Φρεάντλης

Phreantles

Translated by Marcelo Boeri12 Nov 1999Vetting: high6 revisions

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Cleanthes the philosopher was so called;¹ for since he had no means of support, by night he used to spend his nights drawing water for hire, while by day he studied his books.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φρεάντλης· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Κλεάνθης ὁ φιλόσοφος· μὴ ἔχων γὰρ ὅθεν τραφείη, τὰς μὲν νύκτας ἤντλει ὕδωρ μισθῷ, μεθ' ἡμέραν δὲ τοῖς βιβλίοις ἐσχόλαζε.

Betacode

*frea/ntlhs: ou(/tws e)kalei=to *klea/nqhs o( filo/sofos: mh\ e)/xwn ga\r o(/qen trafei/h, ta\s me\n nu/ktas h)/ntlei u(/dwr misqw=|, meq' h(me/ran de\ toi=s bibli/ois e)sxo/laze.

Notes (1)

From Diogenes Laertius 7.168; see more fully at kappa 1711. The Stoic philosopher Cleanthes of Assos (331-232 BCE) was a disciple of Zeno of Citium (the founder of the Stoa) and his successor as the head of the school.
1He who draws water from a well. This nickname is also noted by Hesychius of Miletus, Epitome (ed. Wentzel, Texte und Untersuchungen zür Geschichte der altchristlichen Litteratur) XIII.3. ↩

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