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ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… this work, including the historiographical preface to the Canons, see Mosshammer [below], Introduction and Chapter 1, particularly pp. 15, 35-36. [6] In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1535Δρόμοις[in] races[1] The headword, which must be quoted from somewhere, is dative plural of dro/mos "race". For this glossing (also in Photius, Lexicon delta758), LSJ s.v. cites a Cretan inscription of the mid-third century BCE, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α118ἈγαθόνgoodSee also 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 …

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Εὐσέβιος

Eusebios, Eusebius

[Eusebius], [surnamed] the [son] of Pamphilus, inclined to the Arian heresy, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, zealous in the divine Scriptures and diligent researcher with Pamphilus the martyr at the divine library [in…

Εὐσέβιος, ὁ Παμφίλου, προσκείμενος τῇ Ἀρειανικῇ αἱρέσει, ἐπίσκοπος Καισαρείας τῆς Παλαιστίνης, σπουδαῖος ἐν ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς καὶ τῆς θείας βιβλιοθήκης ἅμα Παμφίλῳ τῷ μάρτυρι…

gender and sexuality3

gender and sexuality3

David Whitehead1

David Whitehead1

Jeffery Murphy1

Jeffery Murphy1

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δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… (117-180; see alpha 3902), Greek rhetor and orator, among the most representative writers of the movement known as the Second Sophistic. At the age of 26 he had to quit his career as an …Matched in noteshighlong

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… our intellect (nous) with regard to the things which are most evident by nature. The point here is what Aristotle means by "the most evident things"; the specification "by nature" (which is not in …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… The Megarics made significant contributions to modal logic. [5] The most representative philosopher of this school was Menedemus of Eretria (345-260; see Diogenes Laertius 1.19). [6] The Cyrenaic school was given its name by …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, Dorus… and later Zintzen undertook to reconstitute it from these authors. Most recently Athanassiadi has taken a different approach (explained on pp.63-70 of her introduction), in issuing a Greek-English edition. [2] For the Neo-Platonic philosopher …Matched in noteshighmedium

α425ἈδάμAdam… scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" (logos), …Matched in noteshighlong

ε2500Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσενswore a false oathThe headword phrase occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.332 (web address 1), except that Homer has e)pw/mosen ('swore to') instead of the otherwise unattested a)nw/mosen found here; a)pw/mosen, which would normally mean 'swore off' or …Matched in noteshighshort

α136Ἀγαλματοφορούμενοςimage-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image… sense, i.e. "enshrined". Adler and Theodoridis both cite De vita Mosis 1.27; see also De mutatione nominum 21; and cf. De somnis 1.32, De vita Mosis 2.11, 2.209.Matched in noteshighshort

α1988ἈναξιμένηςAnaximenes… of Anaximenes with the fall of Sardis. See on this Mosshammer (1976) 296, and further in Mosshammer (1979) 276-7 with n.5: 'That Anaximenes' floruit was associated with the fall of Sardis is confirmed, at …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2172Ἐπηλυγασάμενοςovershading… e)phluga/zw) appears in Plato, Lysis 207b (web address 1), although most mss of Plato (and hence most modern editions) have the orthographic alternative e)phlugisa/menos. The word is glossed here with active participles, though in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… sw=ma a)sqenh\s he is recorded by Simplicius (see 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

η454Ἡρακλέους ἄγαλμαHerakles' statue, Heracles' statueThis entry most likely refers to the statue of Herakles, Weary Herakles or Herakles Trihesperus, which was cast in bronze by Lysippus (or those in his school at Athens) in late C4 BCE. It …Matched in noteshighmedium

α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, Athenaeus… fact by Archestratus of Gela; see discussion of the title (most probably Hedypatheia) in S. D. Olson and A. Sens (eds.), Archestratos of Gela: Greek Culture and Cuisine in the Fourth Century BCE(Oxford 2000) …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, Ammonius… Ammonios(14); NP Ammonios(3); OCD(4) Ammonius(2) Saccas. Ammonios Sakkas taught the most prominent Neoplatonists, both pagan (Plotinus) and Christian (Origen: see the beginning of omega 182). See web address 1 below (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), …Matched in noteshighshort

α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… Laertius 2.6-15. [1] This first paragraph of the entry reproduces most of Harpocration (and Photius) s.v.; cf. nu 523. [2] Apparently quoted loosely from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.2.22-26. See also kappa 2216 and …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsis… (p.77). Anacharsis is first mentioned in Herodotus (4.46 & 76-77). Most of the present entry's material is taken from Diogenes Laertius 1.101-105. (Some has already appeared under alpha 258.) [1] cf. gamma 360. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2293Ἀνεπιεικέςunseemly… but the Suda's quotation of it is garbled in a most intriguing way. In place of Arrian's tosou/tou e)de/hsen, "lacked so much", "was so far from", the Suda has tosou/ton a)nede/hsen, using a)nade/w as …Matched in noteshighshort

α3638Ἀποφθίμενονhaving perished… the dead to Hades, see chi 135. [2] Adler follows most of the mss in printing optative a)pofqi/seien, but Vaticanus 881 (T) has the infinitive, surely correctly. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 1026-1027 (web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… of Plato in the Protagoras. [5] This addendum (absent from most of the manuscripts) comes from beta 152, and has been added simply because of the coincidence of the name Archelaos. (Note that presbu/tou …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4113ἈρχιμήδηςArchimedesRE Archimedes(4). [The Suda has no dedicated entry for the most celebrated bearer of this name, but see e.g. alpha 2797, sigma 669.]Matched in noteshighshort

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… the accent (LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2). Most of the entry consists of quotations, often overlapping, of various lexicographers, scholiasts, and grammarians of late antiquity. Only citations of significance are noted …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4420Αὔειςyou call… whole paragraph draws on Diogenes Laertius 7.28; cf. zeta 79. Most of the changes are inconsequential, though the period of fifty-eight years was (according to Apollonius) that of his headship of the school.Matched in noteshighshort

αι211Αἱμύλαwheedling… and the masculine nominative singular of this poetic adjective, which most often refers to words. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Aelian fr. 37 Domingo-Forasté (34 Hercher). [3] Copied from here to …Matched in noteshighshort

β174Βασταχθείηmight be lifted… 224/3; see lambda 72. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 4.59: "A most amusing story is told of his housekeeping. Whenever he brought anything out of the store-room, he would seal the door up again and …Matched in noteshighshort

β437Βούλησιςwish, rational desire… wish. See the Bibliography below for a selection of the most significant discussions of this issue.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ425Δημηγόροςpopular orator[1] LSJ s.v. glosses the headword as a noun used 'mostly in a bad sense' but goes on to provide counter-examples. Author (esp. Plato for bad) and/or context is the determinant. [2] (Likewise in …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1062ΔικαίαρχοςDikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus… Pelling. One of the giants of Hellenistic geography, perhaps the most immediately relevant predecessor to Eratosthenes (so Strabo, anyway). [1] Modern Messina. [2] Literally 'listener', 'hearer'. Dikaiarkhos' floruit is placed c.320-300 BC. [3] Only …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1214Διότιbecause… second-century-AD Stoic philosopher of that name: fr.4 von Arnim. The most comprehensive study of his work (Elements of Ethics) is that of G. Bastianini and A.A. Long, "Hierocles", in Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci …Matched in noteshighmedium

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