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- μ1306ΜουσώνιοςMusoniusMu 1306 = Blockley, Eunapius fr. 29.[2]. This Musonius was born in Pamphylia (see OCD(4) s.v.), a region in southern Asia Minor, present-day Turkey (PLRE, p. 613, s.v. Musonius 2; cf. mu 208). He …
- χ473Χρῆμαmatter; thing… s.v. Zacharias(2). On Theodorus see PLRE IIIb s.v. Theodorus(34). [3] Eunapius fr. 66 FHG (4.44); see also epsilon 3776. [4] Julian, Epistle 25b. On the Hercynian forest, see epsilon 3019. [5] Eunapius fr.104 FHG …
- η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age… (This phrase is not otherwise preserved amongst the fragments of Eunapius.) [3] Isaeus, fragmentary orations 2.2 (Roussel) = fr. 90 Sauppe; cf. tau 322. [Isaeus 10.12, noted ('cf.') by Adler, is not even close …
- ε3776ΕὐτρόπιοςEutropiusEunapius fr. 66 FHG (4.44). For Eutropius see also epsilon 3777. [1] theta 144. In fact, this is a mistake: Eutropius served under Arcadius, not Theodosius (Blockley 1983: 145 n. 137). [2] That is, …
- μ474Μελεδωνόςcaretaker… a passage quoted at greater length at eta 350. [3] Eunapius fr.94 FHG (4.54), 88 Blockley (1983: 124-5). Kuster preferred e)tw=n (genitive plural of 'kinsmen') over e)qw=n ('customs'). [4] Here the Suda uses the …
- λ486ΛιβάνιοςLibanius, Libanios… AD. See generally RE Libanios; OCD4 Libanius; PLRE I Libanius; Eunapius, Lives of the Sophists 495-6. [1] RE Diophantos(10); PLRE II Diophantus(1). [2] [beta 150] Basil of Caesarea; [gamma 450] Gregory of Nazianzus. [3] …
- γ78Γαῦροςhaughty… gamma 77, and cf. generally gamma 75, gamma 76. [1] Eunapius fr. 70 FHG (4.44-5); cf. next note. [2] From tau 597, where this same fragment of Eunapius (on Timasios) reappears. See the fuller …
- αι179ΑἰλιανόςAelian, Aelianus, AilianosEunapius fr. 36 FHG (4.27), Blockley, Eunapius fr. 35. [1] omicron 764: reigned 364-378. [2] Repeated at sigma 1316. Syedra was a city on the coast of Isauria (SE Turkey, in present-day terms): Stephanus …
- α81ἈβρογάστηςAbrogastes, Arbogast… has been tentatively identified as a fragment (no.53 FHG; Blockley, Eunapius fr. 58.[1]) of the sophist and historian Eunapius of Sardis -- concerns the Frankish general Flavius Arbogastes (died 394). (The present headword 'Abrogastes' …
- δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… Tricliniana, which, however, read *dio\s h(me/ras instead of dioshmi/as. [10] Eunapius fr.4 FHG (4.14); cf. kappa 291. The cruelty of Emperor Carinus’ character as described by Eunapius is echoed by other sources. See Historia …
- κ391ΚαρῖνοςKarinos, Carinus… to accept; but cf. epsilon 133 and upsilon 15. [3] Eunapius fr.4 FHG (4.14); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 5.1. Parts of it reappear at delta 1205, epsilon 133, and mu 83. On the scathing, but …
- α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken up… nurtured"). [2] cf. alpha 2248. [3] cf. alpha 2433. [4] Eunapius fr. 52 FHG (4.37); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 45.2 (pp. 70-71); cf. kappa 67, sigma 1019. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Cassius …
- α87Ἁβρόςdelicate… tau 877, and omega 28. [3] Attributed by Hemsterhuys to Eunapius; again (in part) at alpha 1860.
- λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginus[1] RE Longinos; OCD4 Cassius Longinus; PLRE I Longinus (2); Eunapius Lives of the Sophists 456; and cf. [phi 735] Fronto. [2] [pi 2098] Porphyry. [3] Zenobia was the queen of Palmyra who rebelled …
- β30Βάθραfoundations, pedestals, steps, benches[1] Eunapius fr. 63 FHG (4.42); cf. also kappa 269 and rho 240, which latter correctly has kallu/nein for the erroneous kallu/nwn of this entry and kappa 269. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Sophocles, Ajax …
- ε813ἘλεύσιοςEleusios, Eleusius… Asmus -- who subsequently, she notes [addenda], attributed it to Eunapius); ignored by Zintzen. Eleusios and Marathonios were bishops of Cyzicus and Nicomedia respectively, and associates of Macedonius in the Semi-Arian party (mid 4th …
- α3752ἈρβαζάκιοςArbazakios, ArbazaciusEunapius fr. 84 FHG (4.51). [1] Reigned AD 383-408. [2] Again at eta 657. "Hephaestian chains" were those with which Hephaestus had trapped the adulterers Aphrodite (his wife) and Ares: Homer, Odyssey 8. [3] …
- μ230ΜαρσύαςMarsyas… s.v. Marsyas(1). The present material comes from late-antique historiography; probably Eunapius in the case of the second paragraph. [1] For 'pipes' (auloi) see alpha 4447. [2] alpha 3419. [3] cf. mu 1048. [4] kappa …
- ε3770ΕὐτόκιοςEutokios, EutociusMaterial attributed to Eunapius (1.273.18 - 274.5 Dindorf; fr.106 FHG (4.55)) by Kuster. This individual can scarcely be the celebrated Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician Eutokios of Askalon (b. ca.480 CE; OCD(4) p.557), but perhaps …
- α3508Ἀπορρῶγαςprecipices… the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [2] Quotation unidentifiable (Adler suggestes Eunapius); for its substance, however, cf. below. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 309; see already alpha 1517. [4] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 808-811 (web address 1 below), …
- μ1303Μουσουργοίmuse-laborers, singers… composite entry comes from an unidentifiable source. The second = Eunapius fr.84 FHG (4.51); already more fully at alpha 3751 (q.v.). [1] This glossing is very specific and implies that the headword (nominative plural) …
- λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… satire "spared neither gods nor men" (Institutiones divinae 1.9), while Eunapius (Lives of the Sophists 454 [p.4 Giangrande]) and Photius (Bibliotheca 128 [v.II p.102 Henry]) stressed the seriousness of his mockery. The extensive scholia …