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δ1146Διογένης ἢ ΔιογενειανόςDiogenes or Diogenianus?C4-5 AD. See generally RE Diogenes(39); FGrH 474 (where Jacoby follows Mueller in preferring the shorter version of his name). [1] See under kappa 2627. [2] Stephanus of Byzantium cites this work three times …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1139ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, DiogenianosC2 AD. See generally RE Diogenianos(4); NP Diogenianos(2); OCD4 Diogenianus(2). For further bibliography see [delta 1140] Diogenianus, who is probably identical (despite the doubt raised there). [1] OCD4 Heraclea(3).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1140ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, DiogenianusProbably identical (despite the compiler's doubts) with [delta 1139] Diogenianus, q.v. [1] For Pontic Heraclea see [delta 1139] Diogenianus (and elsewhere). Stephanus of Byzantium lists more than twenty "other" cities of this name, but …

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Διογένης ἢ Διογενειανός

Diogenes or Diogenianus

Of Cyzicus. Grammarian. He wrote Ancestral Customs of Cyzicus; On the Signs in Books; On the Art of Poetry; On Letters.

Διογένης ἢ Διογενειανός, Κυζικηνός, γραμματικός. ἔγραψε Πάτρια Κυζίκου, Περὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις σημείων, Περὶ ποιητικῆς, Περὶ στοιχείων.

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δ1145ΔιογένηςDiogenesBecause Diogenes had a son in love and because he was a harsh father, he did not condone his son’s brashness, but shutting him up and hindering his desire, he sharpened the passion all …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1142ΔιογένηςDiogenes[Diogenes] or Oinomaos [Author, Myth], Athenian, tragedian. He flourished at the suppression of the 30. His plays [are]: Achilles, Helen, Herakles, Thyestes, Medea, Oedipus, Chrysippus, Semele.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1143ΔιογένηςDiogenesSon of a banker [named] Hikesios, from Sinope. Diogenes, after running away from his homeland on account of having counterfeited some coinage, arrived in Athens. After meeting Antisthenes the Cynic, he fell in love …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… the one also [called] Dog. "Why should we speak of Diogenes' courage, of Xenocrates' gentleness, of Aristotle's artistic sense, of Theophrastos' gravity, of Zeno's austere and noble ways, of Plato's dignity, of Polemo's self-control? …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1144ΔιογένηςDiogenesDiogenes of Sinope, the Cynic: see already delta 1141 and delta 1143. For the present entry's material cf. generally Diogenes Laertius 6.20-21 & 74. [1] Antisthenes: alpha 2723. [2] This claim is not made …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1138ΔιογενέςZeus-born[Meaning] most noble.Matched in headwordhighshort

α1656Ἄμπωτιςebb, ebbing, suckback… to execution (chi 140). See further, next note. [3] From Diogenes Laertius 7.123, on Stoic doctrine. Translators of D.L. differ on the interpretation of *xarw/neia: Hicks' Loeb favours "caves"; M. Gigante, Diogene Laerzio (Bari …Matched in noteshighshort

α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, Arkhutas… (below). The present entry draws for its opening sentences on Diogenes Laertius 8.79. [1] Roman Tarentum (present-day Taranto), in S. Italy; cf. tau 112 and tau 113. [2] Dionysios II of Syracuse. See generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4252Ἀστραπήlightning[1] A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.153; cf. kappa 1377. [2] cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α4306Ἀτταγᾶς νουμηνίῳa partridge (joins) a woodcock… version of "birds of a feather flock together." See e.g. Diogenes Laertius 9.114. For the birds in question see LSJ s.v.: the attagas (again alpha 4307) is defined there as a francolin (Tetrao orientalis), …Matched in noteshighshort

α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… courage. A proof that virtue exists is the fact that Diogenes and Antisthenes, Socrates, and their followers were able to make moral progress. And vice also exists, because it is the opposite to virtue; …Matched in translationhighlong

α618Ἀεὶ ἔστωeternal being… Just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of Diogenianus in Truth [in the] second [book].Matched in translationhighshort

α180Ἄγε δῆταhey there… there, over here. And [there is] an epigram addressed to Diogenes the Cynic: "' Hey, Diogenes, tell [us], what fate took you to Hades?' 'A dog's bite took me'". But the epigram [sc. illustrates …Matched in translationhighshort

α2723ἈντισθένηςAntisthenes… in the Cynosarges gymnasium. And he became the mentor of Diogenes the Cynic and the rest. When Antisthenes was suffering from a long and intractable illness Diogenes gave him a dagger, saying, "If you …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3638Ἀποφθίμενονhaving perished… who has] died. "Receive me who have perished, the dog Diogenes." Also [sc. attested is] a)pofqi/sein ["to destroy"], [meaning] to kill, to put to death. Teucer says to the corpse of Ajax: "do you …Matched in translationhighshort

β114Βάρειςbarges… your horrible barge is heavily laden, accept me, the dog Diogenes deceased."Matched in translationhighshort

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sectAn approximation (and abridgement) of Diogenes Laertius 1.19-21. [1] The Greek noun hairesis can also mean "choice," so the word meant "what is chosen" (see Mansfeld 1999, 21 ff.). [2] See Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… the sober comment "if indeed he died" (ei)/ge e)teleu/ta). [3] Diogenes Laertius 8.10 (Pythagoras). [4] Literally, "a biography befitting a philosopher." The formal title The Memoirs of Apollonios of Tyana is given as ta\ …Matched in noteshighlong

α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… 146. [3] This passage is taken (with minor changes) from Diogenes Laertius 7.120-1, where the Stoic thesis that all faults or moral mistakes are equal (cf. alpha 2479, end; kappa 320, end) is quoted …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… both cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] The source now becomes Diogenes Laertius 7.127-128. [3] That virtue can be lost is said by Chrysippus; that it cannot be lost, by Cleanthes (Diogenes Laertius 7.127). Probably …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic… Zintzen (223 Asmus); cf. alpha 278, epsilon 1929. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 7.42-43. This definition of dialectic (in its shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3908ἈρίστιπποςAristippus, Aristippos… the enjoyment of things which he did not have. Hence Diogenes called him the "king's dog". His sayings [were] the best and greatest. His daughter Arete learned [from him], whose [student was] her son …Matched in translationhighmedium

αι103Αἰεὶ ἐστώeternal being… just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of Diogenianus in the second [book] of Antiphon's Truth.Matched in translationhighshort

χ505Χρησμόςoracle… oracle. Look under Daphidas for an amazing oracle. Look under Diogenes for an oracle about erotic love. Look under Aigieis for an oracle about [the] Aigieis. Look for an oracle also under Oedipus.Matched in translationhighshort

α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… 194). [1] Aratus' brother Myris was a student of Zeno (Diogenes Laertius 7.38), and wrote on Homeric questions (Vita III). On Soloi, see sigma 781. [2] The fragments of the Erga of a Menecrates …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

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