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β294Βίοςlife, lifestyleFrom the works of Philo. "The church of Christ establishes two styles of life, the one supernatural and above the common human way of life, not accepting marriage nor the procreation of children nor …Matched in translationhighmedium
β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting for the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. [4] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a (28b in Loeb edition); cf. iota 111. [5] Sophocles, Oedipus at …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… say he was from Massilia; an orator who was nicknamed "philo-Roman". He married the daughter of Deiotarus the senator, who killed him together with his wife, because he had slandered him to Caesar. He …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3123ἘσσαῖοιEssenes, Essaioi… 1.328.7-10, 329.11-17, 344.19-21. The Essaioi or Essenoi are mentioned by Philo, Josephus, Pliny, and later authors (see Catholic Encyclopedia entry by E.P. Graham at web address 1, Jewish Encyclopedia entry by Kaufmann Kohler at …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… of the Greeks in order to bring a charge against Philo by some story, for they were prejudiced against the surrounding Jewish nation. There is also another book of his [called] About a complete …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, CratesSon of Askondas, a Theban, a Cynic philosopher, a student of Diogenes and Bryson the Achaean. He liquidated his property and gave the money to a money-changer, telling him that if his sons were …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1674Δυσωπεῖσθαιto look askance at… be ashamed) are mainly not Attic writers: Chariton, Heliodorus, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Dio Chrysostom, the emperor Julian, Libanius (see Francisco Adrados, 2002 s.v.) [6] This definition refers to the active form, …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ79ΧαναάνCanaan… with the devil-possessed daughter in Matthew 15:22. [3] See e.g. Philo Judaeus [of Alexandria], On Abraham 133.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unification… [1] This definition echoes the phrase e(/nwsis tw=n diesthko/twn in Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi 75.8, as part of a characterization of fate (ei(marme/nh) in the context of a Stoicizing doxography. (I am indebted …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, ArchelausSon of Apollodorus or of Midon; a Milesian, a philosopher, called a 'natural philosopher' with respect to his philosophical school.. [It is on record] that he was the first to introduce natural philosophy from …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2341Ἐπιθυμίαappetite… ethics), with variants noted below. [1] The definition of 'contentiousness' (philoneikia) which should now follow is omitted by the Suda. D.L.: 'contentiousness is an appetite concerning a hairesis' (i.e. a matter of partisanship, whether …Matched in noteshighmedium
η475ἩρακλῆςHerakles, Heracles, HerculesAlcmene's son. They give an account of him as a philosopher and they depict him wearing the skin of a lion, carrying a cudgel, and possessing three apples; which are the three apples the …Matched in translationhighmedium
η472ἩράκλειτοςHerakleitos, Heraclitus… Bautor, but others [say] of Herakis; from Ephesus; a naturalist philosopher, who was nicknamed "Obscure." This man was a disciple of none of the philosophers, but he trained himself by natural ability and diligence. …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… character of the city strange and not good for pursuing philosophy in. For nowhere were people more addicted to luxury -- jokers and brutes all -- and they were more interested in their linens …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι291ἹλάριοςHilarios, Hilarius… of books; nevertheless he had been a late learner in philosophical discourse. For as he had been required to devote his life to the public affairs of his fatherland, he had no leisure for …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1214Διότιbecause[1] The second-century-AD Stoic philosopher of that name: fr.4 von Arnim. The most comprehensive study of his work (Elements of Ethics) is that of G. Bastianini and A.A. Long, "Hierocles", in Corpus dei papiri …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… character in the acceptance without dissimulation of presentations. Aristotle calls "philosophical sciences" physics, logic, ethics and metaphysics. But the understanding of the thing itself [is] also science.Matched in translationhighmedium
α3927ἈριστόξενοςAristoxenos, Aristoxenus… Italy. Having taken up residence at Mantinea he became a philosopher, and on applying himself to music showed great talent for it, as a student of his father and of Lampros the Erythraian, then …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… and places in which men were accustomed to congregate and philosophize. So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 of Philosophical Subjects. Herodotus [writes]: "and yet when a conversation had taken place, [sc. about] which …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, EpictetusOf Hierapolis in Phrygia; a philosopher; a slave of Epaphroditus, one of the bodyguards of the emperor Nero. Disabled in a leg because of a flux, he lived in Nicopolis, [a city] of [the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α705ἈθάνατοςimmortalPhilosophers assign the [word] "immortal" to animate things, but the [word] "imperishable" to inanimate ones. "Plato, when maintaining that the soul is immortal, assigns an equivocal term to immortal things. [This is] because what …Matched in translationhighmedium
αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… certain type of account. Hippobotus says that there are 9 philosophical schools and ways of life: Megaric, Eretrian, Cyrenaic, Epicurean, Annicerian, Theodorean, Zenonian (the one also [called] Stoic), Academic, Peripatetic. [He does] not [include] …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, DorusThe one from Arabia. As Damascius says in his Philosophical History, he was a most remarkable investigator of the truth. Isidore the philosopher perceived initially that he was caught up in Aristotle’s propositions, seeing …Matched in translationhighmedium
η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of MiletosSon of Hesychius the lawyer and of Philosophia. Lived during the reign of the emperor Anastasius. He wrote A biographical dictionary or Index of notable literary figures, of which this book [i.e. the Suda …Matched in translationhighmedium
α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise… is possible to show that the serious person is inquisitive [philopragmon] by changing "inquisitive" into "curious," for to examine and inquire of celestial matters and the things constituted by nature is to be curious; …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion[Priest-craft] and philosophy do not originate from the same sources. But philosophy coming down from the one cause of all things to the foundation of [material] beings, through the middle of all kinds [of …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι631ἸσίδωροςIsidore, IsidorosPhilosopher; he learned philosophy under his brothers, being exceptionally attentive in his studies and in religion; he was competent in the extreme, so to speak, in arranging everything for religious cult. As it seems …Matched in translationhighmedium
α793ἈκαμάτιοςAkamatios, Acamatius… such subjects, he deemed himself worthy to be called a philosopher, and before all he designated himself by this name, and none of the Heliopolitans called him anything other than 'the philosopher'. Let this …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1767Ἕξιςdispositional stateThis entry represents a synthesis of certain philosophical ideas of John of Damascus, and cites two excerpts from his Philosophical Fragments 16 (5ff., placed in quotation marks above, with italics for a modification). The …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε45Ἐγγαστρίμυθοςventriloquist… [call] a Python, but Sophocles [calls] a chest-diviner, and the philosopher Plato [calls] a Eurycles, from a diviner of such a kind [named] Eurycles. Aristophanes in Wasps [writes]: "mimicing the oracle and device of …Matched in translationhighmedium