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- κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… fifth centuries CE. Numerous important literary figures, such as Horapollon, Nonnus, and Pamprepius, hail from the city, which has been characterized as 'the focal point of pagan intellectual reaction against Christianity' (Browne 177, 192). …
- ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… Against Celsus 3.368) or by a "tyrant of Macedonia" (thus Nonnus PG 36.933; Cosmas of Jerusalem PG 38.532). These accounts show a rather apophthegmatic character, intended to oppose the interior freedom of Epictetus' soul …