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δ1142ΔιογένηςDiogenes… here (the absentee is the Semele) are also listed by Diogenes Laertius 6.80, amongst the works attributed to Diogenes of Sinope the well-known Cynic philosopher (delta 1141, delta 1143, delta 1144); however, D.L. himself …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1143ΔιογένηςDiogenesInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Diogenes at web address 1; Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Cynicism at web address 2. See also delta 1141, delta 1144. For the present material cf. Diogenes Laertius 6.20-21 …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes[1] OCD(4) s.v. Diogenes(2), c.412/403-c.324/321. See also delta 1143, delta 1144. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For Xenocrates see xi 42; for Aristotle alpha 3929; for Theophrastus theta 199 (55 FHS&G); for Zeno zeta 79; for …

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[Diogenes] or Oinomaos [Author, Myth], Athenian, tragedian. He flourished at the suppression of the 30. His plays [are]: Achilles, Helen, Herakles, Thyestes, Medea, Oedipus, Chrysippus, Semele.

Διογένης, ἢ Οἰνόμαος, Ἀθηναῖος, τραγικός· γέγονεν ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν λʹ καταλύσεως. δράματα αὐτοῦ, Ἀχιλλεύς, Ἑλένη, Ἡρακλῆς, Θυέστης, Μήδεια, Οἰδίπους, Χρύσιππος, Σεμέλη.

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δ1144ΔιογένηςDiogenesDiogenes of Sinope, the Cynic: see already delta 1141 and delta 1143. For the present entry's material cf. generally Diogenes Laertius 6.20-21 & 74. [1] Antisthenes: alpha 2723. [2] This claim is not made …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1656Ἄμπωτιςebb, ebbing, suckback… to execution (chi 140). See further, next note. [3] From Diogenes Laertius 7.123, on Stoic doctrine. Translators of D.L. differ on the interpretation of *xarw/neia: Hicks' Loeb favours "caves"; M. Gigante, Diogene Laerzio (Bari …Matched in noteshighshort

α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, Arkhutas… (below). The present entry draws for its opening sentences on Diogenes Laertius 8.79. [1] Roman Tarentum (present-day Taranto), in S. Italy; cf. tau 112 and tau 113. [2] Dionysios II of Syracuse. See generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4252Ἀστραπήlightning[1] A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.153; cf. kappa 1377. [2] cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… in a general way, the account of Stoic ethics in Diogenes Laertius 7.89-93. (For some significant differences see the notes below.) Virtue is the soul (psyche) or rather "the commanding part of the soul" …Matched in noteshighlong

α618Ἀεὶ ἔστωeternal being… 1972).) [2] (An addition to Harpok. The Suda mss have Diogenianus in the nominative, which Adler prints; it should obviously be genitive, as in Photius.) On the scholar Diogenianus of Heraclea, who had evidently …Matched in noteshighshort

α180Ἄγε δῆταhey there… Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius alpha135 Theodoridis. [2] Diogenes Laertius 6.79 = Greek Anthology 7.116; cf. again delta 1141, omicron 28. The original reads "a dog's savage bite" (kuno\s a)/grion o)da/c).Matched in noteshighshort

α2723ἈντισθένηςAntisthenes… this information is taken from the biography of A. in Diogenes Laertius (6.1, 13, 15), with an additional paragraph -- see n.2 below -- from Julian, Oration 6 (181b Hertlein. On Antisthenes (mid C5 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3638Ἀποφθίμενονhaving perished… first quotation given. [1] Greek Anthology 7.67.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses Charon [Author, Myth], here abridged; for full versions see beta 114 and omicron 124; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 126) and …Matched in noteshighshort

β114Βάρειςbarges… 7.67.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), addressed to Charon [Author, Myth] by Diogenes; already at alpha 3638 (in part) and, again, at omicron 124. See Gow and Page (vol. I, 126); (vol. II, 367-368); and further …Matched in noteshighshort

