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ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… the reign of Marcus Antoninus. He wrote many books. [sc. Damascius says that] the philosopher Theosebius drew much of his speeches' matter from Epictetus' Disputations, but others of these he elaborated on his own, …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3477Ἀπόπειραtrial[Meaning an] examination/scrutiny. Damascius [writes]: "in truth it came about that those young men who truly love philosophy were tested just like gold in the fire. Unless it satisfies the test, through which the …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ486Χρηματισμόςbusiness, money-making… established himself on a sound financial footing [...]." [Note] that Damascius says, "doing business" [that is, the gathering of money] "seemed in no way to those in the underworld like a help, nor did …

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Of Hierapolis in Phrygia; a philosopher; a slave of Epaphroditus, one of the bodyguards of the emperor Nero. Disabled in a leg because of a flux, he lived in Nicopolis, [a city] of [the province of] New Epirus; and his…

Ἐπίκτητος, Ἱεραπόλεως τῆς Φρυγίας, φιλόσοφος, δοῦλος Ἐπαφροδίτου, τῶν σωματοφυλάκων τοῦ βασιλέως Νέρωνος. πηρωθεὶς δὲ τὸ σκέλος ὑπὸ ῥεύματος ἐν Νικοπόλει τῆς νέας Ἠπείρου ᾤκησε,…

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α114ἈγαθοεργίαbeneficenceDamascius [writes]: "to sum everything up in one statement, what Pythagoras said about man being very similar to the divine is something that he [Isidore] clearly demonstrated in his deeds: his beneficent zeal and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α834Ἀκέραιον συνειδόςunblemished consciousness, sound conscienceOne pure and unalloyed. Damascius says: "for there is none of human qualities worth as much as an unblemished consciousness. For one must coexist with his fellows in proper fashion. Even if the true …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4304Ατταwhichever, some… for which the proof of truth has come in secrecy". Damascius [writes]: "Isidore concerned himself with some works of poetry, not as much as he was able, but as much as he had desire. …Matched in translationhighmedium

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… 'to take pride in (offering) altar-ambusher and importunate hopes.'" And Damascius on the subject of Isidore, "He was charming, the furthest imaginable from tricky wit and altar-ambushing" (i.e. from ingratiation).Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, DorusThe one from Arabia. As Damascius says in his Philosophical History, he was a most remarkable investigator of the truth. Isidore the philosopher perceived initially that he was caught up in Aristotle’s propositions, seeing …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2744ἘπιφάνιοςEpiphanios, Epiphanius… for their contemporaries, eloquent heralds especially of the ancient stories. Damascius [wrote this].Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3071Ἔρωςlove, erotic desire… readiness of mind and love of labor; things that indeed Damascius calls the first and supreme elements of the enquiry that looks deeply into things that exist. On love see under Diogenes.Matched in translationhighmedium

ει45Εἴδωλονlikeness, image, phantom… than phantoms." Meaning representations more unreal than non-existent things. And Damascius says: "whenever we set up and engrave some kind of idols, [they are] a shadow of dreams in Pindar's phrase. "And [the] sons …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2873Ἀπαθῆimpassive, passionless… Diogenes Laertius 7.117, on the Stoic doctrines of Zeno. [4] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.207 Zintzen (260 Asmus). [5] Again, more fully, at theta 44. Perhaps Damascius again (fr. 43 Zintzen) or from a …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ797Διατριβήschool, amusement, pastime… by comment from the scholia there. [3] Tentatively attributed to Damascius by Adler; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 380 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3736Εὐσεβεῖνto act piously… there: web address 1). [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 386 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighmedium

