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ε3633Εὐπάθειαgood affective state… What follows in the entry reproduces (with some minor changes) Diogenes Laertius 7.116, where eupatheiai are discussed as an issue within the sphere of Stoic ethics. A eupatheia is a correct or rational affection; …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1923Ἐπαγωγήinduction; sequence-formation… part of the present tripartite entry reproduces (with slight variations) Diogenes Laertius 3.53-55. [1] Presumably, "true premises". [2] There is apparently something missing here. In DL the second point of this mode is the …Matched in noteshighlong
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 …

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Εὐπάθεια

good affective state

[Meaning] a relaxation and loosening of the soul, and a softness [sc. of it]. A good affective state is divided into joy, caution, wish. Joy is opposite to pain and pleasure, being a reasonable elation. Caution is…

Εὐπάθεια· διάχυσις καὶ ἄνεσις τῆς ψυχῆς, καὶ τρυφή. ἡ εὐπάθεια διαιρεῖται εἰς χαράν, εὐλάβειαν, βούλησιν. καὶ ἡ μὲν χαρὰ ἐναντία ἐστι τῇ λύπῃ καὶ τῇ ἡδονῇ οὖσαν εὔλογον ἔπαρσιν·…

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α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… 2582. [4] Callisthenes FGrH 124 F17. [5] An approximation of Diogenes Laertius 7.75. [6] Diogenes Laertius 9.44-45. [7] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 177.19-27.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… 2826, kappa 1039. The present entry reproduces (with some variations) Diogenes Laertius 7.65-66. Copied to alpha 3628; and cf. also epsilon 3074, pi 3254. [1] This sentence is not intelligible without a brief explanation. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, AristotleVita Menagiana of Aristotle; cf. Diogenes Laertius 5.1,4,9-10; Dionysius of Halicarnassus ad Ammaeum 5. On Aristotle see also alpha 3930, sigma 979, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.159-63). [1] For whom see nu 399. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… part of a Stoic doxography, reproduced with small variations from Diogenes Laertius 7.134 (see SVF 2.299 and 2.300). [2] Or "that which acts". [3] "That which is acted upon". [4] This is the Stoic …Matched in noteshighshort

α4305Ἄτταfather… an attribution of the epigram to Callimachus is found in Diogenes Laertius 1.79 and only there. They observe that although the Anthologia Palatina (AP) makes no attribution for this epigram, it is highly likely …Matched in noteshighshort

δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diver… case, because of its use in the sentences quoted. [1] Diogenes Laertius 9.12 (with different readings in the last quotation). (On Heraclitus, see eta 471, eta 472.) The verse quotation from (?)Diodotus is Tragica …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ448ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, DemokritosFor D. see already delta 447. [1] From Diogenes Laertius 9.37, where this material is credited to Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429). [2] One wonders how Democritus could know unless he had been actively …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ595Διακόσμησιςorderly arrangement… a single noun in the Greek -- is used by Diogenes Laertius (below) before the quotation given. Both it and the quotation are in the accusative case, transposed here to nominative. [1] Or "center." …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… was also a renowned gymnasium there (see Plutarch, Themistocles 1; Diogenes Laertius 6.13; Steph.Byz. s.v. Kynosarges was meant especially for nothoi, illegitimate children (Demosthenes 23.213; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.234E (6.26 Kaibel); Plutarch, Themistocles 12); it …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… somewhere; probably, given what comes next in the entry, from Diogenes Laertius 3.52: kai\ ta\ *Swkra/tous kai\ ta\ *Timai/ou le/gwn *Pla/twn dogmati/zei. [1] = Synagoge delta395, Photius delta696. It seems to show that the …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1627Δυσείμωνill-clad… Xenophon, Agesilaus in Aelian, Cato Minor in Plutarch, Gelon in Diogenes Laertius. And note especially the case of Diogenes of Sinope (delta 1141, delta 1143, delta 1144, delta 1145), who according to Aelian, Varia …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2110Ἔπεχεhold back… (1 Timothy 4.16) but there are numerous other possibilities. [2] Diogenes Laertius 3.52. [3] See next note. [4] A careless version of Diogenes Laertius 4.32: 'while promenading' (peripatw=n) should be 'about everything' (peri\ pa/ntwn). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2591Ἐπισκύνιονhighbrow; superciliousness… Etymologicum Magnum 364.5. [2] Greek Anthology 7.63.2 (author unknown), of Diogenes; cf. nu 146. The Anthologia Palatina notes that the author of this epigram is a)de/spoton, anonymous; yet epigrams with similar themes, but nonetheless …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… On Aristotle's de anima 23.17-34 Hayduck; then follows material from Diogenes Laertius (see note 4 below) and Alexander of Aphrodisias (see note 5 below). [1] The Suda text actually reads 'in the Apodeiktike', i.e. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3429ΕὔδοξοςEudoxos, EudoxusHis 52-year lifespan (Diogenes Laertius 8.90) is generally set at c.408-c.355 BCE, though in OCD(4) s.v. Eudoxus(1) it is given as c.390-c.340. The present entry on him is a (brutal) compression of Diogenes Laertius …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3569Εὔλογον ἀξίωμαprobable assumption, reasonable proposition[1] Diogenes Laertius 7.76 (a Stoic definition in the life of Zeno). [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.177 -- but here misread: the philosopher in question is not Cleanthes (kappa 1711) but his pupil Sphaerus (SVF …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3944Ἐφόλκιαtenders, towed-boats… Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [4] Greek Anthology 7.67.5 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses Charon [Author, Myth]; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 126), (vol. II, 367-368), and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3638, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… reported to have said the same about Aristotle and Xenocrates (Diogenes Laertius 4.6), and Aristotle -- echoing Plato -- about Theophrastos and Kallisthenes (Diogenes Laertius 5.39). For arguments that the Plato/Aristotle/Xenocrates version is the …Matched in noteshighmedium

ει144Εἱμαρμένηfate… B 118-119 DK; cf. also Democritus A 1, DK = Diogenes Laertius 9.45: 'everything happens according to necessity, for the cause of the generation of all things is the vortex, which he calls "necessity"'). …Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

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.Matched in noteshighmedium

α118Ἀγαθόνgood… alpha 119, likewise a neuter singular. This entry mostly reproduces Diogenes Laertius 7.94-98 (who supposedly is quoting an extract of Stoic ethics). The Suda text contains important omissions as well as different readings (the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… Mantissa Proverbiorum 3.31 and the quotation which follows here. [8] Diogenes Laertius 4.46. [9] gamma 316.Matched in noteshighmedium

α277Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεταιa spider knows not how she educates her children.Iambica adespota fr. 16a Diehl; cf. Diogenianus 1.70 and other paroemiographersMatched in noteshighshort

α281Ἁγνότερος πηδαλίουpurer than a steering-oarDiogenianus 1.11 and other paroemiographers. Presumably this proverb's effect turns on the purificatory properties of salt. On the steering oars -- always in pairs -- of ancient ships, see pi 1493 and pi 1494, …Matched in noteshighshort

α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπωνmarket of Kerkopes… the phrase "market of Kerkopes" as meaning "knaves' market" see Diogenes Laertius 9.114; also Zenobius 1.5 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

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