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δ1140ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, DiogenianusProbably identical (despite the compiler's doubts) with [delta 1139] Diogenianus, q.v. [1] For Pontic Heraclea see [delta 1139] Diogenianus (and elsewhere). Stephanus of Byzantium lists more than twenty "other" cities of this name, but …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1145ΔιογένηςDiogenes[1] This can hardly be the famous Diogenes the Cynic (delta 1141, delta 1143, delta 1144), who advocated and practiced free love -- and the only home he could have shut his son into …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1143ΔιογένηςDiogenesInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Diogenes at web address 1; Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Cynicism at web address 2. See also delta 1141, delta 1144. For the present material cf. Diogenes Laertius 6.20-21 …

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Of another Heraclea, not the one in Pontus. Grammarian. He too lived under the emperor Hadrian. The possibility has to be considered that he is the doctor from Albace Heraclea in Caria, since he was an expert on…

Διογενειανός, Ἡρακλείας ἑτέρας, οὐ τῆς Πόντου, γραμματικός, γεγονὼς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ βασιλέως. ἐπιστατέον δὲ μήποτέ ἐστιν ὁ ἐκ τῆς Ἀλβάκης Ἡρακλείας τῆς ἐν Καρίᾳ ἰατρός· ἦν…

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δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes[1] OCD(4) s.v. Diogenes(2), c.412/403-c.324/321. See also delta 1143, delta 1144. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For Xenocrates see xi 42; for Aristotle alpha 3929; for Theophrastus theta 199 (55 FHS&G); for Zeno zeta 79; for …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1144ΔιογένηςDiogenesDiogenes of Sinope, the Cynic: see already delta 1141 and delta 1143. For the present entry's material cf. generally Diogenes Laertius 6.20-21 & 74. [1] Antisthenes: alpha 2723. [2] This claim is not made …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, Arkhutas… (below). The present entry draws for its opening sentences on Diogenes Laertius 8.79. [1] Roman Tarentum (present-day Taranto), in S. Italy; cf. tau 112 and tau 113. [2] Dionysios II of Syracuse. See generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2471ἘπιμενίδηςEpimenides… s.v.; FGrH 457. For the present material (main paragraph) cf. Diogenes Laertius 1.109-112. [1] Compare Aristeas (alpha 3900). [2] 660-657. [3] On whom see generally OCD(4) s.v. Seven Sages. [4] 604-601. (For this epidode …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2723ἈντισθένηςAntisthenes… this information is taken from the biography of A. in Diogenes Laertius (6.1, 13, 15), with an additional paragraph -- see n.2 below -- from Julian, Oration 6 (181b Hertlein. On Antisthenes (mid C5 …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sectAn approximation (and abridgement) of Diogenes Laertius 1.19-21. [1] The Greek noun hairesis can also mean "choice," so the word meant "what is chosen" (see Mansfeld 1999, 21 ff.). [2] See Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… 146. [3] This passage is taken (with minor changes) from Diogenes Laertius 7.120-1, where the Stoic thesis that all faults or moral mistakes are equal (cf. alpha 2479, end; kappa 320, end) is quoted …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… both cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] The source now becomes Diogenes Laertius 7.127-128. [3] That virtue can be lost is said by Chrysippus; that it cannot be lost, by Cleanthes (Diogenes Laertius 7.127). Probably …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic… Zintzen (223 Asmus); cf. alpha 278, epsilon 1929. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 7.42-43. This definition of dialectic (in its shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3908ἈρίστιπποςAristippus, Aristippos… 'Aristippus(1)'. The present entry derives, after the introductory sentence, from Diogenes Laertius 2.65-66 and 2.86. There is more under alpha 3909. [1] Again at kappa 2758. [2] xi 47, xi 48. [3] Or "Royal …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… 194). [1] Aratus' brother Myris was a student of Zeno (Diogenes Laertius 7.38), and wrote on Homeric questions (Vita III). On Soloi, see sigma 781. [2] The fragments of the Erga of a Menecrates …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… 2582. [4] Callisthenes FGrH 124 F17. [5] An approximation of Diogenes Laertius 7.75. [6] Diogenes Laertius 9.44-45. [7] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 177.19-27.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… 2826, kappa 1039. The present entry reproduces (with some variations) Diogenes Laertius 7.65-66. Copied to alpha 3628; and cf. also epsilon 3074, pi 3254. [1] This sentence is not intelligible without a brief explanation. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, AristotleVita Menagiana of Aristotle; cf. Diogenes Laertius 5.1,4,9-10; Dionysius of Halicarnassus ad Ammaeum 5. On Aristotle see also alpha 3930, sigma 979, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.159-63). [1] For whom see nu 399. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diver… case, because of its use in the sentences quoted. [1] Diogenes Laertius 9.12 (with different readings in the last quotation). (On Heraclitus, see eta 471, eta 472.) The verse quotation from (?)Diodotus is Tragica …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ448ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, DemokritosFor D. see already delta 447. [1] From Diogenes Laertius 9.37, where this material is credited to Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429). [2] One wonders how Democritus could know unless he had been actively …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… somewhere; probably, given what comes next in the entry, from Diogenes Laertius 3.52: kai\ ta\ *Swkra/tous kai\ ta\ *Timai/ou le/gwn *Pla/twn dogmati/zei. [1] = Synagoge delta395, Photius delta696. It seems to show that the …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… On Aristotle's de anima 23.17-34 Hayduck; then follows material from Diogenes Laertius (see note 4 below) and Alexander of Aphrodisias (see note 5 below). [1] The Suda text actually reads 'in the Apodeiktike', i.e. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α118Ἀγαθόνgood… alpha 119, likewise a neuter singular. This entry mostly reproduces Diogenes Laertius 7.94-98 (who supposedly is quoting an extract of Stoic ethics). The Suda text contains important omissions as well as different readings (the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… Mantissa Proverbiorum 3.31 and the quotation which follows here. [8] Diogenes Laertius 4.46. [9] gamma 316.Matched in noteshighmedium

