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η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of MiletosSon of Hesychius the lawyer and of Philosophia. Lived during the reign of the emperor Anastasius. He wrote A biographical dictionary or Index of notable literary figures, of which this book [i.e. the Suda …Matched in translationhighmedium
ει291Εἰς λατομίαςinto (the) quarriesPhiloxenos the dithyrambic poet could not stand the poetry of the tyrant Dionysius because it was so bad. On one occasion Dionysius sent him to the quarries, but later decided to have him brought …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarries… put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when the tyrant read out his hackneyed verses refused to …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… a eunuch and slave of Euboulos, a Bithynian dynast and philosopher. Having been educated in the school of Aristotle, he wrote On the Soul, that it is immortal. This man is "the thrice-sold eunuch". …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… a young man to hear Plato. Declaring a thirst for philosophy and associating with her [i.e. Philosophy] for a short time (for he was hateful to the gods) this Klearchos saw in a dream …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1179ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, DionysiosSon of the tyrant of Sicily and a tyrant and philosopher himself. [He wrote] Letters and On the poems of Epicharmus.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1178ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios… ill-treatment [inflicted] on any state." Concerning the tyrant Dionysius and Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet, see in the [entry] 'take me away to the quarries'.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1238ΔίωνDion, DioSon of Hipparinos; a Syracusan, a Platonic philosopher. [He was] the brother of Aristomache, the wife of the older Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily. He also ruled over Sicily as tyrant, expelling Dionysius, the son …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3955Ἔφοροιephors… Ephors were magistrates at Heraclea on the Black Sea. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.27. The use of pitch strips (similar to modern depilatory strips) and male hair removal was regarded as …Matched in noteshighmedium