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α705ἈθάνατοςimmortalPhilosophers assign the [word] "immortal" to animate things, but the [word] "imperishable" to inanimate ones. "Plato, when maintaining that the soul is immortal, assigns an equivocal term to immortal things. [This is] because what …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… [sc. now] virtually nobody knows him. This Cornutus [was] a philosopher from Leptis; Leptis [is] a city of Libya; he lived in Rome at the time of [sc. the emperor] Nero, by whose orders …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenesOf Tarsus; nicknamed Xyster. Sophist. The philosopher Musonius attended his classes. He lived under the emperor Marcus [sc. Aurelius], and had great natural talent. When he was lacking in years his wisdom by contrast …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1240ΔίωνDion, DioSon of Pasicrates; of Prusa. Sophist and philosopher; they called him 'Golden Mouth' [Chrysostomos]. He affected gravity to such an extent that he went out wearing a lion's skin. He was physically slight, and …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι178ἹεροκλῆςHierokles, HieroclesA philosopher, from Alexandria. This man, along with his unchanging and magnificent breadth in thought to an outstanding degree and excelling in eloquence and abundance of the most beautiful nouns and verbs, used to …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… studied first with Parmenides, and, according to Porphyry in his Philosophical History, became his beloved. But others maintained that he was a disciple of Telauges, son of Pythagoras. From Akragas, [he was] a natural …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… The "she" in question is the 5th century CE Neoplatonic philosopher Aidesia/Aedesia of Alexandria, student of Proclus at Athens, daughter, wife, and mother of Neoplatonic philosophers: see alphaiota 79. [4] cf. tau 441 (and …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginusLonginus, Cassius. Philosopher. Teacher of the philosopher Porphyry; a polymath and critic. He lived in the time of the Caesar Aurelian, and was executed by him for having conspired with Zenobia, the wife of …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1639ἈμμωνιανόςAmmonianos, Ammonianus… way. But Syrianus was the more pious, and a genuine philosopher; the other was devoted to the art that is founded on the exegesis of poets and the correction of Greek diction. It was …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4402Ἀοιδόςbard… old the class of bards was prudent and had a philosophical disposition. For Agamemnon leaves this man as instructor to Clytemnestra. He first went through the virtues of women, adding a certain ambition for …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… from Euboia, a student of Lakydes and Prytanis among the philosophers, and, among the poets, of Archeboulos the Theran poet, whose beloved he is said have have become. He was born in the 126th …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… student of the grammarian Menecrates of Ephesus, and of the philosopher Timon and of Menedemus, having lived in the 124th Olympiad, when the king of Macedonia was Antigonus, Demetrius Poliorcetes' son, who was called …Matched in translationhighmedium
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
α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… revenge on her husband Tereus. See the OCD(4) entry on Philomela (p.1133). [5] Homer, Odyssey 19.518 (web address 3). [6] Sappho fr. 136 Page (but the adjective is i(mero/fwnos "lovely-voiced").Matched in noteshighmedium
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… entry, from "10 cubits tall.." on, is a quotation from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 3.20.2-3, in a story about how the Ethiopians supposedly came to leave their original homeland in India and …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… major occasion in a child’s life, on the basis of Philostratus, Heroicus 35.9 and inscriptions. On the other hand, the Choes included a drinking contest with a wineskin as the prize, and thus the …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… convert to Christianity and an enthusiastic supporter of literature and philosophy. Selected by Pulcheria (pi 2145) to marry Theodosius II, Eudocia was instrumental in driving Pulcheria from politics in 441. See theta 145, note …Matched in noteshighmedium