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668
Ἰσότης φιλότης
equality amity
… 378] no.432. In Hesychius, i)so/ths is a headword glossed by
filo/ths,
with the comment dia\ to\ i)so/thti th\n fili/an e(/pesqai "because amity follows equality." For amity see phi 425.
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462
Ἡρακλείδης
Herakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides
… logos, which leaves us little the wiser. [3] Ptolemy VI
Philometor,
reigned 180-145 BC. [4] See generally RE Herakleides(44); PIR2 H87. [5] This proverbial phrase (from
Philostratus,
Lives of the Sophists 1.19) is quoted …
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1352
Δομετιανός
Domitian, Domitianus, Dometianos
… delta 1351. [1] George the Monk, Chronicon 2.444.1-11. [2] cf.
Philostratus,
Life of Apollonius of Tyana 8.8, where A. quotes Apollo's taunt to Achilles from Homer, Iliad 22.13. (On Apollonius see generally alpha 3420.) …
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291
Εἰς λατομίας
into (the) quarries
… suffer his poetry") is also in the Lexicon Sabbataicum. [1]
Philoxenus
of Cythera (c.435-380). While he was resident at the court of Dionysius I, he slighted the bad verses of the tyrant and for …
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2862
Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίας
take me away into the quarries
[1] Likewise or similarly in the paroemiographers. [2]
Philoxenus
of Cythera (c.435-380); OCD(4) pp.1137-8, s.v.
'Philoxenos(1)'.
While he was resident at the court of Dionysius I, he slighted the bad verses of the tyrant …
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4348
Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
… The "she" in question is the 5th century CE Neoplatonic
philosopher
Aidesia/Aedesia of Alexandria, student of Proclus at Athens, daughter, wife, and mother of Neoplatonic
philosophers:
see alphaiota 79. [4] cf. tau 441 (and …
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1298
Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι
Alcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days
… Atticist, Photius, and others. [3] Demagoras fr. 3 FHG (4.378);
Philochorus
FGrH 328 F186. (For
Philochorus
see phi 441 and generally OCD(4) s.v.) The numbers in the text of the Suda are corrupt and …
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1019
Ἀκροσφαλεῖς
precarious
[1] See already alpha 1018. [2] Sophocles,
Philoctetes
502-506 (web address 1); cf. theta 61. This quotation does not contain the headword of this entry, but has some vague connection to it in sense.
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336
Ἔθυσας ἀντιθύσῃ
you sacrificed [so] you should sacrifice in turn
… be corrupt. Suggested emendations include e)pequ/samen ('we burned incense'). [1]
Philoxenus
[phi 393] fr. 10 Bergk (PMG 823 Page); Appendix Proverbiorum 2.10; scholia on Homer, Iliad 9.219. [2] Homer, Odyssey 9.231.
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2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… pastiche of tragic laments (cf. its later use at Sophocles,
Philoctetes
743, 790). See also iota 56. Modern texts read the same phrase twice: a)ttatai\ a)ttatai/. The prefix para- is used in Byzantine literary …
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651
Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦς
nightingale, songstress
… revenge on her husband Tereus. See the OCD(4) entry on
Philomela
(p.1133). [5] Homer, Odyssey 19.518 (web address 3). [6] Sappho fr. 136 Page (but the adjective is i(mero/fwnos "lovely-voiced").
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1002
Ἀκροθίνια
spoils, akrothinia
… the neuter plural headword occurs. [2] cf. Hesychius alpha2606. [3]
Philostratus,
Lives of the Sophists 1.19; cf. eta 462 and nu 387. [4] cf. Apostolius 15.12; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1906.
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α
2252
Ἀνέλπιστον βίον
hope-free life, hopeless life
… misplaced. (It is also in Apostolius 2.91.) Perhaps, rather, a
philosophical
(Stoic?) twist on the word "hopeless", which in Greek normally had the same unfavourable implications as it does in English: see LSJ s.v.
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2521
Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρὸς ἦσαν
the treasure was ashes
… in Photius. For this proverb see e.g. Lucian, Zeuxis 2,
Philopseudes
32, Navigium 26. Its modern (if nowadays little-used) equivalent would be "apples of Sodom".
