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- κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertycf. Zenobius 4.79, and see already kappa 2549. For Pythagoras see generally pi 3120.
- α3872ἈριγνώτηArignote, Arignota… see again under theta 84 and pi 3120. [1] For Pythagoras see pi 3120, pi 3121, pi 3123, pi 3124. [2] For Theano see theta 83, theta 84.
- η88Ἤδηby this time… scholia there. (Sophocles himself, of course, was not concerned with Pythagoras.) [7] A Trojan hero. [8] More probably Pyrrhus, as in Diogenes Laertius and elsewhere (see next note). [9] For the basic story of …
- ε1003ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedocles, Empedokles… as a female through "Doxa". [3] See Wright (1981) 283. Pythagoras and his followers, including E., disapproved of animal sacrifices. The Olympia reference resulted from the confusion between Empedocles with his grandfather the Olympic …
- ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… 224. [3] FGrH 260 F22. [4] "Later tradition assigned to Pythagoras a son Telauges and then attempted to establish Empedocles as a successor of Pythagoras by citing this Telauges as his teacher" (Wright 1981: …
- α3041Ἀπερίβλεπτονlimitless, incomprehensible… from its only extant appearance outside lexicography: Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 29.162.
- α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… "if indeed he died" (ei)/ge e)teleu/ta). [3] Diogenes Laertius 8.10 (Pythagoras). [4] Literally, "a biography befitting a philosopher." The formal title The Memoirs of Apollonios of Tyana is given as ta\ e)s to\n *tuane/a …
- ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… clear that Apollonius was particularly interested in the teachings of Pythagoras, but that Euxenos was not an effective teacher.
- α295Ἀγονίαsterility… Aelian fr. 52f Domingo-Forasté (49 Hercher), from the story of Pythagoras, tyrant of Ephesus (pi 3122); cf. nu 195, pi 2518.
- α3505Ἀποροῦντιpuzzling… more probably, according to John Burnet, from a Life of Pythagoras.
- α359ἌγριοςAgrios, Agrius… Aelian fr. 52c Domingo-Forasté (part of fr. 49 Hercher), on Pythagoras, tyrant of Ephesus. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 1035; again under delta 436.
- ε575Ἔκπλεαcomplete (ones)… form, but perhaps a distant memory of Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 5.21: logisa/menos o(/ti eu)peiqh= e(/cei, ei) ta\ e)pith/deia e)/kplea/ tis au)tw=| a)merimnou=nti pare/xoi. [3] Aelian fr. 145 Domingo-Forasté (142 Hercher).
- λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For 'bad mixture' cf. under nu 495. For the term katastasis see kappa 788 -- but for the sense of it used here, …
- ε2048Ἐπελπίζωνcausing to hope… for at least part of the information. The subject is Pythagoras, the tyrant of Ephesos.
- ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… 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 the Confessor. For the equivalence with paraskeuh/, compare a …
- χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… the Lexica Segueriana, s.v. nifeto/s. Perhaps from a Life of Pythagoras (so Adler). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 852 (Dionysus talking about Aeschylus), with comment from the scholia there. The negative ou)k is not in Aristophanes' …
- α2533ἌνθρωποςmanFrom an ancient Life of Pythagoras; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 439a8-19. [1] Only three are explicitly flagged up; trei=s is also the figure in Photius; and Aemilius Portus emended to "three" here too. Nevertheless, a …
- α402Ἀγχίνουςtight-witted… see Louth (110, map). [3] From an ancient Life of Pythagoras (preserved in Photius' Bibliotheke); cf. mu 1155 (end), omicron 437.
- ε360ἙκαταῖοςHekataios, Hecataeus… with Hekataios of Abdera (epsilon 359); alternatively, emend 'Protagoras' to Pythagoras (cf. Adler's apparatus); but see the comments of Jacoby FGrH ad loc. [4] cf. phi 214. [5] Taken to be a mistake, both …
- κ2134ΚόσσαςKossas, Cossas… Casuentus, present-day Basento) which is said to have loudly addressed Pythagoras as he forded it (Aristotle fr. 191 Rose; Aelian, Varia Historia 2.26 and 4.17; etc.) Could "the words of Kos[s]as" refer to this? …
- ε2824Ἐποχήcessation, suspension; epoch… entry (which Adler suggested might be from a Life of Pythagoras), deals with e)poxh/ as an astronomical term; see LSJ s.v. III.2.a. [3] The list of seven 'planets' (including the sun and moon) which …
- ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… to see. Euthymos, a Locrian from Zephyrium, dedicated [the statue]. Pythagoras, a Samian, made [the statue]." The anacolouthon from "I" to "he" perhaps resulted from changes introduced in the inscription to remove the fact …