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26 entries for Gorgias

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α2745ἈντιφῶνAntiphon… was the leader in the judicial style [of oratory] after Gorgias. He is said to have been the teacher of Thucydides. He used to be called Nestor.Matched in translationhighshort
δ652Διὰ μέσου τείχουςof the wall through the middle… "through the middle" of those on either side. Plato in Gorgias mentions it.Matched in translationhighshort
ε123Ἐγκράτειαcontinence, control, self-control… the frugal into the stingy. So too Callicles in the Gorgias according to Plato changes sound-minded men into fools." "And, if we want to show that the sound-minded man is not a man of …Matched in translationhighmedium

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Ἀντιφῶν

Antiphon

Son of Sophilus; of Athens, of the deme Rhamnus. No one is recognised as his teacher; nevertheless, he was the leader in the judicial style [of oratory] after Gorgias. He is said to have been the teacher of Thucydides.…

Ἀντιφῶν, Σοφίλου, Ἀθηναῖος, τῶν δήμων Ῥαμνούσιος· διδάσκαλος δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς προγινώσκεται· ἀλλ' ὅμως ἦρξε τοῦ δικανικοῦ χαρακτῆρος μετὰ Γοργίαν. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Θουκυδίδου…

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χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… the movements of nature, nor could the Phaedo or the Gorgias [elude him], nor indeed did any other of the sophisticated and more difficult dialogues, like the Parmenides. But I," Agathias says, "would never …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1283ἈλκιδάμαςAlkidamas, Alcidamas… philosopher; son of Diocles, who wrote on music; student of Gorgias from Leontini.Matched in translationhighshort

α3935ἈρίστωνAriston, Aristo… back the motions of nature; nor the Phaedo, nor the Gorgias; and indeed any other one of those subtle and crafty dialogues, like the Parmenides."Matched in translationhighshort

δ454ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes… in Athens, and of Polycrates and Alcidamas, the pupil of Gorgias, and of Isocrates himself. He engaged in literary studies along with Aesion of Athens and the philosopher Theopompus of Chios. He also studied …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… oppressing Akragas he surrounded the city with hides of asses. Gorgias, the rhetorician from Leontini, became his student. And he wrote two books of epic verse about the nature of things; there are about …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1169Ἀλλ'but then...?… could come from a)lla\ h)/ or a)/llo h)/. [1] Plato, Gorgias 447A, abridged.Matched in noteshighshort

α2739Ἀντιφήςyou say against… including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The headword is quoted from Plato, Gorgias 501C.Matched in noteshighshort

α2829Ἀξιῶνdeeming… 302 Sauppe, now 472 Carey OCT (again alpha 2832); Plato, Gorgias 450C; see web address 1 below for the latter. Likewise in Timaeus (Platonic Lexicon), Photius (Lexicon alpha2182 Theodoridis), and elsewhere. [3] Sic: an …Matched in noteshighshort

α3313Ἄποθενaway, far from… because the Platonic phrase deemed to have generated the entry (Gorgias 492D, Laws 798D) is a(mo/qen ge/ poqen, "from somewhere or other".Matched in noteshighshort

α4104ἈρχίαςArchias… [6] cf. sigma 1659. [7] cf. kappa 2482. [8] Plato, Gorgias 451E (web address 1 below): good health is best, beauty second, riches -- fairly acquired -- third. [9] cf. sigma 644.Matched in noteshighmedium

αι256Αἰῶναage… alphaiota 255. [1] In the accusative case, extracted from Plato, Gorgias 448C (web address 1); see the scholia there, and similarly in other lexica. [2] Sophocles, Trachiniae 2-5 (web address 2); Deianeira is speaking.Matched in noteshighshort

β314Βλάξslack… in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Gorgias 488A, where the accusative case of the headword occurs. See further under beta 315, and cf. beta 316, beta 317, beta 318, beta …Matched in noteshighshort

δ458Δημοσιεύωνbeing a public [doctor]… (web address 1). This meaning is also attested in Plato, Gorgias 514D (web address 2). [3] Excerpted from a scholion to the same verse (Scholia in Acharnenses - scholia vetera et recentiora Triclinii-, N.G. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1080Δικαίωμαact of justice… DK), Thrasymachus (in Plato, Republic I) and Callicles (in Plato, Gorgias 482E-483D, 484A-C, 491A-492C).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1229Διώκεινto prosecute, to pursue… "honors". The reference to moral values or virtue (cf. Plato, Gorgias 480C to\ a)gaqo\n kai\ kalo/n, 482E a)lh/qeian) is common in New Testament Greek (Romans 9.30 dikaiosu/nhn) and in Christian writers; see delta 1227 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows… Zenobius 3.33; attributed to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1096. See also kappa 497, sigma …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε955Ἔμβραχυin short; in the least… glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to Plato, Gorgias 457A and [Plato] Theages 127C. [2] Aelian fr. 63c Domingo-Forasté (60 Hercher), on the Arcadian Eutelidas; cf. alpha 916, kappa 1004. [3] Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε957Ἔμβραχυin short… instances of the headword in that author (e.g. Symposium 217A, Gorgias 457B).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1032Ἐμποδώνin the way… 68 B-S. [5] Hierocles fr. 1 von Arnim. [6] Plato, Gorgias 459B. [7] So the transmitted text; Kuster emended to 'of Constantinople'. [8] Damascius fr. 178 Zintzen (109 Asmus); cf. more fully at pi …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ90Χαραδριόςcharadrios, plover… also iota 279. [3] Hipponax fr.52. Also relevant is Plato, Gorgias 494B (web address 1 below), with the scholia thereto. [4] Aristophanes, Birds 266 (web address 2 below), with scholia. [5] For the erudition …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ146Χασμᾷyou are gaping… Perhaps quoted (with the addition of the pronoun) from Plato, Gorgias 572A.Matched in noteshighshort

χ158ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, Chaerephon… works (especially in "Socratic" dialogues such as Apology, Charmides, and Gorgias). In Apology 20E-21A, for instance, the Platonic Socrates presents Chaerephon as his "friend from youth and a friend of the democratic majority". Chaerephon …Matched in noteshighshort

χ493Χρῆνit was necessary… the scholia to Plato, Apology 17A (web address 1) and Gorgias 458B (web address 2), where the headword appears. See also chi 467 and chi 471. [2] See also epsilon 4042. [3] Synesius, Epistle …Matched in noteshighshort