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κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Crates… entry derives from Diogenes Laertius 6.85-88, with extra material from Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing Demetrius of Magnesia). The point was not to punish the sons but to recognize that, if …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… opening sentence, the entry is an ever-increasingly loose approximation of Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.7 (cf. web address 1). See also alpha 3193, kappa 2613, omicron 80, sigma 689. [1] Barrington Atlas map 66 …Matched in noteshighmedium
η475ἩρακλῆςHerakles, Heracles, Hercules… one of the earliest authors to depict Herakles as a philosophical exemplum virtutis. See also eta 454, eta 458, eta 464, eta 467, eta 474, eta 476, eta 477. [1] Herakles' eleventh Labor was …

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Son of Askondas, a Theban, a Cynic philosopher, a student of Diogenes and Bryson the Achaean. He liquidated his property and gave the money to a money-changer, telling him that if his sons were philosophers he should…

Κράτης, Ἀσκώνδου, Θηβαῖος, φιλόσοφος Κυνικός, μαθητὴς Διογένους καὶ Βρύσωνος τοῦ Ἀχαιοῦ· ὃς ἐξαργυρίσας τὴν οὐσίαν δέδωκε τὰ ἀργύρια τραπεζίτῃ εἰπών, εἰ οἱ παῖδες αὐτῷ…

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δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… sequence: Alexander of Aphrodisias, On the Topica 348.24-32, 349.18-19; John Philoponus, On the de anima 34.6-19, 265.12-20. [1] Copied to delta 508, where the present entry's ba/llein 'to throw" is correctly diaba/llein "to slander". …Matched in noteshighlong

λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… the preceding epigram, Greek Anthology 7.79 (Meleager [Author, Myth])--to the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus (eta 472), an error corrected by the AP scribe designated J (the Lemmatist). Gow and Page further observe that while …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating… Life of Isidore fr. 240 Zintzen (142 Asmus); the Suda's philologia should be philoponia "love of toil." [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 187 Zintzen (216 Asmus). [4] Aelian fr. 31 Domingo-Forasté (28 Hercher). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenes… in the present article are discussed in Heath (1998). [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.7, 577-8. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.201 and passim. [5] Antiochus of Aegae: RE Antiochos(65); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε45Ἐγγαστρίμυθοςventriloquist… MacDowell (see Bibliography) has a useful note there (p.264). [5] Philochorus FGrH 328 F78. [6] For this episode see I Samuel 28 LXX. The present entry's allusion to it is unattributable. (Adler follows Gaisford …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1711ΚλεάνθηςKleanthes, Cleanthes… all his wealth. He inaugurated the model of wandering cynic philosopher which became particularly popularized in the C2 CE. See further at kappa 2341. [3] cf. zeta 79. [4] cf. chi 569. [5] Antigonus …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.17; see also delta 519, kappa 912. [2] Hermippus fr. 22 Kock, now 21 K.-A.; also in other lexica. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 320 (web address 1), with …Matched in noteshighshort

α1128Ἀλέξανδρος ΑἰγαῖοςAlexandros Aigaios, Alexandrus Aegaeus, Alexander of Aegae… Eusebius. [9] [iota 435] Julian. [10] RE Alexandros(98); NP Alexandros(28); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.5.Matched in noteshighmedium

κ912Κατεγλωττισμένονtongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).… from the scholia on Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 131; the second from Philostratus (see n. 3 below). The headword was used in Patristic Greek to mean 'composed in elaborate language' (Lampe, Lexicon). The verb, however, of …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1273Κεκρύφαλονhairnet… 1273. [5] Greek Anthology 6.206.3-4 (Antipater of Sidon). The adjective filo/plektos "tending to be braided" is usually taken to be a corruption of filo/plagktos, "errant, straying". The phrase "dyed with flowers of the grey …Matched in noteshighshort

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

κ2647Κυκλίων τε χορῶν ᾀσματοκάμπαςand tune-benders of cyclic choruses.… cf. alpha 2862, delta 1178, epsiloniota 291; OCD(4) pp.1137-8 s.v. Philoxenus(1).Matched in noteshighmedium

α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… Atticist, Photius, and others. [3] Demagoras fr. 3 FHG (4.378); Philochorus FGrH 328 F186. (For Philochorus see phi 441 and generally OCD(4) s.v.) The numbers in the text of the Suda are corrupt and …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ147Γεννῆταιclan-members, clansmenAbridged from Harpokration s.v.. who besides Isaeus and Philochorus (below) cites Demosthenes 57.23-24. See also gamma 146, phi 693, phi 694. [1] Philochorus FGrH 328 F35b; cf. omicron 261, omicron 511. [2] Isaeus 7.13.Matched in noteshighmedium

α136Ἀγαλματοφορούμενοςimage-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image… already defined the headword participle as though it were active, Philo Judaeus [see phi 448, and generally OCD(4) pp.1134-5] uniformly uses it in a passive sense, i.e. "enshrined". Adler and Theodoridis both cite De …Matched in noteshighshort

α4554Ἄφαντον φῶςsecret light… quotation given. [1] cf. pi 3217, pi 3222. [2] Sophocles, Philoctetes 296-299 (web address 1 below); cf. again pi 3222.Matched in noteshighshort

δ519Διάγεινto spin out, to protract… whose imperfect, third person singular, features in the quotation. [1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.17; cf. kappa 912, lambda 297.Matched in noteshighshort

λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… music, geometry and astronomy proffer "handles" by which to grasp philosophy.Matched in noteshighmedium

λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, LeontiusFrom Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica VII.6a, pp. 84-5 Bidez-Winkelmann. Parts of this passage are repeated at omicroniota 31 and upsilon 496. [1] The detail is needed to distinguish it from other cities of the same …Matched in noteshighlong

λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… On gods, says Plutarch. This is Lucullus' friend the Academic philosopher Antiochus of Ascalon (c.130-68), on whom see generally G. Striker in OCD(4) s.v. 'Antiochus(11)'. [7] Not in the surviving Geography but in the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony… appears (in the accusative case, as again here). [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de Anima 142.6-16. [3] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de Anima 145.1-4. [4] The transmitted text actually says "first" again. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4397Ἀτυζομένηdistraught… with grief, the messenger of Zeus," Electra likens herself to Philomela. In the Attic version of the myth, Philomela was raped by her brother-in-law Tereus, who cut out her tongue to prevent her confession …Matched in noteshighshort

δ470ΔημόφιλοςDemophilos, Demophilus… while certainly non-Nicene, "lacked any easily discernible doctrinal orientation." To Philostorgius, vagueness in Christology was reprehensible even among fellow heterousians. Photius provides another item from Philostorgius' report of Demophilus' teachings: in a sermon at …Matched in noteshighlong

αι178ΑἰλιανόςAelian, Aelianus, Ailianos… wrote in Greek and was admired for it; according to Philostratus, (Lives of the Sophists 624-5), “he wrote Attic as correctly as the Athenians in the interior of Attica” (trans. by Wright). Aelian’s major …Matched in noteshighshort

β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting for the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. [4] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a (28b in Loeb edition); cf. iota 111. [5] Sophocles, Oedipus at …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a dioshmi/a (web address 2); see also Dio Chrysostom 38,18; Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.34. For other portents, such as a flash of lightening, see Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 792; Clouds 579; Philostratus, op.cit. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1320Δοθιῆνιboil… 2) and represents the answer of Bdelycleon to his father Philocleon, who has just asked "Look at my gait, and see which rich man I resemble the most in my way of walking!". One …Matched in noteshighshort

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