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λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… and places in which men were accustomed to congregate and philosophize. So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 of Philosophical Subjects. Herodotus [writes]: "and yet when a conversation had taken place, [sc. about] which …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ265ΛέωνLeonSon of Leon; of Byzantium, Peripatetic philosopher and sophist. A pupil of Plato or, as some [say], of Aristotle. He wrote about the reign of Philip and Byzantium in 7 books; Teuthranticus; On Besaeus; …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginusLonginus, Cassius. Philosopher. Teacher of the philosopher Porphyry; a polymath and critic. He lived in the time of the Caesar Aurelian, and was executed by him for having conspired with Zenobia, the wife of …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… he made into handles of knives. And elsewhere: "handles of philosophy", [i.e.] arithmetic and geometry.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… that his multitude was unable to help him. Antiochus the philosopher, at rate, when mentioning this battle says that the sun never looked down on its like. Strabo says that so effortlessly did the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ165ΛαχάρηςLachares… 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 regained it.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… declared that a food stipend be granted to Eulogius the philosopher, one of the eunuchs said that the funds would be appropriately spent on the soldiers, but Leo replied: "I wish it would happen …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued from the volcano on the island which was reputedly Hephaistos' forge. The present headword phrase itself …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… by his hounds. [4] Lucian wrote a life of the philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, in which he portrays him as a charlatan and describes his self-immolation by fire at the Olympic Games of A.D. 165. …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… “This” is possibly meant to distinguish him not from the philosopher Longinus (lambda 645) but rather from other Isaurian contemporaries such as Longinus of Kardala — on whom see Bury (1923: 400). [2] e)pi\ …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ470Λῆροςdementia, deliriumFor this headword see also lambda 469. [1] From John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima 161.4-15 and 19-26 Hayduck. The Aristotle passage in question is 408B: "The case of mind is different; it …Matched in noteshighmedium