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α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, AristotleVita Menagiana of Aristotle; cf. Diogenes Laertius 5.1,4,9-10; Dionysius of Halicarnassus ad Ammaeum 5. On Aristotle see also alpha 3930, sigma 979, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.159-63). [1] For whom see nu 399. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3930ἈριστοτέληςAristotle, AristotelesFor Aristotle see already alpha 3929. [1] Timaios (Timaeus) of Tauromenion, historian, C4/3 BCE; see generally tau 600 and 602. The present extract from him, preserved by Polybios (n.3 below), is FGrH 566 F156. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinions… sentence, this entry draws on Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 18.26-19.27 and 549.22-550.5. [1] The headword endoxa (neuter plural) is hard to translate. In Aristotelian usage it means "things acknowledged or generally …

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Ἀριστοτέλης

Aristoteles, Aristotle

Son of Nikomakhos and Phaistias. Nikomakhos was a physician in the tradition of the Asklepiads, from Nikomakhos the son of Makhaon. [Aristotle came] from Stageira, a city of Thrace; he was a philosopher, a disciple of…

Ἀριστοτέλης, υἱὸς Νικομάχου καὶ Φαιστιάδος· ὁ δὲ Νικόμαχος ἰατρὸς ἦν τοῦ τῶν Ἀσκληπιαδῶν γένους, ἀπὸ Νικομάχου τοῦ Μαχάονος. ἐκ Σταγείρων, πόλεως τῆς Θρᾴκης, φιλόσοφος, μαθητὴς…

meter and music5

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gender and sexuality4

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trade and manufacture3

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ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… (13.1.57) states that Hermias attended the lectures of Plato and Aristotle in Athens. [3] Wormell (p. 90) conjectures that the Suda may have confused Hermias of Atarneus with Hermeias of Alexandria; see epsilon 3036. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… this entry derives from two of the ancient commentators on Aristotle. In sequence: Alexander of Aphrodisias, On the Topica 348.24-32, 349.18-19; John Philoponus, On the de anima 34.6-19, 265.12-20. [1] Copied to delta 508, …Matched in noteshighlong

ε563Ἐκ περιουσίαςsuperfluously, advantageously… quotations (with minor variations) of Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 257.23-258.9; he is commenting on Topica 118a6-15. [1] Likewise in Lexica Segueriana epsilon214.6. (The corresponding entry in ps.-Zonaras, oddly, continues for three …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1454Ἐντελέχειαactuality, complete reality, entelechy… follows (with varying degrees of accuracy), John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima: first (as far as 'the separated [form]') an approximation of 204.15-34; then (as far as 'holds it together') a closer version …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2532Ἄνθρωποςman… to a general category. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 114.8-9 Wallies. The passage is Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1147b35 (which actually says nothing about boxing: web address 1). That the passage does …Matched in noteshighshort

δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… BCE) see OCD(4) 1481-2. [3] Timaeus perhaps had in mind Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1118a32 (the epicure who prayed for a longer throat). Compare in any event Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.342C (8.28 Kaibel). For another of …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… islands). Gow and Scholfield obelize the term as corrupt. [4] Aristotle, On Justice fr. 84 (see note 7 below). [5] Douris FGrH 76 F20. For the companion in question, who is named 'Eurybates' (*eu)ruba/ths) …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3238Ἁπλῷ λόγῳin a simple statement… source of this paragraph is Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 214.12-18. [2] Perhaps, Adler suggests, from a scholion on Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 231, where "in a simple manner" occurs (web address 1). [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσινoffice exposes a man… fr.2 West) is cited for the attribution to Solon. The Aristotle reference is to Nicomachean Ethics 1130a1; for Theophrastus, fr.737 Fortenbaugh. On Bias of Priene see beta 270.Matched in noteshighshort

