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- ε3736Εὐσεβεῖνto act piouslycf. epsilon 3735. [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 1441-3 (with "gods" there: web address 1). [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 386 Zintzen.
- α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… a sort of cosmic burning in which all things, except god (a "principle"), are consumed. For evidence on Stoic conflagration see Stobaeus, Eclogae 1.20, p.171 Wachsmuth; Eusebius, Evangelical Preparation 15.18.3; Nemesius, On the nature …
- κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… element (fire), but it is a phase or stage in god's life (see Diogenes Laertius 7.135-136; Eusebius, Evangelical preparation 15.14.2, 15.18.2; Plutarch, On Stoic self-contradictions 1053B-C). On the issue of conflagration in Stoic philosophy, …
- α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… of his fr.29 Page: "I fear that, failing with the gods, I will receive honour among men in exchange."
- δ628Διάλεξιςspeech, conversation, discourseAristophanes, Clouds 317 (where 'they' are "the heavenly clouds, great goddesses for lazy men": 316), with comment from the scholia there. See web address 1. [1] Literally: way of speaking.
- ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… pervaded by soul, and daimons occupied an intermediate place between gods and human beings. [4] Alexander says rather, "the excellent man is happy"; as indeed the logic requires.