Διαφθονούμενος

being envied

Translated by Catharine Roth27 Jan 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

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"Being envied by Zeno he remained silent."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διαφθονούμενος· ὁ δὲ διαφθονούμενος Ζήνωνι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ἔμενεν.

Betacode

*diafqonou/menos: o( de\ diafqonou/menos *zh/nwni e)n h(suxi/a| e)/menen.

Adler suggested that this quotation may be from Damascius (cf. zeta 82) or a Byzantine historian such as Malchus (cf. zeta 83); it is now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 176 Zintzen.