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15 entries for Empedocles

ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, EmpedoclesC5 BCE; OCD(4) s.v. Empedocles. See also epsilon 1003, epsilon 1004, and under epsilon 1001. The material of the present entry is drawn largely from Diogenes Laertius. [1] Or "Exainetos": Inwood and others (from …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1003ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedocles, Empedokles… animal sacrifices. The Olympia reference resulted from the confusion between Empedocles with his grandfather the Olympic victor.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1325ΚενοῦμαιI am emptied [of something]LSJ s.v. cites instances from Empedocles and Herodotus.Matched in noteshighshort
η239Ἥλιοςsun… is a)/zein "to sigh"; a)/cein here makes no sense. [3] Empedocles fr. 41 Diels. (On Empedocles, see epsilon 1002, epsilon 1003.)Matched in noteshighmedium
α1026ἌκρωνAkron, Acron… epsilon 1003. [3] Diogenes Laertius 8.65 (from his Life of Empedocles).Matched in noteshighmedium
α3242Ἄπνουςnot breathingThese anecdotes come from Diogenes Laertius' Life of Empedocles (8.51-77, at 59-61), with a different order and some different readings; for a selection of the latter, see the notes below. For Empedocles see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1671ἈμύκλαιshoesA cut-down version of epsilon 1002 ("Empedocles"). [1] For the Spartan village of this name, see alpha 1672. [2] cf. generally alphaiota 374, alphaiota 375, alphaiota 376.Matched in noteshighmedium
γ388ΓοργίαςGorgias… of the Sophists 1.9. [1] In Sicily. [2] [epsilon 1002] Empedocles. [3] [pi 2170] Polus. [4] [pi 1180] Pericles. [5] [iota 652] Isocrates. [6] [alpha 1283] Alcidamas. [7] 460-457 BC. (Porphyry fr. 209 Smith …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ832Λυμαντικόςdestroyer… Xenophon, Hiero 3.3 (accusative plural, of seducers). [2] Attested in Empedocles fr.84 Diels/Kranz, and Hermarchus fr.34 Longo Auricchio; also in (e.g.) Philo Judaeus and Epictetus.Matched in noteshighshort
μ170Μαντοσυνῶνof divinations… occurs. The lexicographers' genitive plural mantosunw=n is perhaps quoted from Empedocles (fr. 112 Diels & Kranz, as preserved in Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 6.3.30.3).Matched in noteshighshort
α4479Αὐτίκαforthwith, in a moment… A line of hexameter verse; it is a fragment of Empedocles (epsilon 1002), quoted also by Libanius. Compare generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1667.Matched in noteshighshort
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… past nor recently." [9] Or "Gymnosophists." [10] Diogenes Laertius 8.59-62 (Empedocles). [11] Diogenes Laertius 8.2-3, 20-21 (Pythagoras). [12] Diogenes Laertius 9.34 (Democritus). [13] Philostratos distinguishes between te/xnh (or w(s ma/gw| te/xnh| at 1.2) as …Matched in noteshighlong
η201Ἠλέκτωρbeaming… Lexicon 83.20). Elsewhere this word is used to denote fire (Empedocles 22.2). [2] Aristotle, Topica 142b1-2; cf. [Plato] Definitions 411B. [2] Homer, Odyssey 2.1-2.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows… Repeated at pi 1996, q.v. [2] Zenobius 3.33; attributed to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1007ἘμπεδότιμοςEmpedotimos, Empedotimus… have suggested that it is a fusion-construct, by Heraclides, of Empedocles and Hermotimus (of Clazomenae, a Pythagorean philosopher of the C6 BCE mentioned by Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, Plutarch and Lucian, amongst others). For …Matched in noteshighshort