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32 entries for Philo

  1. λ832Λυμαντικόςdestroyer… fr.84 Diels/Kranz, and Hermarchus fr.34 Longo Auricchio; also in (e.g.) Philo Judaeus and Epictetus.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. λ744Λωφήσαντοςhaving abated… somewhere; there are numerous extant instances (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Josephus, Philo Judaeus, Cassius Dio, et al.). See also lambda 745, lambda 746, lambda 747.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… the preceding epigram, Greek Anthology 7.79 (Meleager [Author, Myth])--to the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus (eta 472), an error corrected by the AP scribe designated J (the Lemmatist). Gow and Page further observe that while …Matched in noteshighmedium
  4. λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.17; see also delta 519, kappa 912. [2] Hermippus fr. 22 Kock, now 21 K.-A.; also in other lexica. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 320 (web address 1), with …Matched in noteshighshort
  5. λ802ΛύκειονLykeion, Lyceum… fact not mentioned here: being the chosen location for the philosophical school founded by Aristotle in the C4 BCE. See generally OCD(4) pp.160 (under 'Aristotle') and 1108 (under 'Peripatetic school'). [1] Theopompus FGrH 115 …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. λ874Λυττῶντεςraging… from somewhere in this form, might come from e.g. Lucian (Philopseudes 40) or Philostratus (Life of Apollonius 4.10); note, however, that the equivalent and earlier Hesychius lambda1471 has accusative(s), which might point to (e.g.) …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. λ659Λογοτόποςsummary syllogismFrom Diogenes Laertius 7.77, presenting the terminology of the Stoic philosopher Crinis (C2 BCE). Cf. tau 1055. [1] The headword, transmitted as logoto/pos, should actually be logotro/pos. [2] Both lo/gos and tro/pos, previously defined …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. 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
  9. λ523Λίθος[the] stone… (web address 1). [2] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Philochorus FGrH 328 F21.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. λ214ΛεβηναῖονLebenaion, LebenaeumOf Asclepius, in Crete; mentioned by Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.34.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ137Λασίοιςshaggy… version of sth/qessin lasi/oisi in Homer, Iliad 1.189). [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 180-185 (a lyric passage).Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… music, geometry and astronomy proffer "handles" by which to grasp philosophy.Matched in noteshighmedium
  13. λ670ΛολλιανόςLollianos, LollianusC2 AD. See generally Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.23. Unlikely to be the same as L. the novel-writer (OCD(4) p.857).Matched in noteshighshort
  14. λ729Λῴονοςbetter… quoted from somewhere; Sophocles proffers two instances (Oedipus Tyrannus 1513, Philoctetes 1099), but neither lends itself to the specificity of the glossing phrase. For the comparative lwi/+wn see also lambda 726, lambda 728.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drinkFor the headword phrase see Sophocles, Philoctetes 1461: 'o springs and Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. λ505Λιγύμοχθοςshrill-distressed… (see web address 1). For the myth of the nightingale Philomela and her son Itys, see Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.424-674 (and cf. alpha 651).Matched in noteshighshort
  17. λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… On gods, says Plutarch. This is Lucullus' friend the Academic philosopher Antiochus of Ascalon (c.130-68), on whom see generally G. Striker in OCD(4) s.v. 'Antiochus(11)'. [7] Not in the surviving Geography but in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
  18. λ32Λάγυνοςflask, flagon… is almost unique but does occur in Proclus, Eclogae de philosophia Chaldaica fr. 1, line 2 (= Oracula Chaldaica 202 des Places), where it describes the hall of God.Matched in noteshighshort
  19. λ583Λιπαρήςimportunate, persistent… 64c Domingo-Forasté (part of fr. 61 Hercher), about an Epicurean philosopher; for another part see under the next entry, lambda 584. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. λ306Λεσβίσαιto lesbise… Photius lambda207 Theodoridis. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1346, web address 1 (Philokleon referring to a girl piper), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, LeontiusFrom Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica VII.6a, pp. 84-5 Bidez-Winkelmann. Parts of this passage are repeated at omicroniota 31 and upsilon 496. [1] The detail is needed to distinguish it from other cities of the same …Matched in noteshighlong
  22. λ310Λεσχηνείαgossip… lesxhnw/ths (best attested as Diogenes Laertius' favoured word for a philosopher's pupil: 1.43, 2.4-5).Matched in noteshighshort
  23. λ368Λειξούραgluttony… is actually derived, is defined in ps.-Zonaras, and occurs in Philogelos 243 with that meaning. Kriaras (Dictionary of Mediaeval Greek Vernacular Writing) does derive li/couros from li/chs = lixa. He also records the Early …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. λ14Λαγαριζόμενονscraping a living… (web address 1). Bdelycleon ("Loathes-Cleon") explains to his gullible father Philocleon ("Loves-Cleon") how the Athens' imperial allies view the Athenian people living on their meager jurymen’s wages while the demagogue Cleon (kappa 1731) and …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThe principal source of this material is a fragment of Philochorus (FGrH 328 F202) preserved in the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white… adjective in the neuter nominative/accusative plural. [1] Greek Anthology 5.13.3-4 (Philodemus). The passage is also quoted under kappa 2277 through e(/sthke. Note that the transmitted peritroma/dos in the present entry is probably incorrect; peridroma/dos …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. λ772Λύγισμαsprain… For this verb cf. in any event lambda 771. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.39 (also at kappa 294). Note that in that text the quotation is slightly different: ...o(po/sas *ne/rwn e)lu/gize/ …Matched in noteshighshort
  28. λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat… the application of the adjective to a tortoise's shell in Philostratus Maior, Imagines 1.10.2. See further extracts from Greek Anthology 6.231 at alpha 4223, epsilon 1499, kappa 1222, kappa 1310, mu 447, and psi …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued from the volcano on the island which was reputedly Hephaistos' forge. The present headword phrase itself …Matched in noteshighmedium
  30. λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… by his hounds. [4] Lucian wrote a life of the philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, in which he portrays him as a charlatan and describes his self-immolation by fire at the Olympic Games of A.D. 165. …Matched in noteshighmedium

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