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- ε1003ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedocles, Empedokles… as a female through "Doxa". [3] See Wright (1981) 283. Pythagoras and his followers, including E., disapproved of animal sacrifices. The Olympia reference resulted from the confusion between Empedocles with his grandfather the Olympic …
- ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… clear that Apollonius was particularly interested in the teachings of Pythagoras, but that Euxenos was not an effective teacher.
- δ1617Δυσέξοιστονhard to carry out… both of the instances extant outside lexicography: Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras 48; Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 1.25.
- λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For 'bad mixture' cf. under nu 495. For the term katastasis see kappa 788 -- but for the sense of it used here, …
- ει143ΕἱμαρμένηfateFrom a Life of Pythagoras (in Photius, Bibliotheca 439b36-440a3). See also epsiloniota 142, epsiloniota 144.
- χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… the Lexica Segueriana, s.v. nifeto/s. Perhaps from a Life of Pythagoras (so Adler). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 852 (Dionysus talking about Aeschylus), with comment from the scholia there. The negative ou)k is not in Aristophanes' …
- ε2824Ἐποχήcessation, suspension; epoch… entry (which Adler suggested might be from a Life of Pythagoras), deals with e)poxh/ as an astronomical term; see LSJ s.v. III.2.a. [3] The list of seven 'planets' (including the sun and moon) which …
- μ669Μέσονmean, middle term… Aristotle, Physics 192a7-12.) This material comes from a Life of Pythagoras preserved in Photius' Bibliotheke (438b39-439a2).