ει83Εἰκόςprobable… [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Adler attributed this quotation to either Damascius or Aelian; it is now Damascius Life of Isidore fr. 333 Zintzen. [5] Sophocles, Electra 1026 (web address 1), with scholion; Pindar, Nemean …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… e)c a)rxh=s e)/rgwn, an obvious scribal error. (Incorrectly attributed to Damascius, as Life of Isidore fr. 285 Asmus; cf. n. 5 below.) [2] Despite this helpful gloss, the quotation is unidentifiable. [3] Herodotus 7.188.3 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, Athenodorus… on whom see generally OCD(4) s.v., p.195. Paragraph 2 (= Damascius fr. 145 Zintzen, 88 Asmus) is about a contemporary of the Neoplatonist Proclus. [1] tau 551, tau 552. [2] cf. omicron 671.Matched in noteshighmedium

α793ἈκαμάτιοςAkamatios, AcamatiusDamascius fr. 345 Zintzen (203 Asmus). [1] There were 2 cities of this name, one in Egypt and one in Phoenicia (present-day Lebanon); the latter is meant here.Matched in noteshighmedium

α1140Ἀλεξόμενονwarding off, resisting… the other cross-references there. [1] Evidently a quotation; Adler suggests Damascius, Life of Isidore. Zintzen makes it fr. 372, incertae sedis. [2] Herodotus 1.211.2 (web address 1), with comment from a gloss there. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1514Ἄμαχονimpossible, unconquerable… (50 Hercher). [5] Aelian fr. 68c D-F (65 Hercher). [6] Damascius, quoted from epsilon 1088. [7] Aelian fr. 89 D-F (86 Hercher), on Clearchus; see in full at kappa 1714.Matched in noteshighmedium

α1639ἈμμωνιανόςAmmonianos, AmmonianusDamascius Life of Isidore fr. 111 Zintzen. See RE Ammonianos(2); PLRE II Ammonianus. [1] [sigma 1662] Syrianus. [2] Homer, Iliad 2.58. [4] cf. [omicron 391] o)/nos lu/ras. Photius, Bibliotheca cod. 242, 339a: "it was …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… Heraclides of Tarsus and Athenodorus (see Diogenes Laertius, 7.121). [7] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.253 Zintzen (150 Asmus); cf. iota 78, mu 994. For Ibycus (lyric poet of the C6 BCE) see generally iota …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary[1] Artemidorus 1.45; cf. alphaiota 88. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 319 Zintzen (184 Asmus). [3] Isaeus fr. 52 Sauppe, as cited by Harpokration s.v.; cf. alpha 1892, alpha 2582. [4] Callisthenes FGrH …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2461Ἀνίειgave up… 881. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler rejects a suggested attribution to Damascius). [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.6.25 (web address 1); on behalf of all the peoples of the East, Megas, the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2673Ἀντικρύover against, right opposite; right on, straight on… 93c Domingo-Forasté (part of 90 Hercher); cf. upsilon 456. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 140 Zintzen (84 Asmus), concerning Lachares. [4] Herodian Grammaticus 2.19.29.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2763ἈντώνιοςAntonios, Antonius[1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 186 Zintzen (210 Asmus). [2] cf. alpha 2658.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3172Ἀπήντα[he/she/it] kept meeting… the aorist and the perfect of the same verb. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 11 Zintzen (12 Asmus). [3] Gregory of Nazianzus 20, PG 36.496b (Funeral oration for St. Basil the Great). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3741Ἄρασθαιto lift up, to raise up… 1.83 uses the word a)fi/stamai (web address 1 below). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 252 Zintzen (150 Asmus); cf. fr.55 for a similar appeal to Pindar.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4102ἈρχιάδαςArchiadasDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 282 Asmus (cross-referenced at theta 79) - not recognised as authentic by Zintzen, but accepted by Athanassiadi as fr. 105. According to Athanassiadi (page 251 note 277), this Archiadas …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4120Ἄρχων χρότιοςruler in the flesh… comment.) [1] Sophocles, Ajax 934-935, with scholion. [2] Here begins Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 364 Zintzen (227 Asmus). [3] See eta 60, from the same source. [4] Adler's apparatus briefly indicates what her …Matched in noteshighmedium

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