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- α2252Ἀνέλπιστον βίονhope-free life, hopeless lifeAttic [writers] have said that [a hope-free life is] finest, [one] in which they are not excited into hopes; rather, the good things are already there.
- κ112Καθιππάζεσθαιto trample underfoot[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".
- α249Ἀγκώνelbow… is] a proverbial expression: wiping one's nose with the elbow. Bion the philosopher said: "my father was a freed slave, wiping his nose with his elbow;" it indicated clearly the saltfish-importer. See another proverbial …