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Ἡρόδικος
Herodikos, Herodicus
Perhaps intended to refer to the Hellenistic writer/philosopher
Herodicus
of Babylon (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.); but see also gamma 388 for H. the brother of Gorgias; and under omicron 654.
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542
Ἥρωας
heroes
… plural phrase, quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.151 (Stoic doctrine). For
'hero'
cf. eta 556.
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3075
Ἐρωτικόν
erotic, amorous
[Meaning] relating to desire. Also [sc. attested is the adverb] e)rwtikw=s ["amorously"], [meaning] in a desirous manner.
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3071
Ἔρως
love, erotic desire
[Meaning] the first and supreme element of the enquiry that looks deeply into things that exist, together with love of labor and readiness of mind. Love is a very powerful hunter of all beautiful …
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3070
Ἔρως
love
… 143.30-144.3. [6] This is presumably again a Stoic issue. The
erotic
person, it is said, is so called in two senses: (i) the one who, in being excellent or good (spoudaios), is qualified in …
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1178
Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως
true desire
[Meaning] the [kind] not excited about the beauty of the body. "A true desire for philosophy was implanted in him, and having broken every earthborn bond and trampled all hopes for honours and material …
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3074
Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξος
probable question
[Reputable question,] dialectical premise. Now not every premise [is] a question but the dialectical [premise sc. is]. Not every question [is] a dialectical premise, for there are many kinds of question. For those who …
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818
Κατατείνας ἐρῶ
I will speak stretching out
Meaning I will go through a long speech. In the second [book] of Republic [Plato writes]: "therefore I will speak stretching out." "But straining and stretching, he speaks the truth. And elsewhere: "and the …
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ε
360
Ἑκαταῖος
Hekataios, Hecataeus
… of Miletos also lived -- in the sixty-fifth Olympiad. Historian.
Herodotos
of Halikarnassos is indebted to him, being more recent; for he was born after him. And Hekataios was a pupil of Protagoras. He …
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463
Ἄδην
enough, to excess
… Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And
Herodotus
[writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove off the rest of them." "When the fire had spread about enough to the …
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528
Ἀδριανός
Hadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, Adrianus
Sophist. A pupil of
Herodes;
floruit under Marcus Antoninus; as a teacher he was a rival to the rhetor Aristides in Athens. He was also sophist in Rome, and was secretary with responsibility for …
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α
937
Ἀκούει καλῶς
has a fine hearing
Meaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus
Herodotus
[sc. uses the phrase]. [It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of …
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2026
Ἀναποδίζειν
to cross-examine
[Meaning] to investigate, as if to come into conflict.
Herodotus
[sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] [matters] being cross-examined, meaning being investigated. Or meaning the same things frequently said …
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2929
Ἀπαρτίαν
chattels, household utensils, moveables
… even [and] complete. Thus Lysias [sc. uses the word]. But
Herodotus
[in book] seven [sc. also uses the word]. Xerxes says to Pythios the Lydian: "so that the four million [staters] shall not lack …
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3902
Ἀριστείδης
Aristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides
… city. Others write that his father was Eudaemon. He attended
Herodes'
classes in Athens, and those of Aristocles in Pergamum. He lived under Antoninus Caesar, and survived until Commodus. As for his speeches, one …
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ε
1711
Ἐξηγηταί
expounders
… a certain curse. Also those expounding the ancestral customs. And
Herodotus
[writes]: "you are expounder of matters good for the house of the King, and all this advice of yours is sound". Expounder, in …
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2313
Ἐπιεικεστάτη
most decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable
In
Herodotus
[meaning] moderate, prudent, in good condition.
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ει
83
Εἰκός
probable
… like Pindar's phrase, "doing something also to suffer harm." And
Herodotus
[writes]: "as I myself think and probability allies itself with me, [Demaratos] was not favorably disposed to the Lacedaemonians. "The blows of the …
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α
453
Ἀδείμαντος
Adeimantos, Adimantus
… at alpha 1280 and elsewhere -- going back ultimately to
Herodotus
8.61 (web address 1 below), on the prelude to the battle of Salamis (480 BCE). [2] Plato, Protagoras 315E (web address 2 below). …
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2371
Ἀνεῖλεν
prophesied, took up, took away, killed
… See also Photius, Lexicon alpha1808. [2] This story derives from
Herodotus,
and the quoted passage is from 7.141. See web address 1 for that text, and again briefly at tau 1133; and cf. the …
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1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… of the scholia, seems a likely lectio difficilior, for "air-roaming"
(h)ero/foitos,
h)ero/foitis)
is elsewhere attested of the moon (web address 4). The word usually means 'month' (see LSJ I 2 and II mei/s, web …
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2406
Ἐπίκουρος
Epicurus, Epikouros
… maxims preserved by Diogenes Laertius. [2] See Epicurus, Letter to
Herodotus,
passim; Lucretius 2.63-597. See also alpha 4373. [3] This is not Epicurus' position on the role of providence (pronoia) in the universe. Rather, …
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ι
545
Ἱππίας
Hippias
… and prints masculine kru/ptwn.] This entire narrative is based on
Herodotus
6.105-107 and 6.117 (web addresses 1 and 2). Some names, however, are garbled -- 'Intaphernes' should be Artaphernes, and the man called here …
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α
122
Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος
of the Good Spirit
… of the month. But there was also in Thebes a
hero-shrine
of the Good Spirit. But others say that the first drinking vessel was called this. Aristotle composed a book On the Good in …
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280
Ἄγνον
chaste-tree, withy
… the lugos. And Chionides uses it in the masculine in
Heroes:
"and verily, by Zeus, I don't seem anymore to be different from an agnos growing in a mountain stream." Plato [writes]: "for this …
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α
774
Ἀκαδημία
Academy
… Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a
hero.
It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but going down into the Academy, you will run crowned …
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αι
79
Αἰδεσία
Aidesia, Aedesia
… I recited at her tomb the customary eulogy adorned with
heroic
verses. Of her sons by Hermeias, Heliodoros was the younger and Ammonios the older. The latter was more talented and more studious, the …
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γ
388
Γοργίας
Gorgias
… of his school. He was the brother of the doctor
Herodicus.
Porphyry places him in the 80th Olympiad; but it has to be understood that he was older than that. This man was the …
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γ
450
Γρηγόριος
Gregorios, Gregorius, Gregory
… Praises of Cyprian, Praises of Athanasius, Praises of the philosopher
Heron,
two orations Against the Emperor Julian, two orations Against Eunomius, one oration On theology, two orations On the Son, one oration On the …
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δ
447
Δημόκριτος
Democritus, Demokritos
… wisdom of each. Then he returned and joined his brothers
Herodotus
and Damastes. He held office in Abdera, after being honoured because of his wisdom. A famous pupil of his was Metrodorus of Chios, …
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