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η545ἩρώδηςHerodes… Herodes(13) = Claudius (72); OCD4 Claudius Atticus Herodes(2); PIR2 C802; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.1.545-566. [1] See RE Claudius(71). Herodes' grandfather's name was in fact Hipparchus. [2] [phi 4] Favorinus. [3] [pi 1889] …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Crates… entry derives from Diogenes Laertius 6.85-88, with extra material from Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing Demetrius of Magnesia). The point was not to punish the sons but to recognize that, if …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenes… in the present article are discussed in Heath (1998). [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.7, 577-8. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.201 and passim. [5] Antiochus of Aegae: RE Antiochos(65); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ912Κατεγλωττισμένονtongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).… from the scholia on Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 131; the second from Philostratus (see n. 3 below). The headword was used in Patristic Greek to mean 'composed in elaborate language' (Lampe, Lexicon). The verb, however, of …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… Photius) s.v.; cf. nu 523. [2] Apparently quoted loosely from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.2.22-26. See also kappa 2216 and note 9 there. [3] alpha 3420, Apollonius. See Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.2.13. Philostratus …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ46ΔάμιςDamis… century CE) won the reputation of a wonder-worker, largely through Philostratus' biography of the man; see generally alpha 3420, phi 421, pi 2180. A relative of Damis is supposed to have supplied Damis' notes …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3902ἈριστείδηςAristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides… Aristeides(24); NP Aristeides(3); OCD4 Aristides, Publius Aelius; PIR2 A 145; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.9. [2] [pi 1889] Polemo. [3] This obscure sentence perhaps arises from a confused memory of Philostratus' pun: 'Aristides, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… opening sentence, the entry is an ever-increasingly loose approximation of Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.7 (cf. web address 1). See also alpha 3193, kappa 2613, omicron 80, sigma 689. [1] Barrington Atlas map 66 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3955Ἔφοροιephors… Ephors were magistrates at Heraclea on the Black Sea. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.27. The use of pitch strips (similar to modern depilatory strips) and male hair removal was regarded as …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1003ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedocles, EmpedoklesFrom Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.1; cf. pi 3121. For Empedokles cf. (epsilon 1001), epsilon 1002, epsilon 1004. [1] Plural in Philostratus. [2] Influenced by his first teacher, Parmenides, who speaks as …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ265ΛέωνLeon… 12.2 cols. 2008-2012 s.v. Leon 23, 24 (Bux); FGrH 132; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.2; OCD4 Leon(1) (C.J. Tuplin). [1] Teuthrania was a city in Mysia. [2] Perhaps Berisades, king of the Odrysians, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1305ΜουσώνιοςMusonius (Rufus)… found on the site of Volsinii, CIL VI 537. [4] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.46, included in Hense's editions (see bibliography) pp. 142ff. [5] The tradition that Musonius was killed by Nero …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3890Ἔφηβοςadolescent, ephebecf. epsilon 3888, epsilon 3889. [1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.8. (No such proverb, in fact, appears in the paroemiographers.) [2] Artemidorus 1.54 (beginning).Matched in noteshighmedium
α211Ἀγείρειcollects… [2] Dative plural a)gei/rousin, from the quotation which follows. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.39. [4] Aelian fr.124c Domingo-Forasté (121 Hercher); see also pi 2900, sigma 293.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3912Ἐφιέναιto give up, to let go… the second part of alpha 2762. [2] Poorly paraphrased from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.25.3, where Polemon (pi 1889) had merely chaired the contest in question.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3682Εὕρημαfind… religious overtones: godsend or the like; see LSJ s.v. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.18.5. For the Magi cf. mu 28.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1240ΔίωνDion, Dio… generally RE Dion(18); NP Dion(3); OCD4 Dio Cocceianus; PIR2 D93; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.7. [1] In Bithynia (present-day Bursa in Turkey); Barrington Atlas map 52 grid E4. [2] Dio, Oration 11.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2245Ἀνελέγετοused to read through… reading to Apollonius (on whom see generally alpha 3420). [2] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.14. (This material recurs in alpha 3420.) [3] For a fuller version of this see sigma 439.Matched in noteshighmedium
αι347ΑἰσχίνηςAeschines, Aischines, Aiskhines… 346/alphaiota 349.] See generally RE Aischines(15); NP Aischines(1); OCD4 Aeschines(1); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.18. [1] [alpha 1283] Alcidamas. [2] Again as a tailpiece to epsilon 226. Manifest nonsense, at least as far …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1002Ἀκροθίνιαspoils, akrothinia… the neuter plural headword occurs. [2] cf. Hesychius alpha2606. [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.19; cf. eta 462 and nu 387. [4] cf. Apostolius 15.12; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1906.Matched in noteshighmedium
γ388ΓοργίαςGorgiasc.485-c.380 BC. See generally RE Gorgias(8); OCD4 Gorgias(1); DK 82; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.9. [1] In Sicily. [2] [epsilon 1002] Empedocles. [3] [pi 2170] Polus. [4] [pi 1180] Pericles. [5] [iota 652] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι620ἸσαῖοςIsaeus, Isaios… 6b Mejer (Hermes 109 [1981] 456). [4] This anecdote (from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.20; again at tau 80) is in fact about the first century AD sophist of the same name (RE …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a dioshmi/a (web address 2); see also Dio Chrysostom 38,18; Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.34. For other portents, such as a flash of lightening, see Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 792; Clouds 579; Philostratus, op.cit. …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι349ΑἰσχίνηςAeschines, Aischines, AiskhinesPhilostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.35 [1] See already alphaiota 346. [2] See generally delta 1178. [3] For Charybdis see generally chi 144. The present phrase is a flowery way of referring to Plato's …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse… the Iberian peninsula of the mid second century BCE. [2] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.3; cf. alpha 4330 and especially tau 598. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1317. The verb here should be second …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ214ΜάρκοςMarcus… 215 and mu 216. [2] The anecdote is drawn from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.9. This "Alexander" is Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), and Lucius calls him "my" king simply on the basis …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1128Ἀλέξανδρος ΑἰγαῖοςAlexandros Aigaios, Alexandrus Aegaeus, Alexander of Aegae… Eusebius. [9] [iota 435] Julian. [10] RE Alexandros(98); NP Alexandros(28); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.5.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, EuxenusPhilostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7 [1] cf. chi 163. On talking birds as pets, see OCD(4) s.v. "pets." [2] cf. mu 479.Matched in noteshighmedium
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… entry, from "10 cubits tall.." on, is a quotation from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 3.20.2-3, in a story about how the Ethiopians supposedly came to leave their original homeland in India and …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… major occasion in a child’s life, on the basis of Philostratus, Heroicus 35.9 and inscriptions. On the other hand, the Choes included a drinking contest with a wineskin as the prize, and thus the …Matched in noteshighmedium