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α2533Ἄνθρωποςman… too. Nevertheless, a fourth and a fifth way (growing prophetic during sleep or illness) are arguably implicit.Matched in noteshighmedium
α1988ἈναξιμένηςAnaximenes… Adler (addenda) notes Daub's proposal to add oi( de/ before 'during ...', so that the sentence contains two different chronological alternatives. But another approach to the issue is suggested by Diogenes Laertius 2.3, who …Matched in noteshighshort
γ335Γνωματεύωνmaking decisions [on]… fr. 5.4 Blockley (52-53), on the duplicity of Avar envoys during negotiations with the Romans in 561-562. On the Avars, see alpha 18 generally. Find another extract from this fragment at upsilon 620.Matched in noteshighshort
β482ΒῶλοςBôlos, BolusFrom Mendes in Egypt, he lived during the third century BCE and wrote on magic and pharmacology. He is now thought to be the same person as Bolus the Democritean (beta 481): see OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort
ω182ὨριγένηςOrigen… 'seventy' (221). [50] Eusebius VI.1.1. Leonides was martyred by decapitation during the persecution in the tenth year of Septimius Severus' reign (Eusebius VI.2.2ff) or between April 202 and April 203. See Scarre, 131.Matched in noteshighlong
ω183ὨριγένηςOrigen… [1] Origen's dates are c.185-c.254 CE. Leonides died in 203/204 during the reign of Septimius Severus (193-211). [2] Origen was almost certainly a native of Alexandria. [3] Ambrosius (d.251), was a rich court official …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… meekness. To John the Apostle, Dionysius addresses word of support during his exile. The Suda does not mention the letter to the hierarch Titus, concerning the symbolism of "spiritual nourishment". A letter to Apollophanes …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… preceding note); most say that he was hit and bound during his slavery by his master (Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration I against Julian PG 35.592.14; Epistle 32 to Philagrius 10.2; Celsus in Origen, Against …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1374Κερασβόλαhorn-struck, hard-shelled… [2] Odd accusative for "sowing and the plough" (presumably meaning "during sowing with the plough"). W.C. Greene's edition of the scholia vetera to Plato, where the same phrase occurs, considers this passage corrupt; so …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… beta 233) to Chosroes (cf. chi 418) as a hostage during negotiations (542 CE) over the withdrawal of Persian forces from Roman territories in the east; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 119). [4] Procopius, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… battle with the enemy (Histories 2.5.4). But, according to Simocatta, during the retreat after defeat by the Romans, many of the Persians then died from over-hydration after finding water wells; cf. de Boor (78) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ265ΛέωνLeon… not have written a history of Alexander if he died during the reign of Philip. See A. Woerle, Die politische Taetigkeit der Schueler Platons (Darmstadt 1981) 126-127.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… (p.149 Niebuhr); cf. sigma 1800. In this episode (555 CE) during the Lazic War (541-562), Wilgang, the commander of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) contingent supporting the Romans, offers this aphorism to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… for the arrival of Demosthenes and the Messenians at Pylos during the Peloponnesian War, Gomme observed that the historian regarded being at the right place at the right time as a goal of ancient …Matched in noteshighshort
α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… no entry for Athanasius, the great defender of Nicene orthodoxy during the mid-fourth century. (Sources: Philostorgius, Historia Ecclesiastica 8.11a, pp. 111-113 Bidez-Winkelmann.)Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… Satyrus. The testimonia relating to Chion are conveniently collected by During.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… by both of these names: first Larissa but renamed Laodicea during the reign of Seleukos I or one of his successors. Barrington Atlas map 68 grid C3 ('Larissa/Sizara'). [2] This whole entry, in fact, …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… vol. 2, and the Bibliography below (esp. Anderson, Barker, Dunbar, Düring, West). d) self-conscious pride and fearlessness in innovative licence (sigma 1192 note [4], cf. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Composition 18-19). These poets were …Matched in noteshighmedium