α774ἈκαδημίαAcademy… and generally OCD(4) pp.2 ('Academy') and 638 ('gymnasium'). [1] From Diogenes Laertius 3.7-8 (= schol. Demosth. 24.114); cf. epsilon 338. See also (e.g.) Pausanias 1.29.2, 1.30.1-3. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1005-1008; cf. alpha 3682, mu …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1026ἌκρωνAkron, Acron… Also from Acragas. See generally epsilon 1002, epsilon 1003. [3] Diogenes Laertius 8.65 (from his Life of Empedocles).Matched in noteshighmedium

α1423ἈλυάττηςAlyattes… a new source, and Paradiso [below] convincingly identifies it as Diogenes Laertius 1.83 (an anecdote in which Bias [beta 270] fools the king, by means of fattened mules, into abandoning the siege and making …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… generally RE Anaxagoras (4); NP Anaxagoras; OCD4 Anaxagoras; DK 59; Diogenes Laertius 2.6-15. [1] This first paragraph of the entry reproduces most of Harpocration (and Photius) s.v.; cf. nu 523. [2] Apparently quoted loosely …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsis… 76-77). Most of the present entry's material is taken from Diogenes Laertius 1.101-105. (Some has already appeared under alpha 258.) [1] cf. gamma 360. [2] cf. kappa 25. [3] In Diog.Laert. 1.101 only one …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grape[1] Zenobius 1.96. This proverb recurs at alpha 4223. [2] Diogenianus 1.78 & 86. [3] Zenobius 1.90. This proverb (Euripides fr.799a Snell) recurs at epsilon 586, omicroniota 72, and upsilon 300. See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2517Ἀνθομολογησόμεθαwe will make a covenant… at phi 34. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] A version of Diogenes Laertius 2.40, which purports to quote the beginning of the indictment brought against Socrates in Athens in 399 BCE; the second verb should, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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