι" (anadikazesthai); to be judged from the beginning;? Isaeus A 4th-century BCE Athenian orator specializing in inheritance law. in the speech on behalf of Aphei.? To litigate original: "ἀντιδικεῖν" (antidikein)
simply means to go to law; the master? who is condemned rains down victory and?
unrecorded debt the hair was struck by lightning.? Unrecorded debt original: "ἀγραφίου" (agraphiou) — a specific legal action in Athens against a person whose name was removed from the list of public debtors before they had actually paid.; a kind
of lawsuit never against those owing to the public?
...those owing if the things previously paid off should be?
to recount the past wiped away the word instead of? he wanders. Similarly,
Basil St. Basil the Great, a 4th-century Church Father known for his refined Greek style.: "toward the refuges of misfortunes, you also recount the past original: "ἀρχαιολογεῖς" (archaiologeis) from
tears." Alcaeus A comic poet of the 4th century BCE.: instead of saying ancient
things; in the [speech] against the guardianship of Timotheus. And Demo-
to put on or delay sthenes The most famous Athenian orator. in the [speech] against Nausimachus. He puts on original: "ἀναβάλλεται" (anaballetai); instead
of he wears clothing. From which also the "cloak" is called a garment; and he
puts on instead of he postpones. And "to throw over the
shoulders," Theocritus A Hellenistic poet, the creator of pastoral poetry. says "he puts on [a beginning] to sing." And the one delay-
ing to sing. And "to delay" means to undertake and to wage war,
Herodotus The 5th-century BCE historian.. But before conceding, not even so graciously to many,
and where it is not for small debts that we delay battles
against the Lacedaemonians Spartans.. And "he puts on" instead of
he broadens; Aphthonius A 4th-century teacher of rhetoric.: "and some for the five-year festival [offered] me the broadened
to reject voice as a hymn." He rejects original: "ἀποποιεῖται" (apopoieitai); instead of he denies. Maxi-
mus Likely Maximus the Confessor or Maximus of Tyre.: "and all other things to know how to reject." Furthermore,
to stir up to raise the brows. Instead of he is boastful. Chrysostom John Chrysostom, the "Golden-Mouthed" orator of the Church.: "so that
even if we stir up our eyebrows ten thousand times, we are humbled."
And "to tear up the eyebrow" means to be lifted up. Josephus Flavius Josephus, the 1st-century Jewish historian.: "from the
wells... clearly to draw up original: "ἀνάσπαν" (anaspan) water." Precise original: "ἀκριβὴς" (akribes): that which is not "of barley" The scribe is playing on an ancient folk etymology: "akribes" (precise) vs "krithinos" (of barley), suggesting precision is refined and smooth, unlike coarse barley grain.. And un-
judged original: "ἄκριθος" (akrithos): the undistinguished; or he who is without adornment and unentangled in the...