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ι652ἸσοκράτηςIsokrates, IsocratesOCD(4) s.v. Isocrates. [1] The 86th Olympiad covers the years 436/5 to 433/2, so 'after the Peloponnesian War' (of 431-404) is incorrect. For the phrase justifiably used, see under theta 93 and theta 385. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι653ἸσοκράτηςIsocrates, Isokrates… to Callistratus); the orator. Pupil and successor of the great Isocrates; he also studied with the philosopher Plato. This Isocrates took part in a rhetorical contest with Theodectes, the orator and tragic poet, and …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1790Κληροῦχοιcleruchs, plot-holders… taken, distributing plots of land to each of them. So Isocrates in [the] Panegyrikos [sc. uses the term]. Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Symmories would seem to call cleruchic the [names] of those …Matched in translationhighmedium
α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment… out." Also [sc. attested in the plural] a)gwniw=ntes, meaning rivalling. Isocrates [sc. uses the term].Matched in translationhighmedium
δ454ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes… behalf of Oropus. He studied with Isaeus, the pupil of Isocrates,and conversed with Zoilus of Amphipolis when he was a sophist in Athens, and of Polycrates and Alcidamas, the pupil of Gorgias, and of …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ388ΓοργίαςGorgias… pupil of Empedocles, and teacher of Polus of Acragas, Pericles, Isocrates and Alcidamas of Elea, who succeeded him as head of his school. He was the brother of the doctor Herodicus. Porphyry places him …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι620ἸσαῖοςIsaeus, IsaiosHe is one of the ten orators; pupil of Isocrates; teacher of Demosthenes; Athenian by birth. But Demetrius says he was from Chalcis. This man is praised both as an orator and because he …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ557Διάθεσιςdeposing, disposing… of these [terms] in reference to transacting business. And in Isocrates 'to be disposed' is applied to experiencing, as he says in the Encomium of Helen: "from this as well one might realize how …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… and Theopompos, son of Damasistratos, of Chios; both students of Isocrates, but from the start they were opposites of one another in terms both of character and of discourse. Ephoros, you see, was simple …Matched in translationhighmedium
α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of the opportunities." It is also taken to mean e)/ti ["yet, still"]. Thus Hyperides [sc. …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator… own hand, or the one who kills himself. Hence in Isocrates perpetrator. Lysias applies it in a special sense to the 30, even though they had their murders committed by others. For 'the actual …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken up… [he] having been picked up [a)nalhfqei/s] [sc. and nurtured]. Thus Isocrates [sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=n, [meaning] to conceive in the womb, and to raise the offspring, and to kill, …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3930ἜφιπποςEphippos, Ephippus; Ephoros, Ephorus… son of Demophilos, though some [say] of Antiochos; pupil of Isocrates the orator; historian. He had a son, Demophilos the historian. He was [born] during the 93rd Olympiad, thus also before the reign of …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ858ΛυσίαςLysias… the purity of his language he had no peer except Isocrates. He also wrote rhetorical handbooks and public addresses, together with encomia and funeral speeches and 7 letters, one of them on a matter …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ234Δεξιόςclever… himself to the situation. This Theramenes was a teacher of Isocrates; [he was the] son of Hagnon, of the deme of Steiria. He committed many crimes, but two are the greatest and most shocking: …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… already at epsilon 3955. [3] Clearchus was also associated with Isocrates. See Isocrates Letters 7.12. [4] At epsilon 1994 this ancedote is referred to Clearchus of Soli. [5] So the transmitted text, stratei/an. Adler …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ174Δεκάζεσθαιto be bribed in tens… Hercher). [3] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isocrates 8.50 (web address 1). [4] Harpokration ascribes this explanation to the learned hellenistic scholar Eratosthenes. (Harvey [76-118 at 88-89] briefly discusses it.) See …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι293Αἱρετώτερονpreferable, more choiceworthy… is neuter), but there are many other possibilities, from Xenophon, Isocrates and Demosthenes onwards. [1] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 220.14-20 and 219.10-11; cf. generally alphaiota 291.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… garrulity to be a feminine trait (31.26.10), describes the grammarian Isocrates with the same words (32.2.5). [4] Polybius identifies in a corrupted line Markos Porki[os Kat]on as the offended party (39.15-7): Marcus Porcius Cato …Matched in noteshighmedium