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sectAn approximation (and abridgement) of Diogenes Laertius 1.19-21. [1] The Greek noun hairesis can also mean "choice," so the word meant "what is chosen" (see Mansfeld 1999, 21 ff.). [2] See Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, 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\ …Matched in noteshighlong

α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… 146. [3] This passage is taken (with minor changes) from Diogenes Laertius 7.120-1, where the Stoic thesis that all faults or moral mistakes are equal (cf. alpha 2479, end; kappa 320, end) is quoted …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… both cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] The source now becomes Diogenes Laertius 7.127-128. [3] That virtue can be lost is said by Chrysippus; that it cannot be lost, by Cleanthes (Diogenes Laertius 7.127). Probably …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic… Zintzen (223 Asmus); cf. alpha 278, epsilon 1929. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 7.42-43. This definition of dialectic (in its shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3908ἈρίστιπποςAristippus, Aristippos… 'Aristippus(1)'. The present entry derives, after the introductory sentence, from Diogenes Laertius 2.65-66 and 2.86. There is more under alpha 3909. [1] Again at kappa 2758. [2] xi 47, xi 48. [3] Or "Royal …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι103Αἰεὶ ἐστώeternal being… a)eiestw/ at alpha 618. See also epsilon 3446. [2] On Diogenianus and Antiphon's Truth, see notes at alpha 618.Matched in noteshighshort

χ505Χρησμόςoracle… lower-case, but it seems to be a proper noun. [7] Diogenes: delta 1145. [8] Aigieis: alphaiota 45. [9] Oedipus: omicroniota 34.Matched in noteshighshort

α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… 2582. [4] Callisthenes FGrH 124 F17. [5] An approximation of Diogenes Laertius 7.75. [6] Diogenes Laertius 9.44-45. [7] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 177.19-27.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… 2826, kappa 1039. The present entry reproduces (with some variations) Diogenes Laertius 7.65-66. Copied to alpha 3628; and cf. also epsilon 3074, pi 3254. [1] This sentence is not intelligible without a brief explanation. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, AristotleVita Menagiana of Aristotle; cf. Diogenes Laertius 5.1,4,9-10; Dionysius of Halicarnassus ad Ammaeum 5. On Aristotle see also alpha 3930, sigma 979, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.159-63). [1] For whom see nu 399. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… part of a Stoic doxography, reproduced with small variations from Diogenes Laertius 7.134 (see SVF 2.299 and 2.300). [2] Or "that which acts". [3] "That which is acted upon". [4] This is the Stoic …Matched in noteshighshort

δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diver… case, because of its use in the sentences quoted. [1] Diogenes Laertius 9.12 (with different readings in the last quotation). (On Heraclitus, see eta 471, eta 472.) The verse quotation from (?)Diodotus is Tragica …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ595Διακόσμησιςorderly arrangement… a single noun in the Greek -- is used by Diogenes Laertius (below) before the quotation given. Both it and the quotation are in the accusative case, transposed here to nominative. [1] Or "center." …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… somewhere; probably, given what comes next in the entry, from Diogenes Laertius 3.52: kai\ ta\ *Swkra/tous kai\ ta\ *Timai/ou le/gwn *Pla/twn dogmati/zei. [1] = Synagoge delta395, Photius delta696. It seems to show that the …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1627Δυσείμωνill-clad… Xenophon, Agesilaus in Aelian, Cato Minor in Plutarch, Gelon in Diogenes Laertius. And note especially the case of Diogenes of Sinope (delta 1141, delta 1143, delta 1144, delta 1145), who according to Aelian, Varia …Matched in noteshighshort

α118Ἀγαθόνgood… alpha 119, likewise a neuter singular. This entry mostly reproduces Diogenes Laertius 7.94-98 (who supposedly is quoting an extract of Stoic ethics). The Suda text contains important omissions as well as different readings (the …Matched in noteshighmedium

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