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- η542ἭρωαςheroesAccusative plural phrase, quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.151 (Stoic doctrine). For 'hero' cf. eta 556.
- η41Ἡγεμονικόνauthoritative [part]… especially in patristic literature. [2] An almost literal quotation from Diogenes Laertius 7.159 (with slight differences arising from the need to adapt it to the part excerpted from the Synagoge). Diogenes is explaining here …
- η608Ἡ συκάμινος συκαμίνῳ ῥύπτεταιthe mulberry-tree is cleansed by a mulberry-treeComica adespota fr. 1269 Kock, but not in K.-A.; Diogenianus 2.86, Appendix Proverbiorum 3.13, and other paroemiographers.
- η467Ἡράκλειος ψώραHerakleian itch, Heraclean itchcf. Diogenianus 5.7, Zenobius 6.49, etc. [1] For which see eta 460.
- η425Ἡ Περγαία ἌρτεμιςPergaian Artemis, Artemis of PergeFrom Photius eta217 (but with the ending missing there); cf. Diogenianus 5.6 and other paroemiographers. For Perge see pi 1038.
- η572Ἦσαν πότ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι ΜιλήσιοιMilesians were strong (or) once they were… in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.523F [12.26 Kaibel]; and the paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 5.3).
- η472ἩράκλειτοςHerakleitos, Heraclitus… of Philosophy); OCD(4) s.v. 'Heraclitus(1)'; and already eta 471. [2] Diogenes Laertius has two (less violent) versions of this story (9.1.3-5, web address 2). [3] 504-501. [4] delta 400; cf. Diogenes Laertius 9.1.12.
- η7ᾟ νομίζεταιas is customary… 6. [3] Greek Anthology 7.98.3-4 (addressed to Xenophon, attributed to Diogenes Laertius); again, more fully, at phi 323.
- η689Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶνone must either make tragedy or be melancholic… (now 826 K.-A.), with pa/ntas after the first infinitive; cf. Diogenianus 5.13, Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.67. Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1763, including Horace's well-known Latin version (Aut insanit homo aut versus facit -- not …
- η187Ἡ κύων ἐν τῇ φάτνῃthe bitch in the mangerDiogenianus 2.83 and other paroemiographers; and more briefly in Hesychius and Photius. See again kappa 2729, where this proverb reappears without the definite article of the present entry. That allows it to be translated …
- η88Ἤδηby this time… [7] A Trojan hero. [8] More probably Pyrrhus, as in Diogenes Laertius and elsewhere (see next note). [9] For the basic story of Pythagoras' disappearance/reappearance see also Diogenes Laertius 8.41 (citing Hermippus). The detail …
- η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from ScythiansAlso, with variable glossing, in several of the paroemiographers: Diogenianus 5.11 (who adds a comparison with epsiloniota 149), Macarius 8.22, Apostolius 8.39, Arsenius 16.49c. For Dareios and the Scythians cf. generally delta 72. [1] …
- η97Ἡδοναίpleasures… happiness is the "systematic structure" consisting of particular pleasures (see Diogenes Laertius 2.87 and the parallel passage in tau 283). For the dispute between Epicurus and the Cyrenaics, see Diogenes Laertius 10.136-138. [4] See …
- η448ἬραlovedAbridged from Diogenes Laertius 6.96-97 (web address 1). For Hipparchia and her husband Crates, see iota 517 and kappa 2341. For Theodoros see theta 150. [1] cf. eta 447, and epsilon 2887. [2] So …
- η462ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides… small, fast boat or skiff (see lambda 245). According to Diogenes Laertius 5.94 the nickname arose because H wrote a Lembeutikos logos, which leaves us little the wiser. [3] Ptolemy VI Philometor, reigned 180-145 …
- η461ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides… Furley in OCD(4) s.v 'Heraclides(1)'. For the present material cf. Diogenes Laertius 5.86, 89-90. [1] For this city, founded c.560 BCE by Boeotian and Megarian settlers, see generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Heraclea(3) Pontica'. [2] The …
- η5ἮI was, he was… line from one of the tragedies (fr. 2 Snell) of Diogenes of Sinope (delta 1143).
- η174Ἥκισταleast, very little… Aelian fr. 74g Domingo-Forasté (71 Hercher); cf. epsilon 1395. [6] Diogenes Laertius 9.19. [7] Quotation not identified by Adler, but it is Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides 27. [8] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 31 Habrich again. …