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κ2709Κυνικὴ φιλοσοφίαCynic philosophySee under 'Antisthenes'.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyThey say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.Matched in translationhighshort
ε2928ἘρέννιοςErennius, HerenniusPhilo of Byblus, surnamed (H)erennius, as he himself says.Matched in translationhighshort
η546ἩρωδιανόςHerodianos, Herodianus, Herodian… than Dionysius the author of the history of music and Philo of Byblos. He wrote many works.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyTimaeus says in his 9th [book] that this [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in …Matched in headwordhighshort
ε3045ἝρμιπποςHermippos, HermippusOf Berytus; from an inland village. Pupil of Philo of Byblos, by whom he was placed in the household of Herennius Severus, in the time of the emperor Hadrian; he was of servile descent. …Matched in translationhighshort
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… they were going to turn out in fact. In this, Philo, the Jewish philosopher, will be my confirmation via his work Life of the Statesman. About Philo it is said "Philo platonizes and Plato …Matched in translationhighlong
κ1043Κατηδολέσχησά σουI wearied you with my prattling… 32 (p.40.9 Bidez-Cumont). For a similar phrase, again in a philosophical context, see Plutarch, Moralia 503B (from the de Garrulitate), an anecdote about Aristotle wearied with the talk of an interlocutor. As in Julian's …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… with difficulty the heavy protuberances that weigh down the neck." Philo said that two potentialities meet in every soul, a salvific and a destructive. This man did not sense even a dream of the …Matched in translationhighlong
ε2335Ἐπὶ θήρᾳout for a hunt… Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman Antiquities 1.186) and several passages in Philo Judaeus (e.g. Life of Moses 1.43).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2434Ἐπιλαχόνταhaving obtained by lot… Most of the (few) extant instances outside lexicography come from Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort
κ402ΚάστωρKastor, Castor… erroneously say he was from Massilia. Rhetor. He was nicknamed 'philo-Roman'. This man married the daughter of Deiotarus the senator, who killed him together with his wife, because he had slandered him to Caesar. …Matched in translationhighshort
α2302Ἀνεπόλειhe was repeating… somewhere. (Its only extant attestation outside the Suda is in Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad Gaium 310, but the subject there is feminine.)Matched in noteshighshort
β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting for the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. [4] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a (28b in Loeb edition); cf. iota 111. [5] Sophocles, Oedipus at …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… say he was from Massilia; an orator who was nicknamed "philo-Roman". He married the daughter of Deiotarus the senator, who killed him together with his wife, because he had slandered him to Caesar. He …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, ApolloniusOf Tyana, philosopher, son of Apollonios and a mother from that town, members of the gentry. With him in her womb, his mother saw a genius standing near saying that he himself was the …Matched in translationhighlong
ε2755Ἐπιφροσύνῃwith thoughtfulness… loc.cit., though other possibilities are Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.659, and Philo Judaeus (eight instances). [1] cf. generally epsilon 2756.Matched in noteshighshort
αι117Αἰθεροβατεῖνto aether-tread, to tread the aether… Eunapius. But this rare verb is used far more by Philo Judaeus than any other author.)Matched in noteshighshort
αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… impiously using divine things against [other] divine things. The true philosophers ought indeed to be led by the knowledge of reality, which he does well to call 'philosophy' and the divine Paul has called …Matched in translationhighlong
ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… Greek, first appearing (several times) in the artillery manual of Philo of Byzantium and later in Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 25.114; but it occurs again in Byzantine historians such as George Pachymeres and Theophanes …Matched in noteshighshort
ει340Εἰ φίλου χρῄζεις ὑπουργίαςif you need a friend's services[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those with a noble spirit. For when Antisthenes was ill Diogenes said something like this before handing him a dagger.Matched in headwordhighshort
ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… of the Greeks in order to bring a charge against Philo by some story, for they were prejudiced against the surrounding Jewish nation. There is also another book of his [called] About a complete …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, CratesSon of Askondas, a Theban, a Cynic philosopher, a student of Diogenes and Bryson the Achaean. He liquidated his property and gave the money to a money-changer, telling him that if his sons were …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ400ΚαρνεάδηςKarneades, CarneadesA Libyan, from Cyrene, the son of Philokomos; a philosopher. The very man from whom the New Academy originated. They say that when he died, the moon suffered an eclipse and the sun grew …Matched in translationhighshort
χ79ΧαναάνCanaan… with the devil-possessed daughter in Matthew 15:22. [3] See e.g. Philo Judaeus [of Alexandria], On Abraham 133.Matched in noteshighmedium
η462ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides[a] Of Oxyrhynchus. Philosopher; the son of Sarapion; he was nicknamed Lembus. He lived under Ptolemy VI, who made the treaty with Antiochus. He wrote philosophical and other works. [b] Heraclides of Lycia, a …Matched in translationhighshort
μ173ΜάξιμοςMaximus, Maximos[Maximus] of Tyre, philosopher; he lived in Rome during the reign of Commodus. [He wrote] Concerning Homer and what is the ancient philosophy in him; Whether Socrates did not give a fine defence of …Matched in translationhighshort
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, ArchelausSon of Apollodorus or of Midon; a Milesian, a philosopher, called a 'natural philosopher' with respect to his philosophical school.. [It is on record] that he was the first to introduce natural philosophy from …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3916ἈριστοκλῆςAristocles, AristoklesOf Messene in Italy; Peripatetic philosopher. He composed On Philosophy, 10 books; Whether Homer or Plato is more Serious. In these books he catalogues all the philosophers and their opinions. He also wrote an …Matched in translationhighshort

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