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κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… say he was from Massilia; an orator who was nicknamed "philo-Roman". He married the daughter of Deiotarus the senator, who killed him together with his wife, because he had slandered him to Caesar. He …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, CratesSon of Askondas, a Theban, a Cynic philosopher, a student of Diogenes and Bryson the Achaean. He liquidated his property and gave the money to a money-changer, telling him that if his sons were …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicismA philosophical school. Its definition [is] "a short-cut road to virtue". The goal of Cynicism is to live according to virtue, as Diogenes and Zeno of Citium say. The Cynics held that one should …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… [sc. now] virtually nobody knows him. This Cornutus [was] a philosopher from Leptis; Leptis [is] a city of Libya; he lived in Rome at the time of [sc. the emperor] Nero, by whose orders …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1711ΚλεάνθηςKleanthes, Cleanthes… Zeno, whose successor he became. He was mentor of the philosopher Chrysippus of Soloi and of Antigonos the king. This man was at first a boxer, but after he had gone to Athens he …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… a young man to hear Plato. Declaring a thirst for philosophy and associating with her [i.e. Philosophy] for a short time (for he was hateful to the gods) this Klearchos saw in a dream …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ912Κατεγλωττισμένονtongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).… dictionary word. Properly a 'tongued-down' is the tongue-in kiss. And Philostratus [writes]: "But Apollonius cultivated a style of discourse not dithyrambic and swollen with poetic words nor sunk under too many glosses and full …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2647Κυκλίων τε χορῶν ᾀσματοκάμπαςand tune-benders of cyclic choruses.… is hinting at the associates of Cinesias and Cleomenes and Philoxenos, who composed dithyrambs. He means that the composers of dithyrambs were also sophists; for these men were the producers of the cyclic choruses. …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… Rome, may have been of cubic form (R. Eisler, "Kuba-Kybele," Philologus 68 (1909) 118-151, 161-209, suggesting an etymology from the same root as the sacred Ka'aba in Mecca). [4] Greek Anthology 5.25.3-4, attributed to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1995Κομήσῃςyou would grow your hair long… thoughts: for they will not be any less convincing. And philosophers used to grow their hair long either out of [ascetic] endurance or out of stinginess. "None of them ever shaved, out of frugality." …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ165Κακοπινέστατονfilthiest, most filthy, very filthy… (where the headword appears: web address 1 below). [3] Sophocles, Philoctetes 945-949 (web address 2 below); cf. kappa 346. The quoted lines do not contain the headword, so the reason for their inclusion in …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1040Κατηγορίας ἔχωI have accusations… phrase]. "Accusing them is Kallixenos, a demagogue [and] sykophant." Amongst philosophers 'category' is said and comes into being either to a greater degree or equally, but never to a lesser degree. It is to …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1719ΚλεόβουλοςKleoboulos, Cleobulus… those of his time for strength and beauty, he studied philosophy in Egypt. He had a daughter named Kleobouline who composed riddles in hexameter verse. Kleoboulos wrote songs and riddles in 3,000 verses. Of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2551Κοιναὶ ἔννοιαιcommon conceptionsThis entry is largely taken (with some variations) from John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De anima 3.13-18. 3.22-25, 4.3-4, 4.30-5, 5.17-20; cf. also Sophonias, Paraphrase of Aristotle's De anima 123.29-30. [1] Reading ei) kai\ …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… plays are Achilles, Semele or Beginning, as Athenaeus says in Philosophers at Dinner. Lysias [writes]: "for the bitches, he says, were spoiled by going in to my "crab"." And whenever the grain is rooted …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2777ΚῦροςKyros, Cyrus, Kurash… This Cyrus was experienced, if any one was, in the philosophy in which he was educated by the magi; he was taught justice and truth, in accordance with some laws established for the Persian …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… kappa 2148. [1] Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 532.14. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 7.11-27 Hayduck. Rather than "wittily" (a)stei/ws), Philoponus says "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to be to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2702ΚυνήγιονHunting-ground, Kynegion, Cynegium… marveled at the corpse on the gravestone. And John, a philosopher, said that 'I discovered that a renowned man would die by this sculpture.' Afterwards Philippicus the emperor, when he was informed, ordered that …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse… the Iberian peninsula of the mid second century BCE. [2] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.3; cf. alpha 4330 and especially tau 598. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1317. The verb here should be second …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2800Κύφωνεςpillories… in Crete dealing with the banishment and punishment of Epicurean philosophers.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… Aristotle's Categories 26.11-15, and John of Damascus, Dialectica sive capita philosophica 65.66-73 (PG 94, 657d, 659). [3] cf. Palladius, Life of Chrysostom 3.19ff.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ365Καρδίαheart… unidentifiable (but for what follows, see next note). [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De anima (ed. Hayduck) 382.1-7, 25-30; 383.29-384.2. [3] Anecdota Oxoniensia (ed. Cramer) 2.452.24.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2078Κόρηmaiden… and grammars. [1] cf. kappa 2076. [2] Largely from John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 366.10-13 and 368.2-7 Hayduck. [3] Similar material in late historiography, e.g. John Malalas Chronographia III.12 Thurn (44-45); cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… Stoic self-contradictions 1053B-C). On the issue of conflagration in Stoic philosophy, see Long (1985). [2] This is a different term for the breath (pneu=ma) that pervades the whole reality. [3] These are supposed to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ77Καθῆκονdue action; what is appropriate… other testimonies reporting the issue of "due action" in Stoic philosophy, see Stobaeus, Extracts 2.85, 13ff. (ed. Wachsmuth) and Cicero, De finibus 3.33-34.] [2] The version of Diog.Laert. 7.108 is quite different here and …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… entry alpha 1981. We owe this story (fr.6 Diels/Kranz) to Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.2.22-26, here cited in an odd variation of the original: "Who does not know that (with the accusative …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… convert to Christianity and an enthusiastic supporter of literature and philosophy. Selected by Pulcheria (pi 2145) to marry Theodosius II, Eudocia was instrumental in driving Pulcheria from politics in 441. See theta 145, note …Matched in noteshighmedium