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high194

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David Whitehead25
William Hutton23
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Anne Mahoney3

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194 entries for Zeno

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δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… dragmh\ xalazw=sa here but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27 and Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed as a fragment of Attic comedy (Adespota 314 Kock, …Matched in noteshighshort
α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… "There is a gravestone for Arkadia, the second wife of Zenon, in the Arcadian [baths] in the part near to the group of monuments known as 'Places' in the grounds of the Arch-general, where …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3968ἉρμάτιοςHarmatios, HarmatiusThis man had very great influence on Zenonis the empress and on Basiliscus himself. He was killed by the emperor Zeno and the citizens were overjoyed at the slaughter of this man. For in …Matched in translationhighmedium

law

law

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meter and music13

meter and music13

trade and manufacture12

trade and manufacture12

Alexandra Trachsel

Alexandra Trachsel

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Claudia Mársico1

Claudia Mársico1

Clayton Lehmann1

Clayton Lehmann1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Oliver Phillips â1

Oliver Phillips â1

Phiroze Vasunia1

Phiroze Vasunia1

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… and ways of life: Megaric, Eretrian, Cyrenaic, Epicurean, Annicerian, Theodorean, Zenonian (the one also [called] Stoic), Academic, Peripatetic. [He does] not [include] Cynic, or the one from Elis, or Dialectical. As to the Pyrrhonian, …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4387Ἄτρεστοςdauntless[1] Greek Anthology 7.117.3-4 (= Zenodotus in Diogenes Laertius 7.30), on Zeno. On this epigram, a eulogy for the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, see Gow and Page, vol. I (198-199), vol. …Matched in noteshighshort

α3970ἉρμάτοςHarmatos, Harmatius… as Harmatos was his relative, unsuspectingly permitted him to meet Zenonis the empress, [and] since there was frequent converse between them and since their beauty was not easy to overlook, both loved each other …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ128Δαιτὸς ἐΐσηςof an equal banquet[Meaning] from feasting divided equally. But Zenodotus says [it means] "of good [feasting]," since nourishment is good for mankind. Since the first human beings, who did not have bountiful nourishment, snatched it by force …Matched in translationhighmedium

αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίςEgyptian vine-branch.… to lean and fairly tall men; such a man was Zeno of Citium. It is said that he consulted the oracle to learn how he might live the best life, and that the god's …Matched in translationhighshort

δ202Δέλτοςwriting-tablet[Meaning a] little writing-board, little sketch-tablet, draft-tablet. Zeno of Citium "used to compare his own successor Cleanthes to writing tablets overlaid with hard wax, which are hard to write on but which keep what …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… 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? For there is not one of these men who, despite being good in …Matched in translationhighmedium

β263ΒηρίνηVerina… rule as the grandmother of the minor Leo II, while Zeno, the husband of Ariadne and father of Leo II, was proclaimed emperor. Leo II, however, died in Nov. 474, and Verina, disappointed in …Matched in noteshighshort

χ568ΧρύσιπποςChrysippus, Chrysippos… systematizer of Stoicism. He is considered to have been, with Zeno, co-founder of the Stoa. He wrote on areas of philosophy defined by Zeno: logic, ethics, and physics. He was among the first to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[1] Zenobius 3.24. Repeated at pi 1996, q.v. [2] 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grape[1] Zenobius 1.96. This proverb recurs at alpha 4223. [2] Diogenianus 1.78 & 86. [3] Zenobius 1.90. This proverb (Euripides fr.799a Snell) recurs at epsilon 586, omicroniota 72, and upsilon 300. See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2499Ἀνθ' Ἑρμίωνοςinstead of Hermione… the dubious o(moi/ws i(era/ and adds instead tou\s i(ke/tas from Zenobius 2.22. Zenobius states that the phrase a)nq' *(ermi/onos appeared in the Babylonians of Aristophanes. [1] At the tip of the Argolid: epsilon 3043.Matched in noteshighshort

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… this is Euripides, Medea 319-320. See web address 3. [5] Zenobius 2.4. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 228. [6] Aristophanes, Frogs 614 (web address 4). Later proverbial: Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1685. [7] = …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… "melancholy" means "excess of black bile". [4] The Older Stoics (Zeno, Cleanthes and Chrysippus). [5] These are the Stoics Panaetius and Posidonius (Diogenes Laertius 7.128). The orthodox Stoic thesis (as held by Zeno and …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι235Αἴξgoat… alphaiota 236. [1] Similarly in other lexica and grammars. [2] Zenobius 1.27 has a fuller version of what follows. See also Hesychius alpha2012 and Photius s.v. 'the nanny-goat'. [3] Adler reports that ms F …Matched in noteshighshort

β191Βατράχῳ ὕδωρwater to a frog[1] Zenobius 2.79. [2] Zenobius 2.78.Matched in noteshighshort

β461Βοῦς ἐπὶ σωρῷan ox on a grain-heap[1] Zenobius 2.75. [2] cf. Zenobius 2.79.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1091Δίκη δίκην ἔτικτε καὶ βλάβη βλάβηνsuit begat suit and hurt hurtTosi (see under alpha 378) no.488. [1] Zenobius 3.28. [2] Zenobius 3.20.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1204Διὸς ἐγκέφαλοςZeus' brain, Zeus' morselMore fully in Zenobius 3.41, and cf. other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1420. See also beta 145. One might compare (in the broadest of terms) the soft, pungent cheese dip of Lyon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε49Ἐγένετο καὶ Μάνδρωνι συκίνη ναῦςeven Mandron got a fig-wood shipSlightly expanded from Photius, Lexicon epsilon33 Theodoridis. See also Zenobius 3.44 (Choliambica adespota fr. 8) and other paroemiographers; cf. mu 138, sigma 1324 (end). [1] Mandron is not regarded by Athenian prosopography as an …Matched in noteshighshort

χ123Χάριταςfavors; Graces… 2906, epsilon 1676, epsiloniota 267, and sigma 10. [2] cf. Zenobius 1.36; see also alphaiota 386 where the Suda mss read fanerw=s ("openly") -- as translated here -- rather than the a)fane/rws ("in secret") …Matched in noteshighshort

χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawingHesychius chi287 and Zenobius 6.44 both give 'with a hand-gnawing fetter' as a phrase in the dative case, and gloss it as 'with a boxer's [hand-]straps'; but Zenobius goes on to connect it specifically …Matched in noteshighshort

α425ἈδάμAdam… the Athenians. Hence the Parmenideses and the Protagorases and the Zenos. Hence the Stoas, and the Areopaguses and the Epicureans. Hence the dirges and breast-beatings of the tragedians and the jestings and raillery of …Matched in translationhighlong

α783ἈκάκιοςAkakios, Acacius… nominated to serve in that priesthood with the backing of Zenon. Since he was a natural leader and took all the churches under his direct control, he exercised a deliberate discrimination concerning those who …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… ["fireless fare"], [meaning] that made up of fruit and vegetables. "Zeno used used fireless fare and a thin cloak." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/puros oi)=nos ["unfired wine"], the kind that is not …Matched in translationhighshort

α3933ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanes… son of Apelles a troop-commander, student of Kallimakhos and of Zenodotos, the former as a young man, the latter as a boy; and in addition to these [he also studied under] Dionysios Iambos and …Matched in translationhighshort

α4010ἉρποκρᾶςHarpokras, Harpocras… an Egyptian, a grammarian, in the time of the emperor Zeno. Nicomedes heard that he knew all about Ammonius, and was eager to apprehend him; but he inferred what was to come from what …Matched in translationhighshort

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