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κ2285Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγαςConstantine the Great, Constantine I, Constantinus I… Constantine see already kappa 2284. [1] The following note about Eunapius is abridged from the introduction to the translation of Eusebius' Life of Constantine in the on-line edition of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. …Matched in noteshighshort
χ473Χρῆμαmatter; thing… s.v. Zacharias(2). On Theodorus see PLRE IIIb s.v. Theodorus(34). [3] Eunapius fr. 66 FHG (4.44); see also epsilon 3776. [4] Julian, Epistle 25b. On the Hercynian forest, see epsilon 3019. [5] Eunapius fr.104 FHG …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3066Ἀπεστάτειwas far from[1] Eunapius fr.76 FHG (4.48). [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 742-3 (with comment from the scholia there). The text has xnoa/zwn, ('sprinkling'), rather than the Suda's xhra/zwn ('bereaving'). See web address 1 below.

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Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγας

Constantine the Great, Constantine I, Constantinus I

[Constantine the great] emperor. Concerning him Eunapius wrote idle nonsense, and I disregard this in respect for the man.

Κωνσταντῖνος, ὁ μέγας βασιλεύς. περὶ οὗ ἔγραψεν Εὐνάπιος φληνάφους καὶ παρῆκα αὐτὰ αἰδοῖ τοῦ ἀνδρός.

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δ653Διάμετροςdiameter[1] Eunapius fr. 100 FHG (= 272.19-20 Dindorf); but these words also appear in Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.2, as de Boor pointed out. Theophylact's story concerns a Roman soldier found still alive, but with …Matched in noteshighshort

η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age… (This phrase is not otherwise preserved amongst the fragments of Eunapius.) [3] Isaeus, fragmentary orations 2.2 (Roussel) = fr. 90 Sauppe; cf. tau 322. [Isaeus 10.12, noted ('cf.') by Adler, is not even close …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken up… nurtured"). [2] cf. alpha 2248. [3] cf. alpha 2433. [4] Eunapius fr. 52 FHG (4.37); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 45.2 (pp. 70-71); cf. kappa 67, sigma 1019. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Cassius …Matched in noteshighmedium

α784ἈκάκιοςAkakios, Acacius… Die Briefe des Libanios (Leipzig 1906) 37, 39-43 (Akakios II); Eunapius, Lives of the Sophists 17.1 (496). The present material reappears under lambda 486; see the note there. [1] [iota 437] Julian. [2] [lambda …Matched in noteshighshort

α4736ἈψίνηςApsinesPLRE I Apsines(2). Possibly = Apsines the Spartan (Eunapius, Lives of the Sophists 482, 483-5). [1] [omicron 327] Onasimus. [2] [alpha 4735] Apsines.Matched in noteshighshort

ε322Ἔθηκενcreated, established… on Photius, Lexicon epsilon163, marks the lacuna. [3] Perhaps from Eunapius (so Adler, citing also Libanius, Orations 18.249); cf. gamma 484, eta 45.Matched in noteshighshort

ε813ἘλεύσιοςEleusios, Eleusius… Asmus -- who subsequently, she notes [addenda], attributed it to Eunapius); ignored by Zintzen. Eleusios and Marathonios were bishops of Cyzicus and Nicomedia respectively, and associates of Macedonius in the Semi-Arian party (mid 4th …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2332Ἐπιθεῖναιto dispatch… 354.25. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. Perhaps [WH] an uncomprehending abridgment of Eunapius, Vita sophistarum 7.4.6: th\n pro\s *xrusa/nqion ai)th/sas e)pistolh/n, ei)=ta ei)sbalw\n e)kei/nhn kai\ sfragi=da a)mfote/rais e)piqei/s).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2741ἘπιφάνιοςEpiphanios, EpiphaniusRE Epiphanios (8); NP Epiphanios (4); PLRE I Epiphanius (1); Eunapius Lives of the Sophists 493-4. [1] cf. omicron 911, omicron 912 (Oulpianos/Ulpian). [2] pi 1404.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3252Ἐσχατιάfrontier… is quoted; see also 5.489, 18.358, 24.150]"). [3] Ascribed to Eunapius by Friedrich Reitemeier in his edition (1784) of Zosimus, and accepted as such by Dindorf (1.213.10-13) and Müller (fr.5 FHG = 4.14). For …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3636Εὐπαράγωγοςeasily led-astray… 1115-1120 (web address 1) with scholion; cf. pi 717. [2] Eunapius fr.76 FHG (4.48); cf. lambda 268.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3770ΕὐτόκιοςEutokios, EutociusMaterial attributed to Eunapius (1.273.18 - 274.5 Dindorf; fr.106 FHG (4.55)) by Kuster. This individual can scarcely be the celebrated Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician Eutokios of Askalon (b. ca.480 CE; OCD(4) p.557), but perhaps …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι14ἸάκωβοςIakobos, Jacobus, JacobSource: Blockley, Eunapius fr.39.[2]. [1] PLRE I Jacobus(2). [2] lambda 486: Libanius. [3] For the idiom cf. (e.g.) Polybius 2.4.7 (th\n basilei/an diadecame/nh).Matched in noteshighshort

ι348ἹμέριοςHimerius, Himerios… RE Himerios(1), with Suppl. 3.1151-3; OCD4 Himerius; PLRE I Himerius(3); Eunapius Lives of the Sophists 494. [1] Prusias ad mare (formerly Cius). Not to be confused with the better-known Prusa, to the south. See …Matched in noteshighshort

ι435ἸουλιανόςJulian, Julianus, Iulianus, IulianosRE Iulianos (3) = (30); PLRE I Julian (5); Eunapius, Lives of the Sophists 482-5. [1] RE Kallinikos(3); PLRE I Callinicus(2); usually distinguished on chronological grounds from kappa 231 (Callinicus).Matched in noteshighshort