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14 entries for four principal virtues

λ739ΛώτLot… when the men disappeared, as Scripture says, after the remaining four cities were destroyed and after a salt pan was made to exist on the land at the same time. And on the mountain …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… with bibliography. The main sources for the conspiracy are the four Catilinarian speeches by Cicero (at web address 1) and Sallust's Catiline (at web address 2). The present entry draws on John of Antioch …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… Heraclius' army; cf. de Boor (80) and Whitby (50). The four names there, called up from the past, make only a loose chronological and contextual fit with each other: nos.2-4 are Persian-War heroes (for …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… of escape, escaping by bending himself, so as not to furnish justice". But some [sc. say that] lugi/zein [means] means to question with the punishment of torture. Also the whips with which athletes are …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ165ΛαχάρηςLachares… of speech, but handsome and fine in appearance; as to virtue, he deserves to be called a philosopher rather than a sophist. He was an especially pious man, and having lost his sight he …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… and Page (vol. I, 306-307); (vol. II, 340); and its further extracts at kappa 2680, sigma 16, and tau 1166. [4] Greek Anthology 7.182.3 (Meleager); see note 2 above. Also see another excerpt from …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ684ΛουκιανὸςLucian… to their duty. And this man in fact, showing every virtue befitting a ruler to his subjects, became famous for his justice and wisdom and everything that is an ornament to rulers, as he …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ249ΛεοννάτοςLeonnatos, Leonnatus… brought up with Alexander, and a sharer in esteem by virtue of the appropriateness of his upbringing and his family and for both the size and the beauty of his body. Even while Alexander …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ685ΛουκιανὸςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… much effort into the correction of the holy books. And furthermore one can find that he guarded the purity of the divine doctrines to the greatest degree among his contemporaries. For he also published …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccups… Gow and Page (vol. I, ibid.); (vol. II, ibid.); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1219, alpha 1683, delta 1519, theta 519, kappa 751, kappa 1525, kappa 2628, omicron 51, pi 1457, …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… the AP scribe designated J (the Lemmatist). Gow and Page further observe that while a)hdo/nes (nightingales) could well be interpreted metaphorically as a poetical legacy, they find attractive the suggestion of H. Stadtmüller (1845-1906), …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ329ΛεύκιοςLucius, Leukios… Livy 1.34 (web address 1). [3] Ancus Marcius, the legendary fourth king of Rome (640-617 trad.).Matched in noteshighmedium
λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… Damascus FGrH 90 F38 (preserved in Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus, On Virtues and Vices 1.340). In this version the impiety of Lykaon's people is emphasized; in other versions Lykaon himself is the impious figure and …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… probably a separate fragment included so as to provide a further instance of his wicked behavior.Matched in noteshighmedium