![]() ![]() Stahr, in Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, suggested that Diogenes’ ancestors included one who had for a patron a member of the Roman family of the Laertii. ![]() ![]() Χολλεῖδαι, refers to him as Διογένης ὁ Λαερτιεύς, implying that he was a native of some town, perhaps Laerte in Caria or Laerte(s) in Cilicia, two of the ancient world’s most unknown places: this explanation of his name and origin was generally accepted from the Renaissance until the 18th century. ’Ενετοί calls him plain Diogenes in a passage that has been taken to refer to our Diogenes and used to emend ii. 153 refers to him as Laertes Stephanus Byz. Δρυΐδαι (in only part of the mss.), and in a lemma to Anthologia Palatina, vii. The order Diogenes Laertius occurs, so it appears, only in Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. τετραλογία: in earlier modern scholarly works this was the customary form of his name. ![]() of his book, by Sopater in Photius, Biblioth. He is called Laertius Diogenes regularly in the mss. Longĭiogenes Laertius, as he is now generally called, is rarely named in ancient works, and even so his name appears in several forms. And thus, it is said, the plague was stayed.Introduction Introduction By Herbert S. He took sheep, some black and others white, and brought them to the Areopagus and there he let them go whither they pleased, instructing those who followed them to mark the spot where each sheep lay down and offer a sacrifice to the local divinity. And he came in the 46th Olympiad, a purified their city, and stopped the pestilence in the following way. Hence, when the Athenians were attacked by pestilence, and the Pythian priestess bade them purify the city, they sent a ship commanded by Nicias, son of Niceratus, to Crete to ask the help of Epimenides. So he became famous throughout Greece, and was believed to be a special favourite of heaven. At length he found his younger brother, now an old man, and learnt the truth from him. Then he went back to the town in utter perplexity and there, on entering his own house, he fell in with people who wanted to know who he was. And when he could not find it, he came to the farm, and found everything changed and another owner in possession. After this he got up and went in search of the sheep, thinking he had been asleep only a short time. One day he was sent into the country by his father to look for a stray sheep, and at noon he turned aside out of the way, and went to sleep in a cave, where he slept for fifty-seven years. He was a native of Cnossos in Crete, though from wearing his hair long he did not look like a Cretan. 600 b.c.)Įpimenides, according to Theopompus and many other writers, was the son of Phaestius some, however, make him the son of Dosiadas, others of Agesarchus. When on the rack, however, he will give vent to cries and groans. Κἀκεῖ δὲ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ εἰσιὼν οἰκίαν περιέτυχε He alone will feel gratitude towards friends, present and absent alike, and show it by word and deed. ![]()
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