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ε3401Εὐδαῖμονhappy… belongs to the Stoic Zeno: see Diogenes Laertius 7.88 (and Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.77.21, ed. Wachsmuth). [4] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 142.22; also in Ps.Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… himself and of his own affairs, which is madness (mani/a)" Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.68.18-19, ed. Wachsmuth). [3] This material (up to the end of the entry) = Xenocrates fr. 81 Heinze. Xenocrates (xi 42), head …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3633Εὐπάθειαgood affective state… or an impulse which is excessive (see Diogenes Laertius 7.110; Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.39.5-9; 2.88.8-10, ed. Wachsmuth, and pi 27), the sage person will necessarily be free of emotion (he will be apathes; Diogenes Laertius …Matched in noteshigh

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"And to a man growing old, old age [is something] both happy and blessed". Also [sc. attested is the masculine superlative] eudaimonestatos ["happiest/very happy"], [meaning] fortunate, richest, most blessed. But…

Εὐδαῖμον· καὶ γηρῶντι γῆρας εὐδαῖμόν τε καὶ μακαριστόν. καὶ Εὐδαιμονέστατος, εὐτυχής, πλουσιώτατος, μακαριστότατος. Εὐδαιμονία δέ ἐστιν εὔροια βίου. καὶ Εὐδαίμων, ὁ κατ' ἀρετὴν…

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ε3727Εὐρυπυλήςbroad-gated… Hades): see web address 1. (The line was anthologised by Stobaeus, and this particular formulaic phrase, eu)rupule\s *)/Ai+dos dw=, recurs in Odyssey 11.571.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε3735Εὐσέβειαpiety… entry draws on Diogenes Laertius 7.119 (Stoic doctrine). [1] cf. Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.62 (ed. Wachsmuth). [2] Of temples. [3] Aelian fr. 265 Domingo-Forasté (267 Hercher); cf. alpha 3795. [4] Sophocles, Philoctetes 1443-4 (here crucially …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3858Ἐφέντεςyielding… instances are extant: see e.g. fr.564 of Euripides (preserved by Stobaeus), pa/nt' e)fe/ntes h(donh=|. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] (The same participle in the accusative plural.) For this sense cf. epsilon 3865, epsilon 3866.Matched in noteshighshort

ει30Εἰδημονικῶςknowledgeably… attested only here and in the derivative ps.-Zonaras 649, but Stobaeus 2.31.120 preserves an instance of the adjective (claimed to be) from Archytas (alpha 4121).Matched in noteshighshort

χ533Χρόνοςtime… [1] For this definition of time (attributed to Chrysippus) see Stobaeus, Ecloga 1.106, 5-23 (SVF 2.509 and LS, 51A). Time (along with void, sayables and place) is an incorporeal, a "something" which, albeit non-existent …Matched in noteshighmedium

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