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3668
Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ
you ruined the wine by pouring in water
… (p.154); this is his fr. 4 Nauck. On the Peripatetic
philosopher
and scholar Khamaileon of Pontic Herakleia (C4/3) see generally OCD(4) p.304, s.v. Chamaeleon. The claim in alpha 3907 that Khamaileon mentioned a Cyclops …
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457
Γρῖφος
riddle, conundrum
… of allegory in some rhetorical lists of figures of speech.
Philodemus,
however, in reporting this, excludes griphos and urbane witticism from allegory, accepting enigma, paroemia (the misapplication of a proverb to a situation in …
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92
Δάτος
Datos, Datus, Daton, Datum
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., citing various historians (Ephorus, Theopompus,
Philochorus)
who mention it. See already delta 91. The neuter form, Daton, actually seems to be the most authentic. Although originally Thrakian, the town was …
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1168
Διονύσια
Dionysia
… major occasion in a child’s life, on the basis of
Philostratus,
Heroicus 35.9 and inscriptions. On the other hand, the Choes included a drinking contest with a wineskin as the prize, and thus the …
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1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… hence "conjure away" (Plutarch, Cato Maior 22 met' eu)prepei/as tou\s
filoso/fous
e)k th=s po/lews) or "chase away" a pollution (Cassius Dio 37.46.1 mi/asma, a damage (Iamblicus, On the Mysteries 1.13.21 bla/bhn, every kind of …
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1227
Δίωκε ἀρετήν
pursue excellence
… Chrysostom In Ep. 2 ad Cor. 61.488.4 Migne: tou=to di/wke,
filosofi/an
kai\ a)reth\n "love of wisdom and virtue, that is what you should follow". However, the expression here looks like a common saying, and …
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1445
Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον
Dodonian bronze
… some form of words involving the name of the Attidographer
Philochorus;
cf. FGrH 328 F72.
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1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… what lexicographers et al. learned about theorika was phi 441
Philochorus
(cf. under theta 219), and his convention seems to have been to leave the participle implicit (see the note at mu 801).
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2239
Ἐπιβολή
plan, project
… Oxford, 1992) §10. O.Crusius argued that the epigram is Hellenistic
(Philologus
48, 1889, 1799), but later commentators compare it to the collection of epigrams attributed to Theognis [OCD(4) 1459-60]: Bergk (Poetae Lyrici Graeci 3.690); …
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3008
Ἔρις ἔριν τίκτουσα προσμνᾶται λόγον
contention begetting contention facilitates discussion
… of friendship' but adds an explanatory clause: 'i.e. arguing about
philosophy'.
For the first two words, see also (e.g.) Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.59: e)/ris e)/rin a)ntifuteu/ei. This compound verb prosmna/omai is otherwise unattested (and LSJ …
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3248
Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακται
evils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated
… e)/sxata e)sxa/twn kaka/, 'evils ultimate of ultimates' (deriving from Sophocles,
Philoctetes
65) -- evils that can be either inflicted, as here, or suffered. For the former cf. Aelius Aristides, In response to Plato on …
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3344
Ἔτυχον
hit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced
… To the degree that this abstract noun developed in Greek
philosophy
(e.g. the lost treatise of Demetrius of Phalerum) and popular thought, from the 4th. Century B.C. on, the meaning of pure chance and …
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3890
Ἔφηβος
adolescent, ephebe
cf. epsilon 3888, epsilon 3889. [1]
Philostratus,
Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.8. (No such proverb, in fact, appears in the paroemiographers.) [2] Artemidorus 1.54 (beginning).
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259
Ἥλῳ τὸν ἧλον ἐκκρούει
he is knocking out a nail with a nail
… from second person singular; cf. Photius, Lexicon s.v. (and Lucian,
Philopseudes
9).
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689
Ἱστίον
sail
… cf. iota 690, iota 691, iota 692, iota 693. [2]
Philostratus,
Lives of the Sophists 1.25.5; quoted again at pi 1758. [3] Zenobius 4.44, etc. ('Histia' is Hestia; cf. epsilon 3214.) See generally Tosi …
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41
Καθ' αὑτοῦ Βελλεροφόντης
Bellerophon against himself
… sake of." This, and what follows, all comes from John
Philoponus,
Commentaries on Aristotle's De anima 111.24-112.33. [3] Virtue makes us virtuous. [4] Strength is not what makes us strong. [5] These are the …
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