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166 entries for four principal virtues

μ618ΜένωνMenon, MenoThe quotation that begins at the fourth word of the Greek entry (see above) is from Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.21-27, but its text shows numerous departures from the two families of Xenophon mss known to …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ681Μεταβολήchange; about-turnThe principal paragraph here draws on John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 98.23-34 Hayduck; the second switches to a military handbook. [1] These 'four modalities' of change are based, in a very general …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ246Καλὸν πρᾶγμαfine thing, fine fact… cf. already kappa 245. [1] cf. kappa 252, where these four kinds have been reduced to three. [2] Reading the h)\ supplied in Diogenes Laertius 7.100, which makes better sense. [3] This thesis is …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε631Ἔκτακτοιspecial-duty soldiers, supernumeraries… comment in the middle and again at the end. See further below. [1] Thus far quotation from Asclepiodotus, with slight differences (nominative instead of the original accusative). See also Arrian, Tactica 10.4; Aelian, Tactica …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1767Ἕξιςdispositional state… most fully in his Dialectica 52.20ff. (= 35.20ff.). He finds four types of deeply seated qualities: dispositional state, capacity, effect and form, and proceeds to distinguish each from its more transient manifestation: disposition, incapacity, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… Gerassa, and Philippopolis suggest that the Milion was probably a four-sided (quadrifrons or tetrapylon) arch. This entry appears to be completely dependent on literary sources such as John Malalas, the Chronicon Paschale, and patriographical …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messenger… Comica adespota fr. 268 Kock, now 920 K.-A. The word "four" is textually corrupt here but guaranteed by other citations; cf. delta 1516 (end), tau 217. [3] Cantharus fr. 1 Kock (and K.-A.). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4316ἌτταλοςAttalos, Attalus… 'finest deeds' = part of Polyb. 18. 41. 8-9. Polybios further defines those finest deeds as 'struggling on behalf of the liberty of the Hellenes'. (In section 9 Polyb. has e)nape/qane d', an insignificant …Matched in noteshighmedium
η465ἩράκλειοςHerakleios, Heraclius… This opening sentence may be derived from Constantine VII, On Virtues and Vices (1.154), or directly from George the Monk, Chronicon 673. [3] This sentence begins a long section adapted from Nicephorus, Breviarium 18-19 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… at web address 1. [1] That is to say, Epicurus' Principal Doctrines, a set of moral maxims preserved by Diogenes Laertius. [2] See Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus, passim; Lucretius 2.63-597. See also alpha 4373. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… Scripture', though placed last, should possibly be understood with 'means four things'. Immediate source (if any) unidentifiable. [4] Aelian fr. 58c Domingo-Forasté (55 Hercher).Matched in noteshighmedium
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, ArchelausC5 BCE. See generally OCD(4) pp.138-9, under 'Archelaus(1)'; and further below. The material of the first and principal part of the present entry comes largely from Diogenes Laertius 2.16. [1] Or 'called a natural …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… see alpha 2833. [7] Here, for the second time in four lines, the noun ou)si/as is transmitted, but (as Adler notes, following Kuster) by a change of a single letter it can become qusi/as …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4250Ἀστράγαλοςknucklebone, astragal[1] The normal usage is for the four-sided knucklebone (Latin: talus) used in children's games and in dicing (OCD(4) 447-8). It was originally the ball of the ankle joint from the foot of a …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… Scholium on Aristophanes, Birds 76. [4] On this phrase see further below. [5] More exactly, 'Phalereus' is the demotikon of the harbour (and deme) Phaleron. See phi 46, and cf. phi 49. [6] A …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2758Ἐπιφυλλίδαleaf-sitter… perhaps from commentary to the Septuagint, where this form appears four times, or from Greek Anthology 6.191.3 (Cornelius Longus). For copious further references and comparanda see the apparatus to Theodoridis' edition of Photius (see …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… Egypt. Panopolis was a center of Hellenic culture in the fourth and fifth centuries CE. Numerous important literary figures, such as Horapollon, Nonnus, and Pamprepius, hail from the city, which has been characterized as …Matched in noteshighmedium
β150ΒασίλειοςBasil, Basilius, Basileios… paramount importance for Cappadocia in the second half of the fourth century. (See the work by B. Gain.) Even more important, however, is that they reveal much about the role of a bishop, his …Matched in noteshighmedium
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… gives th\n pra=cin th\n kat' a)reth/n, "the action according to virtue" or simply "the virtuous action", as a gloss on a second sense in which virtue and what participates in it are called "good": …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… game (see OCD(4) s.v. 'dicing' and Daremberg-Saglio s.v. 'tessera') with four knucklebones (astragaloi), with its colorful jargon for each of the knucklebone's faces and for throws such as "Venus", "dogs" and "Euripides". The 6-sided …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus… address 1). Pylos (cf. pi 3167) is in fact much further south, in southern Messenia (cf. mu 659). [2] The little-known town of Lycoa (Maher, p. 395n2) seems to have been located below the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3198ἈππιανόςAppianos, Appianus, Appian… lost, such as Hieronymus of Cardia). For the central and principal part of this entry cf. Photius, Bibliotheca cod.57. [1] Book 1: early Rome, the period of the kings; books 2: the Italians; book …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian fr. 86 Domingo-Forasté (83 Hercher). [1] Titus Livius (Livy) 59 BCE-17 CE, author of Ab urbe …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1731ΚλέωνKleon, Cleon… Cleon; died 422 BCE. The present entry briskly summarises his principal appearances in Thucydides. [1] cf. epsilon 1061, and generally: beta 593, nu 232, etc. [2] For whom see generally nu 389. [3] For …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distributeThe principal paragraph here comes from Harpokration delta6 Keaney (s.v.). See also Photius, Lexicon delta70 Theodoridis. [1] Lysias fr. 7 Sauppe (still 7 Carey OCT); ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6 (web address 1) with Rhodes …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… with bibliography. The main sources for the conspiracy are the four Catilinarian speeches by Cicero (at web address 1) and Sallust's Catiline (at web address 2). The present entry draws on John of Antioch …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3511Εὔθυναaudit, euthyna… their own entry at lambda 651. [2] This first and principal part of the entry is also in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 945D. [3] From phi …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4537Αὐτόχρημα ὅμοιονexactly the same, straight away… It is not clear which Hasdrubal this is (OCD(4) has four). [3] Aristophanes, Knights 74-78 (web address 1 below); cf. chi 82.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… [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 Cleanthes' position was that if …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3735ΕὐσέβειαpietyThe first and principal part of this entry draws on Diogenes Laertius 7.119 (Stoic doctrine). [1] cf. Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.62 (ed. Wachsmuth). [2] Of temples. [3] Aelian fr. 265 Domingo-Forasté (267 Hercher); cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium