Καρνεάδης

Karneades, Carneades

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A Libyan, from Cyrene, the son of Philokomos;¹ a philosopher. The very man from whom the New Academy originated.² They say that when he died, the moon suffered an eclipse and the sun grew dim.³

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Καρνεάδης, Λίβυς, ἀπὸ Κυρήνης, υἱὸς Φιλοκώμου, φιλόσοφος, ἀφ' οὗπερ ἡ νέα Ἀκαδημία ἤρξατο. φασὶ δὲ τελευτήσαντος αὐτοῦ τὴν σελήνην ἐκλιπεῖν καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἀμυδρὸν γενέσθαι.

Καρνεάδης · Karneades, Carneades (κ 400) · Suda

*karnea/dhs, *li/bus, a)po\ *kurh/nhs, ui(o\s *filokw/mou, filo/sofos, a)f' ou(=per h( ne/a *)akadhmi/a h)/rcato. fasi\ de\ teleuth/santos au)tou= th\n selh/nhn e)klipei=n kai\ to\n h(/lion a)mudro\n gene/sqai.

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