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Διογενές
Zeus-born
[Meaning] most noble.
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3420
Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
… the sober comment "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\ …
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Ἄρατος
Aratus, Aratos
… 194). [1] Aratus' brother Myris was a student of Zeno
(Diogenes
Laertius 7.38), and wrote on Homeric questions (Vita III). On Soloi, see sigma 781. [2] The fragments of the Erga of a Menecrates …
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Ἄττα
father
… an attribution of the epigram to Callimachus is found in
Diogenes
Laertius 1.79 and only there. They observe that although the Anthologia Palatina (AP) makes no attribution for this epigram, it is highly likely …
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1989
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
Son of Aristocles, of Lampsacus, rhetor; pupil of
Diogenes
the Cynic and the grammarian Zoilus of Amphipolis, who abused Homer; teacher of Alexander of Macedon, and accompanied him on his campaigns. When king Alexander …
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Ἀήτης
gale
… Barrington Atlas map 60 grid E4). The epigram, the sailor
Diogenes's
dedication of a promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea, is attributed to Diodorus; cf. …
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Ἀλέγοις
might you have a care for
… probably a)le/kois "might you ward off"). The epigram, the sailor
Diogenes's
dedication of a promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea, is attributed to Diodorus; cf. …
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Ἄλοχος
spouse
… quoted in an anecdote (about a male homosexual relationship) in
Diogenes
Laertius 4.29.
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1683
Ἀμύξεις
you will scratch, you will tear
… scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.243, where the headword occurs. [2]
Diogenianus
6.69; cf. mu 865. [3] Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for the famous Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. …
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Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου
Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale
Diogenianus
2.86. The phrase (explained thus in LSJ s.v. a)po/logos, I: "of long and tedious stories, from that told by Odysseus to Alcinous in Od. 9-12") is found in e.g. Comica Adespota fr. 743b …
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Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν
painful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless
… of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by
Diogenianus
(2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this etymology, as …
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Αἰεί
alway
… both in the headword and in the examples.) [2] cf.
Diogenianus
1.70; and see alpha 629. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 855: see next note. The issue addressed is which case of …
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Βάλλειν μήλοις
to hit with apples
[1]
Diogenianus
3.63; and cf. mu 938, mu 942. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a passage from Gregory of Nazianus' Funeral speech for Basil of Caesarea. [3] …
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236
Βέμβηξ
top
… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Greek Anthology 7.89.9-10 (in
Diogenes
Laertius 1.80), a man seeks advice from the sage Pittacus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 70-71), (vol. II, 205-207), and another excerpt …
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390
Βορᾶς
of food, of prey
… Arrian, Anabasis 1.26.2. [4] Greek Anthology 6.245.2 (Diodorus), the sailor
Diogenes's
dedication of a promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea; cf. Gow and Page (vol. …
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471
Δημοφῶν
Demophon
… uncles (see under delta 456); and Alexander the Great's butler
(Diogenes
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1002
Ἐμπεδοκλῆς
Empedokles, Empedocles
… The material of the present entry is drawn largely from
Diogenes
Laertius. [1] Or "Exainetos": Inwood and others (from Satyrus ap. DL 8.53). Xenetos is cross-referenced at xi 24. [2] Again at kappa 224. …
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234
Χειμὼν
winter
… the entry, in which xeimw/n is defined, is quoted from
Diogenes
Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers 7.151, where it is attributed to the Stoic Chrysippus (fr. 693). The subsequent part, with the Homeric quotation …
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