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scholium

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A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.

A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.

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A scholium to line 971 of Aristophanes ' The Birds mentions a cult "to Pandora, the earth, because she bestows all things necessary for life". Source: Internet

He was already a Christian before he was king—being named Lambert at his baptism Adam of Bremen, Gesta Daenorum, scholium 37, p. 112. Lawson, Cnut, p. 121 —although the Christianization of Scandinavia was not at all complete. Source: Internet

Servius, Scholium on Virgil's Aeneid 2.81 Odysseus had never forgiven Palamedes for threatening the life of his son. Source: Internet

Since Zeus believed that there were too many people populating the earth, he envisioned Momus Scholium on Homer A.5. Source: Internet

The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive. Source: Internet

It has been suggested that Newton gave "an oblique argument for a unitarian conception of God and an implicit attack on the doctrine of the Trinity ", citation but the General Scholium appears to say nothing specifically about these matters. Source: Internet

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