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… unidentifiable, though one (proverbial-sounding) element of it, "the happiness of Aristotle", is used in fr.4 (preserved by Eusebius) of the C2-CE Platonist philosopher Atticus [OCD(4) p.204]. [7] Aristophanes, Clouds 425, where however, the text …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… 1144. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For Xenocrates see xi 42; for Aristotle alpha 3929; for Theophrastus theta 199 (55 FHS&G); for Zeno zeta 79; for Plato pi 1707; for Polemo pi 1887. The Greek idiom …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… 10.136-137.) Other important Cyrenaic philosophers were Antipater of Cyrene and Aristotle of Cyrene. [7] Epicurus (epsilon 2404) and the Epicureans. [8] The way of life related to Anniceris (alpha 2466), a Cyrenaic philosopher (see …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ143Γεννητικήprocreative [power]… 474. [3] cf. sigma 660. [4] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 228.10-19. [5] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 192.1-3. In Alexander's text, the last clause has a)ge/nhta with single nu: …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… context: Plato is reported to have said the same about Aristotle and Xenocrates (Diogenes Laertius 4.6), and Aristotle -- echoing Plato -- about Theophrastos and Kallisthenes (Diogenes Laertius 5.39). For arguments that the Plato/Aristotle/Xenocrates …Matched in noteshighmedium

α956Ἀκρασίαςof incontinence, of lack of restraint, of want of self-control… web address 1 below. [3] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 121.29-31; cf. Van Ophuijsen (131). The distinction is Aristotle's: see Nicomachean Ethics 3.2 (1111b13-15) and 7.8 (1151a11-14), web addresses 2 and 3, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… Alexandra 879 p.2846 Scheer; PC2 52; PMG fr.837; Campbell 198-203; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a6; RE 21.1659-61 'Polyidos 9'), and Cleomenes of Rhegium (kappa 2647 and n. 6, only as an associate of Cinesias and Philoxenus; …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… later Greek; see Hesychius delta1918 dioshmei/a: tera/stion shmei=on; Simplicius on Aristotle, Physics 221b23; John Lydus, De ostentis 1; 15b; 37; 38; [John Lydus] De mensibus 2. However, I doubt that we should read here …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ338Χλευασίαscoffingcf. generally chi 337. [1] cf. Aristotle, Topica 7.144a6-8. See further, next note. [2] Reckoned by Adler to come from 'from a fuller text' (ex pleniore textu) of Aristotle available to Alexander of Aphrodisias. …Matched in noteshighshort

α403Ἀγχίνοιαtight-wittedness… a disposition of character. [3] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 93.7. [4] (alpha 402.) Here in the accusative case, extracted from the quotation which now follows. [5] Damascius fr.71 Zintzen (31 Asmus), …Matched in noteshighshort

α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity… Polybius fr. 3 Büttner-Wobst. [4] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 93.9-10; cf. mu 310.Matched in noteshighmedium

α924Ἀκόνιτονaconite… own (= Greek Anthology 7.107.3) on the supposed suicide of Aristotle (ib. 5.6, and see under alpha 3929). [3] For a)koniti/, "dustless", see alpha 923.Matched in noteshighshort

α1041ἈκύλαςAquila… a work of an Aquila, On the ten categories of Aristotle; this may be the same man as well. He would have lived in the third or early 4th century AD.Matched in noteshighshort

α2487Ἀνθέμιονflower… a location on the Athenian acropolis. (For this last, see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.4.) The 'pure gold' sense is attested in the Septuagint: Ecclesiastes 12.6. [1] Western Roman Emperor 467-472 (OCD(4) p.97).Matched in noteshighshort

α2929Ἀπαρτίανchattels, household utensils, moveables… LXX as a source. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 43.1 Wallies. [3] Diogenes Laertius 7.60, quoting Antipater's first book On Terms; cf. alpha 1951, omicron 627. [4] The remainder of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced… proclamation of a herald." [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 179.23-27 Wallies. [3] From Harpokration s.v., who cites Demosthenes 23.201 and quotes Plato Comicus fr. 121 Kock (139 K-A). [4] Quoted from …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3546Ἀπόστασιςdistance… Sauppe [now 37 Carey OCT], Hyperides fr. 99 Jensen) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 58.3. [4] See alpha 3703.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3899ἈρίσταιχμοςAristaichmos, Aristaechmus… famous for being the year of the lawcode of Drakon (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 4.1, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort

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