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+# An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon
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+This is a fork of the [Perseus Digital Library][Perseus]'s XML version of Liddell and Scott's *An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon*. It will be used in future versions of the [Ancient Greek Lexicon & Syntax/Greek Reference][app] Android app.
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+## Source
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+Text provided by Perseus Digital Library, with funding from The Annenberg CPB/Project. Original version available for viewing and download at http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/.
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+The version of the text from which the text contained in this repository is derived was downloaded on January 1, 2015.
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+The Perseus website contains the latest [XML][lexicon-xml] and [HTML][lexicon-html] versions of the lexicon.
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+## License
+
+This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License][CC BY-SA 3.0 US], with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make.
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+## Notices
+
+This work has been modified from the original text provided by the Perseus Digital Library to correct minor typographical errors. A full version history is contained in the Git repository [hosted on GitHub][this-repo].
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+Neither this work nor the Greek Reference/Ancient Greek Lexicon & Syntax app is in any way endorsed by or affiliated with the Perseus Digital Library.
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+[Perseus]: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
+[app]: https://github.com/blinskey/greek-reference
+[lexicon-xml]: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/dltext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058
+[lexicon-htmll]: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0058
+[CC BY-SA 3.0 US]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/
+[this-repo]: https://github.com/blinskey/middle-liddell
+[db-creator]: https://github.com/blinskey/greek-reference-databsae-creator