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ε3187ἝσπεροςEvening star, HesperusFrom Diogenes Laertius 9.23, in his Life of Parmenides, where the first view is attributed to Favorinus' Memorabilia. cf. epsilon 3188.Matched in noteshighshort
α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, Abydus… correctly; cf. alpha 104. The ultimate source may be Plato, Parmenides 130D, though there too the text is uncertain: perhaps ei)/s tin' a)/buqon fluari/an (web address 1), though the alternatives include ei)/s tina bu=qon …Matched in noteshighshort
α107Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇI exalt overmuch… one example of the aorist passive doing so in Plato Parmenides 135E, which may be the ultimate inspiration for this comment (as it probably also is for Libanius (Epistles 826.2, 1156.1, and 1279.1) and …

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Ἕσπερος

Evening star, Hesperus

Parmenides first detected that the Evening star and the Morning star are the same. But some [say it was] Pythagoras.

Ἕσπερος. Παρμενίδης πρῶτος πεφώρακε τὸν αὐτὸν Ἕσπερον εἶναι καὶ Φωσφόρον· οἱ δὲ Πυθαγόραν.

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δ39ΔαμάσκιοςDamaskios, Damascius… for Simplicius and Eulalius, pi 2251. [4] Specifically, on the Parmenides, the Phaedo, and the Philebus. [5] The Philosophical History, also known as Life of Isidore, is reconstructed from extensive quotations in the Suda …Matched in noteshighshort

δ957Διεσκεδασμένονdispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)… occurs in (e.g.) Aristotle, De audibilibus 801b; Proclus, In Platonis Parmenidem 71.15; Gregory of Nyssa, De virginitate 6.2; Hippocrates, De aeris aquis locis 8 and Epidemiae 4.1.14; Libanius, Epistles 1426.2. In none of these …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1052ΔιισχυρίζομαιI strongly affirm… or participation in the good)." Cf. Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides 882.1: "I do not affirm positively, he says, whether one should call it presence or participation (in the forms)." [1] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1144Ἐν αὐτῇ γὰρ καταφεύγοντεςtaking refuge in it… similar constructions see Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 15.313; Proclus, On Plato's Parmenides 966.6). [2] The overall quotation (from a Christian writer) is unidentifiable, but the figurative phrase 'staff of power' comes from Psalm 109.2 LXX. …Matched in noteshighshort

χ110Χαρίζεσθαιto indulge, to please, to pleasure… to Plato, Phaedrus 227C (web address 1 below). [1] Plato, Parmenides 137A, has o(/mws de\ dei= ga\r xari/zesqai ("For it is necessary, nevertheless, to be obliging"). See web address 2 below. [2] Plato, Theages …Matched in noteshighshort