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ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… of matter. The sentence seems incomplete. [2] Greek and Egyptian philosophy evidently cannot be reconciled. [3] Greek religion has borrowed some beliefs from Egypt, including the idea of metempsychosis.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3569Εὔλογον ἀξίωμαprobable assumption, reasonable proposition… Zeno). [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.177 -- but here misread: the philosopher in question is not Cleanthes (kappa 1711) but his pupil Sphaerus (SVF 1.139-142 von Arnim: no Suda entry of his own, and indeed …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, EuxenusPhilostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7 [1] cf. chi 163. On talking birds as pets, see OCD(4) s.v. "pets." [2] cf. mu 479.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1672Κισσηφερήςivy-bearing, ivy-clad… reckoned to be an error for kisshrefh/s (attested in e.g. Philostratus).Matched in noteshighshort
γ253Γηρυόνεια δένδραGeryonian trees… the source of only the first of them is identifiable: Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5.5. For Geryon see generally gamma 254.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1548Δρύππαripe olive… ps.-Zonaras 571, e)fioulke/s), which is an hapax legomenon. Boissonade's conjecture filouli/s (fi/los + ou)=lis), based on the comparison with Dioscorides 1.139, seems quite plausible and explains the first word a(/t', which is otherwise unsatisfactory. …Matched in noteshighshort
α3928ἈριστόξενοςAristoxenus, Aristoxenus… Deipnosophists 1.7C (1.12 Kaibel). Aristoxenus of Cyrene was a hedonist philosopher, not to be confused with his namesake alpha 3297.Matched in noteshighshort
κ416Καρπὸςfruit, seed… already kappa 415. [2] Contrast Hesychius pi1728. [3] cf. John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 217.33-35 Hayduck. See also kappa 1218.Matched in noteshighshort
μ26Μαγώτεραmore magically… also is the gloss -- adverbially. [2] Greek Anthology 5.121.1-3 (Philodemos); quoted also at kappa 1428, mu 1175. For the cestus see, besides kappa 1428, kappa 1427.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… first paragraph of the present entry's material is common from Philoxenus fr. 668 Theodoridis (cited in the Etymologicum Magnum and Etymogicum Gudianum), Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 446, and Pollux 7.37. Similar wording in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1218Κεγχραμίδεςpips… fine grain". Nevertheless, the Suda (in an excerpt from John Philoponus) still distinguishes between fig kegxrami/des and olive purh=nai at kappa 416.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… kappa 2148. [1] Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 532.14. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 7.11-27 Hayduck. Rather than "wittily" (a)stei/ws), Philoponus says "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to be to …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι245Αἰόλανdarkening, discolouring… black and blue discoloration) of a potentially mortal wound (Sophocles, Philoctetes 1157, with scholia); cf. alphaiota 247 (of night). For the idea of a shadowy journey to shadowy Hades cf. the scholia to Aeschylus, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4452Αὔξηincrease… already alpha 4451 [1] cf. Hesychius s.v. au)=cis. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 234.11-16 Hayduck. [3] ib. 275.21-25.Matched in noteshighmedium
α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… [1] Isocrates 2.33. [2] Hyperides fr. 116 Jensen. [3] Sophocles, Philoctetes 12-14 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [4] Greek Anthology 6.252.1, 3-4 (Antiphilus), on the gift of a quince, preserved in winter, to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2800Κύφωνεςpillories… in Crete dealing with the banishment and punishment of Epicurean philosophers.Matched in noteshighmedium
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… B4) when the latter offered a bribe to Seleucus (IV Philopator, c.218-175 BCE (assassinated), cf. OCD(4) s.v. Seleucus(4)) so as to draw Seleucid troops into the conflict. Although Seleucus might have acquiesced, per the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, AuxentiusFrom Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 5.2, p. 67-68 Bidez-Winkelmann. Auxentius, bishop of Mopsuestia (not to be confused with several homonyms, cf. upsilon 448), died in 360 CE. [1] In Cilicia; see under theta 154. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… entry alpha 1981. We owe this story (fr.6 Diels/Kranz) to Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.2.22-26, here cited in an odd variation of the original: "Who does not know that (with the accusative …Matched in noteshighmedium