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α315Ἀγοστῷin an embrace[Meaning] in the embrace. In the Epigrams: "you did not go unnoticed by the Graces nor by joyful Academe, in whose embrace I tell all comers of your beneficence".highshort
α320ἈγωγήconveyanceTransportation of anything, which is also known as 'supplying'; as one speaks of conveyance of grain or of wine.highshort
α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, AdrianusSophist. 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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in an embrace

[Meaning] in the embrace. In the Epigrams: "you did not go unnoticed by the Graces nor by joyful Academe, in whose embrace I tell all comers of your beneficence".

Ἀγοστῷ· τῷ ἀγκῶνι. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οὐκ ἔλαθες χάριτας, οὐδ' Ἀκαδημίαν πολυγαθέα, τῆς ἐν ἀγοστῷ σὴν εὐεργεσίην τῷ προσιόντι λέγω.

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α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusOf Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …highmedium

α734ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusThis man was an Athenian soldier. There is also another, a pupil of Dionysius the Areopagite; he wrote various works. Also another sophist; brother of Gregory Thaumaturgus.highshort

α1128Ἀλέξανδρος ΑἰγαῖοςAlexandros Aigaios, Alexandrus Aegaeus, Alexander of AegaePeripatetic philosopher; teacher of the emperor Nero, along with the philosopher Chaeremon. He had a son called Caelinus. This man used to call Nero 'clay mixed with blood'. In my view, bad pupils have …highmedium

α1639ἈμμωνιανόςAmmonianos, AmmonianusGrammarian, honoured by his association with Syrianus and also by their innate similarity in character and physique -- in Homer's words, 'in appearance and stature and nature most similar'; for each of them was …highmedium

α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, AmmoniusPhilosopher; of Alexandria; nicknamed Saccas. He was of Christian parents, but became a [pagan] Greek, as Porphyry says.highshort

α1641ἈμμώνιοςAmmonius, AmmoniosSon of Ammonius; of Alexandria; an acquaintance of Alexander. He succeeded Aristarchus as head of school, before Augustus was monarch.highshort

α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagorasA sophist, son of Hegesibulus, of Clazomenae. He was nicknamed 'Mind', since he said that matter and mind are the guardian of all things. This is the man who said that the sun is …highmedium

α1989ἈναξιμένηςAnaximenesSon of Aristocles, of Lampsacus, rhetor; pupil of Diogenes the Cynic and the grammarian Zoilus of Amphipolis, who abused Homer; teacher of Alexander of Macedon, and accompanied him on his campaigns. When king Alexander …highmedium

α2185ἈνδρόμαχοςAndromachus, Andromakhos, AndromachosOf Neapolis in Syria. Sophist. Son of Zonas or Sabinus; he taught in Nicomedia under the emperor Diocletian.highshort

α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, ApollinariusOf Laodicea in Syria. He lived in the days of Constantius and Julian the Apostate, and until the reign of Theodosius the Great; he was a contemporary of Basil and Gregory, the much-admired Cappadocians. …highmedium

α3398ἈπολινάριοςApollinarius, ApollinariosThis man appeared after Paul of Samosata; he was bishop of Laodicea in Syria, and introduced another folly. The Arians said that our Lord's flesh had no soul; he said that the Lord took …highmedium

α3407ἈπολλόδωροςApollodorus, ApollodorosSon of Asclepiades. Grammarian. One of the pupils of the philosopher Panaetius of Rhodes and the grammarian Aristarchus. He was Athenian by birth. He was the first of the so-called tragiambic poets.highshort

α3902ἈριστείδηςAristeides, Aristides, Aelius AristidesOf Hadriani. Sophist. (Hadriani is a city in Mysia, now Bithynia.) Pupil of the rhetor Polemo of Smyrna. Son of Eudaemon, who was a philosopher and priest in the temple of Zeus in his …highmedium

α3916ἈριστοκλῆςAristocles, AristoklesOf Messene in Italy; Peripatetic philosopher. He composed On Philosophy, 10 books; Whether Homer or Plato is more Serious. In these books he catalogues all the philosophers and their opinions. He also wrote an …highshort

α3917ἈριστοκλῆςAristocles, AristoklesOf Lampsacus, Stoic philosopher. He wrote an Exegesis of Chrysippus' How we name each thing and form a conception of it, in 4 books.highshort

α4011ἉρποκρατίωνHarpokration, HarpocrationOf Argos [Myth, Place]. Platonic philosopher. Companion/confidant of a Caesar. He wrote a Commentary on Plato (24 books); Lexicon to Plato (2 books).highshort

α4012ἉρποκρατίωνHarpokration, HarpocrationSurnamed Gaius. Sophist. He wrote On Antiphon's Figures; On the Speeches of Hyperides and Lysias; etc.highshort

α4113ἈρχιμήδηςArchimedesOf Tralles. Philosopher. [He wrote] a commentary on Homer; and Mechanics.highshort

α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, AsklepiadesSon of Diotimus; of Myrlea (Myrlea is a city in Bithynia, now called Apamea); but by his original descent, of Nicaea. A pupil of Apollonius. He lived in the time of Attalus and Eumenes, …highmedium

α4460ΑὐσόνιοςAusoniusSophist. He wrote letters and certain other works addressed to Nonnus.highshort

α4556ἈφαρεύςAphareusAthenian, rhetor, son of the sophist Hippias and Plathane, stepson of Isocrates the rhetor, flourished in the 95th Olympiad, at the same time as the philosopher Plato.highshort

α4630ἈφθόνιοςAphthonius, AphthoniosSophist. He wrote [a commentary] on Hermogenes' Art [of Rhetoric]; Progymnasmata.highshort

α4734ἈψίνηςApsinesOf Athens. Sophist. Father of Onasimus the sophist, the father of Apsines.highshort

α4736ἈψίνηςApsines[Son] of the sophist Onasimus of Athens. Sophist. Later than Apsines of Gadara.highshort

γ9ΓαϊανόςGaianus, GaianosOf Arabia. Sophist; a pupil of Apsines of Gadara. He lived in the time of [the emperors] Maximus and Gordian. [He wrote] On Construction (5 books); Art of Rhetoric; Declamations. He practiced as a …highshort

γ32ΓαληνόςGalenos, Galenus, GalenThe exceptionally distinguished doctor; of Pergamum. Lived under the emperors Marcus, Commodus and Pertinax in Rome. Son of Nicon, a geometer and architect. He composed many works on medicine and philosophy, and also on …highshort

γ388ΓοργίαςGorgiasSon of Charmantides, of Leontini. Rhetor. A pupil of Empedocles, and teacher of Polus of Acragas, Pericles, Isocrates and Alcidamas of Elea, who succeeded him as head of his school. He was the brother …highmedium

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