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κ2342ΚράτηςCrates, Krates… BC. Cf. gamma 506, and see generally: RE Krates(16); OCD4 Crates(3). [1] In Cilicia. [2] For an important essay on the nature of the literary activity of Crates and the Kritikoi/, as revealed through …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Cratesc.368/5 - 288/5 BCE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Crates(2) and Cynics. The bulk of the present entry derives from Diogenes Laertius 6.85-88, with extra material from Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… noted in LSJ s.v.) [4] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.7.5. [5] Cratinus, rather. [6] Cf. sigma 1004. [7] Aristophanes, Knights 526-535 (web address 1 below); cf. delta 1441. Doro, Bribery personified, is corrupted by the …

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Son of Timocrates; of Mallus; Stoic philosopher. He was nicknamed 'Homeric' and 'Critic' because of his intense engagement in grammatical and poetic discourses. A contemporary of Aristarchus the grammarian, in the time…

Κράτης, Τιμοκράτους, Μαλλώτης, φιλόσοφος Στωϊκός· ὃς ἐπεκλήθη Ὁμηρικὸς καὶ Κριτικός, διὰ τὴν καὶ περὶ τοὺς γραμματικοὺς καὶ ποιητικοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ ἐπίστασιν· σύγχρονος Ἀριστάρχου…

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κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… kw|/dion 'a little fleece (sheepskin rug) in the house of Cratinus'. As the scholion below is based on the latter, it goes to show that the two commentaries are not based on the same …Matched in noteshighmedium

β492Βωμόςaltar; podium… the headword as quoted from Homer, Iliad 8.48 [2] For Crates (Krates) the Cynic philosopher see generally kappa 2341. One source-extract there appears to refer to this episode (there is mention of an altar) …Matched in noteshighshort

η448Ἤραloved… Laertius 6.96-97 (web address 1). For Hipparchia and her husband Crates, see iota 517 and kappa 2341. For Theodoros see theta 150. [1] cf. eta 447, and epsilon 2887. [2] So D.L., i.e. i(ma/tion …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… or goats (melois) instead of camels (kamelois). [4] kappa 2341, Crates.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2211Ἀνεβίωreturned to life… Plato, Republic 614B, but there are numerous other possibilities. [2] Crates fr. 45 Kock, now 52 Kassel-Austin.Matched in noteshighshort

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth takingThe headword phrase is Cratinus fr. 365 Kock, now 340 Kassel-Austin. The first gloss, down to "with silence", is Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1551 (= Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 227). [1] That is, an epexegetic …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… [23] Ibid. 1.13. [24] Ibid. See Plutarch, Moralia 4E for Crates' notion of poverty.Matched in noteshighlong

α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate… Roos-Wirth. [2] Philemon fr. 48 Kock, now 50 K.-A. [3] Cratinus fr. 122 Kock, now 128 K.-A. [4] Thucydides 7.10 (web address 1 below). [5] Plato, Theaetetus 142D (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium

χ471Χρήit is necessary… of de/w ("I lack; I need"). See chi 495. [7] Cratinus fr. 127 Kock, now 134 K.-A. [8] The third person singular, present optative active. See chi 467. [9] Plato, Euthyphro 4C, where peuso/menon …Matched in noteshighmedium

α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges… guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in Plato, Cratylus 421D (where a scholiast cited Aristophanes fr. 321 Kock as an earlier attestation of it) and Laws 751D. Also in the paroemiographers, e.g. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2143Ἀναψῦχονrefreshing… alpha 2142. [1] The primary headword is quoted from Plato, Cratylus 399D. [2] This secondary headword is surely also quoted from Plato (Timaeus 70D, on the soul).Matched in noteshighshort

α3119Ἀπείκασμαcopy, representation… (Wisdom of Solomon 13.10). It might, however, come from Plato, Cratylus 420C; and the singular occurs in 402C.Matched in noteshighshort

α4302Ἄσχετονunmanageable… again, evidently quoted from somewhere (extant possibilities begin with Plato, Cratylus 415D).Matched in noteshighshort

δ15Δαΐμονοςof a daimon… in the headword, which must be quoted from somewhere. Plato, Cratylus 398B, etymologizes dai/mwn as from dah/mwn; perhaps this led some later poet to treat dai/monos as having four syllables.Matched in noteshighshort

ει29Εἴδηforms… Platonic antecedents of this theory, see Plato, Phaedo 96B and Cratylus 437A.Matched in noteshighmedium

ει208Εἰρωνευόμενοιdissembling, perplexing… from somewhere; extant possibilities include Aristophanes (Birds 1211) and Plato (Cratylus 384A).Matched in noteshighshort

χ16Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάexcellent things are difficult… 6.38 and other paroemiographers; scholia on Plato, Greater Hippias 304E, Cratylus 384A. See also pi 1658. [1] Pittakos: pi 1659. [2] Solon: sigma 776, sigma 777. (Here referring to his own weakness, presumably.) [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium