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by Pamela Mensch


  On Diseases, 416, 420

  On Law, 460

  On Power, 46

  On the Inanimate, 8

  Heraclides of Tarsus, 354, 391n178, 641

  Heraclitus of Ephesus, 14, 37, 43, 72, 136, 138, 268, 396, 416n77, 417, 436–43, 447, 449, 472, 496, 556, 560, 568, 573, 575, 576, 590, 591, 610, 641 doctrines of 438–40

  Herculaneum papyri, xi, 645

  Herillus of Chalcedon, 328, 370–71, 605 list of works by, 370–71

  Hermarchus of Mytilene, 492, 498–500, 502, 615, 642 list of works by, 502

  Hermes, 5, 8, 42, 396, 408

  Hermias, 160, 213–15, 216–18, 248

  Hermippus of Smyrna, xi, 36, 49, 51, 55, 82, 113, 118, 130, 134, 200, 232, 246, 250, 256, 260, 306, 381, 394, 399, 412, 418, 423, 431, 437, 449, 455, 492, 498, 564–65, 567, 573, 642 Lives, 7, 18, 67

  On Aristotle, 212

  On Pythagoras, 399

  On the Magi, 7

  On the Sages, 22

  On the Seven Sages, 432

  On Theophrastus, 91

  Hermodorus of Syracuse, 5, 7, 112, 136, 436, 642 On Mathematics, 5

  Hermogenes, 136

  Hermotimus, 396

  Herodotus, 4n8, 7, 13, 14, 34, 46, 394, 395n7, 451, 620, 641, 642, 648 Histories, 7n30, 13n48, 13n54, 14n57, 14n61, 20n84, 26nn101–2, 35–36 n139, 46n168, 48n176, 50n180, 383n176, 394n5, 400n28, 451n59

  Herodotus the Epicurean, 494, 504, 505, 642 Epicurus’ letter to, 507–22, 615, 616, 617

  On Epicurus’ Ephebic Training, 494

  Herpyllis, 212, 218, 219

  Hesiod, 6n25, 8, 86, 160n134, 256, 323, 404, 415, 436, 444, 446, 492, 560, 564, 620, 642 Theogony, 457n80, 492n10

  Works and Days, 323n44

  Hieronymus of Rhodes, 75, 198, 199, 246, 404, 419, 442, 487, 573, 579, 642 Miscellaneous Notes, 15, 68

  On the Suspension of Judgment, 112

  Hipparchia, 300, 301, 304, 305–6

  Hipparchus (friend of Democritus), 456, 642

  Hipparchus (tyrant), 283n77

  Hippasus of Metapontum, 398, 412, 418, 429

  Hippias (tyrant), 283n77

  Hippias of Elis, 14, 156, 642

  Hippobotus, 256, 299, 308, 323, 328, 413, 423, 425, 454, 488, 606, 608, 642 List of Philosophers, 22

  On the Philosophical Schools, 12, 105

  Hippocrates, 34, 244, 447, 455, 472

  Hippodameia, 17n75

  Hippolytus (Euripides), 203

  Hipponax, 41, 52, 205, 642

  Hipponicus the Macedonian, 128, 194

  Historical Commentaries (Aristoxenus), 454

  Historical Parallels (Myronianus of Amastris). See Chapters on Historical Parallels

  Histories (Eumelus), 215

  Histories (Euphantus of Olynthus), 129

  Histories (Herodotus), 7n30, 13n48, 13n54, 14n57, 14n61, 20n84, 26nn101–2, 35–36 n139, 46n168, 48n176, 50n180, 383n176, 394n5, 400n28, 451n59

  Histories (Silenus), 67

  Histories (Timaeus of Tauromenium), 399, 416, 418, 422, 425

  History of Astronomy (Eudemus of Rhodes), 13

  History of Persia (Dinon of Colophon), 7, 460

  Homer, 6n25, 8, 29, 44, 67, 85, 86, 137, 160n134, 189, 192, 194, 201, 256, 404, 444, 468, 470, 472, 488, 552, 635, 638, 642 Iliad, 25n98, 29, 80n91, 134n3, 136n22, 201n93, 214n19, 218n40, 229, 284nn84–86, 285n88, 289, 302n146, 304n154, 338n93, 352n99, 368n115, 374n138, 383n173, 396n13, 457n80, 466n115, 468nn128–29, 472n137, 597, 642

  Odyssey, 71, 101n186, 137n29, 183n24, 201n92, 216n27, 285n88, 333n79, 374n138, 380n159, 425n106

  Homeric catalogue, 25

  homosexuality. See pederasty

  Human, All Too Human (Nietzsche), 591, 598, 620

  Hume, David, xv

  Hymn to Apollo (Empedocles of Agrigentum), 419

  Iambics (Callimachus of Cyrene), 13, 14, 15

  Ida, Mt., 395

  ideas. See forms, theory of

  Idomeneus of Lampsacus, 71, 93, 151, 494, 500–501, 502, 642 On Socrates and His Associates, 71

  Iliad (Homer), 25n98, 29, 80n91, 134n3, 136n22, 201n93, 214n19, 218n40, 229, 284nn84–86, 285n88, 289, 302n146, 304n154, 338n93, 352n99, 368n115, 374n138, 383n173, 396n13, 457n80, 466n115, 468nn128–29, 472n137, 597, 642

  impression, 330–34, 336, 368, 453, 474, 481, 485, 511, 512, 519, 520, 612

  indeterminate dyad, 406, 409n

  Indians, 4

  induction, 155–58

  Introduction to the Reading of the Books of Democritus (Thrasyllus), 454

  Introductions to the Doctines (Apollodorus Ephelus), 328

  Ion of Chios, 56, 72, 398, 642 Triads, 398

  Ionian philosophy, 9, 57, 59–130, 394, 546, 547, 548, 552, 565, 571, 573, 588, 590, 610 succession of, 9–10, 589

  Iphicrates, 78

  Iphigenia in Tauris (Euripides), 136n28

  Isidorus of Pergamom, 327, 642

  Isis, 8

  Ismenias, 190, 355

  Isocrates, 69, 91, 95, 135, 138, 178, 191, 218n, 229, 244, 611n6, 640, 647

  Istrus, 93, 642

  Italian school, 9, 394–433 sucession of 9–10, 548, 567, 571, 573, 588–90, 610, 614 See also Pythagoras

  Ixion (Euripides), 440, 463

  Jaeger, Werner, vii

  Jews, the, 7

  Julius II (pope), 554, 557, 561

  Justus of Tiberias, 642 Garland, The, 83

  Lacedemonians, 34, 36, 55, 175, 429. See also Laconia; Sparta

  Laconia, 35, 167. See also Lacedemonians; Sparta

  Lacydes, 10, 12, 206, 232, 381, 566, 567, 575, 588

  Laeandrius of Miletus, 15, 642

  Laks, André, 588–92

  Lamian War, 183

  Lampoons (Timon of Phlius), 18, 63, 71, 319, 410, 467, 470, 486

  Lastheneia of Mantinea, 155, 178

  Laws (Plato), 150, 151, 152, 159

  Lebedians, 17

  Lectures (Athenodorus the Stoic), 297

  Lectures (Bias of Priene), 100

  Lectures of Posidonius (Phanias), 329

  Lembeuticus (Heraclides Lembus), 257

  Lenaea, 158

  Leodamas of Thasos, 145, 160, 388

  Leon (tyrant of Sicyon), 8, 398

  Leon of Salamis, 73, 573

  Leonteus of Lampsacus, 494, 500n59, 502. See also Themista

  Lesser Cosmology (Democritus of Abdera), 454

  Lesser Heracles (Antisthenes of Athens), 94

  Letters (Crates of Thebes), 306

  Leucippus, 10, 450–51, 457, 498, 524, 576, 589, 590, 610, 639

  Leuctra, Battle of, 93n154

  Library of Babel, x

  Licymnius (Euripides), 160

  Life of Epicurus (Apollodorus of Athens), 492

  Life of Epicurus (Ariston of Chios), 498

  Life of Plato (Aristoxenus), 229

  Ligyastades, 30. See also Mimnermus

  Lindos (town), 43, 45

  Linus, 5, 6, 561, 642–43

  List of Archons (Demetrius of Phalerum), 13, 64

  List of Archons and Olympic Victors (Stesiclides), 91

  List of Philosophers (Hippobotus), 22

  Little Cyrus (Antisthenes of Athens), 94, 261

  Lives (Antigonus of Carystus), 188

  Lives (Hermippus of Smyrna), 7, 18, 67

  Lives (Satyrus), 67, 296, 417, 419

  Lives of the Eminent Philosophers (Diogenes Laertius): authenticity of sources in, ix, x

  and Byzantine empire, 582–85

  corruption of text of, 35n137, 67n33, 122n257, 123n262, 178n7, 205n108, 268n26, 278n60, 300n139, 408n52

  and Cynicism, 597–603

  epigrams in, 561–67

  humor in, 567–70, 602

  Latin translations of, 585–88

  manuscripts of, 547, 556, 571, 577–82

  Nietzsche’s reading of, 619–22

  and philosophers, 570–73, 574–77

  and Plato’s doctrines, 592–97

  and politics, 570–73

  and Pre‐Socratics, 588–92
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  provenance of, xi

  Renaissance reception of, vii, 546–54, 554–61

  and Skepticism, 610–14

  transmission of text of, xvi, 582–85, 602

  treatment of Epicurus, 614–18

  treatment of Zeno of Citium, 603–10

  ways of life in, 574–77

  Lives of the Philosophers (Diocles), 90

  Lobon of Argos, 18, 643 On Poets, 54

  Lombard, Peter, 557–60

  Long. A. A., 603–10

  Lucian, 52n187, 293, 487n169, 567, 597–99, 601–3

  Lucretius, 549, 551, 615, 617, 639 On the Nature of Things, 549

  Lyceum, 115n230, 155, 190n43, 193n59, 204n105, 212, 217, 218n43, 220, 239, 240n97, 245n111, 247, 302n145, 304n152, 317, 382, 462, 571. See also Academy

  Lyco, 220, 245–48 will of, 247–48

  Lycon, 82

  Lycophron of Chalcis, 126, 643 Menedemus, 129

  Lycurgus (Athenian orator), 155

  Lycurgus (Spartan lawgiver), 20, 34

  Lydia, 14n61

  Lyre Player, The (Menander), 338n95

  Lysander, 180

  Lysanias, 270, 643

  Lysias, 28, 83, 145, 279, 643 On Dishonest Prosecution, 94

  Lysimachia, 129

  Lysimachus, 110, 129, 305, 494

  Lysippus of Sicyon, 84, 213

  Lysis (Plato), 77n74, 151

  Lysis of Tarentum, 77, 397, 411, 412, 643

  Macedonia, 4, 75n65, 91, 110n206, 114n223, 123n258, 128, 167, 171, 178, 182nn18–19, 183n22, 212, 214, 215n22, 217n30, 218n41, 244n108, 275, 303n150, 316, 327n61, 443, 572, 573, 605, 629, 644

  Maenads, 6n26

  Magi, 4, 5, 6, 7, 137, 395, 451, 466, 613, 637

  Magicus (Aristotle), 4, 7

  Manetho, 8, 643 Epitome of Natural Philosophy, 8

  Mantinea, Battle of, 90

  Map of the Earth (Eudoxus of Cyzicus), 432

  Marathon, Battle of, 28, 37n150, 441n12

  Marvels (Theopompus of Chios), 55

  mathematics, 458

  matter, 7, 12, 63–64, 68, 292, 165, 359–60, 365, 512, 560, 592, 593, 594

  Mausolus, 67, 432

  maxims, 18, 22n89, 36, 37, 39, 43, 45, 47, 48, 198, 202, 204, 220, 320, 407, 504–5, 538, 571, 574, 576, 614, 615, 616–19, 632, 637, 646

  Medea (Euripides), xii–xiii, 126, 276n54, 380

  Medes, 13n54, 31, 63, 67, 115n229, 416. See also Persians

  Megabyzus, 89, 90

  Megalópolis, 145, 295, 550, 573

  Megara, 24, 279, 425, 486

  Megarian History (Dieuchidas of Megara), 29

  Megarian school, 10, 11, 112, 368 founding of, 12

  Melanchrus, 37

  Melanthius, 188, 643 On Painting, 188

  Meleager of Gadara, 306, 643 On Opinions, 106

  Meletus, 82–84, 264

  Melissus, 10, 447, 448

  Memoirs (Dioscurides), 32

  Memorabilia (Xenophon of Erchia), 71n46, 79n88, 88, 150, 312

  Men of the Same Name (aka On Poets and Writers of the Same Name; Demetrius of Magnesia), 20, 39, 54, 213, 249, 255, 296, 326, 372, 382, 429, 431, 441, 449, 452, 608, 638

  Men Transported (Posidippus), 324

  Menander, 230, 251, 298, 634, 643 Groom, The, 298

  Hated Man, The, 358n106

  Lyre Player, The, 338n95

  Twin Sisters, 303

  Menedemus (Lycophron of Chalcis), 129

  Menedemus the Cynic, 308–9

  Menedemus of Eretreia, 10, 93, 104n191, 112, 122–31, 195, 204, 302, 371 and teachers of philosophy, 126–27

  Menelaus, 17, 374n143, 396

  Menippus, 305, 306–8, 643 list of works by, 308

  Sale of Diogenes, 273

  Meno (Plato), 82

  Meno of Pharsalus, 89

  Menoeceus, 504, 588n9 Epicurus’ letter to, 532–36, 615, 618, 647

  Menodotus of Nicomedia, 488, 489, 643

  Merops (Alexis), 146

  Messenia, 40, 145n56

  Metaphysics (Aristotle), 228n70, 405n49, 589, 590, 617, 640

  Meteorology (Posidonius of Apamea), 365

  meter, 31, 56, 194n68, 208n124

  Metrocles, 110, 304–5, 597n1, 643 Anecdotes, 275

  Metrodorus of Chios, 464, 643

  Metrodorus of Lampsacus, 67, 155, 492, 500–502, 643 list of works by, 501–2

  Timocrates, 536

  Metröon, 83, 270

  Michelangelo, 557–58, 561

  Midas, 44

  Middle Academy, 10, 12, 193, 206n110, 588, 611, 612, 636. See also Academy; Arcesilaus

  Middle Comedy, 70n40, 146n64, 570, 634, 635, 638, 643, 646

  Milo of Croton, 411

  Miltiades, 29, 94, 328

  Mimnermus, 30, 643

  Mind, 446, 452, 457

  Minos, 54

  Minyas, 15, 643

  Miscellaneous History (Favorinus), 60, 67, 71, 82, 135, 143, 145, 159, 205, 207, 215, 216, 249, 272, 293, 401, 402, 415, 429, 447, 451, 461

  Miscellaneous Notes (Aristoxenus), 52

  Miscellaneous Notes (Hieronymus of Rhodes), 15, 68

  Mishnah, 554

  Mithridates the Persian, 145

  Mnasgoras, 391n178

  Mnesarchus, 391n178

  Mnesilochus, 70

  Mnesimachus, 70n40, 643 Alcmeon, 410

  Mnesistratus of Thason, 378, 643 Collected Meditations, 155

  moderation, 45, 322, 353, 549

  Moereas, 193, 199

  monad, 406, 409n54

  Monimus, 298, 597n1

  Montaigne, Michel de, vii, 550–51

  Moralia (Plutarch), 84n104, 428

  moralist, 11

  More, Thomas, 549, 602

  Most, Glenn W., 619–23

  Munychia, 54, 197

  Museaeus, 5 Sphere, 5

  Theogony, 5

  Muses, 145, 178, 188, 291, 497

  music, 169, 204, 293, 321, 400

  Myndus, 286, 634

  Myronianus of Amastris, 643 Chapters on Historical Parallels, 55, 152, 182, 186, 230, 493

  Myrto, 75

  Myson, 8, 16–7, 51–52

  Mytilene (city), 37

  Naked Sages, 4, 6, 7, 8, 452, 466, 613, 637. See also Gymnosophists

  Natural History (Pliny), 476n144

  natural philosophy, 13, 63, 65, 69, 86, 207, 228 meaning of, 11

  Natural Philosophy (Chrysippus), 359

  Natural Philosophy of the Ancient School (Apollodorus Ephelus), 356, 636

  nature, meaning of, 364. See also physis

  Naucydes, 10

  Nauphanes, 10

  Nausiphanes of Teos, 467, 470, 484, 495, 498, 589, 613, 615, 643–44 Tripod, 498

  Nautical Astronomy (Thales), 13

  Naxos, 144n50

  Neanthes of Cyzicus, 48, 134, 135, 145, 265, 418, 419, 425, 437, 644

  necrophagy, 383

  Neileus, 13

  Neleus (king), 134

  Nemesis, 38

  Neophron of Sicyon, 126

  Neoplatonism, x

  Nestor, 134n3, 391n178

  New Academy, 10, 12, 102, 206, 589, 637, 638. See also Academy

  New Comedy, 634, 643, 644, 645. See also Menander

  Nicias, 36, 53

  Nicidas, 28

  Nicocreon, 124, 464, 465, 572

  Nicolaus of Damascus, 493, 579, 644

  Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), 212n4, 222, 432n138

  Nicomachus, 218, 231, 240, 432, 644

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, vii, xi, 619–22 Ecce Homo, 599

  Human, All Too Human, 591, 598, 620

  Untimely Meditations, viii, 620

  Nile (river), 4, 20

  Niobe (Timotheus of Miletus), 324

  nomos, 69n39, 635

  Numenius, 469, 484, 644

  Nymphs, 54, 55

  Ochus, 4

  Octaeteris (Eudoxus of Cyzicus), 431

  Odeon, 381

  Odysseus, 101, 183n24, 201n92, 272, 284n84, 333n79, 3
74n138, 425n106, 639

  Odyssey (Homer), 71, 101n186, 137n29, 183n24, 201n92, 216n27, 285n88, 333n79, 374n138, 380n159, 425n106. See also Homer

  Oeconomicus (Xenophon of Erchia), 88n119

  Oenomaus, 17n75

  Oenomaus (Sophocles), 196

  Oenopides, 452, 454

  Old Academy, 9, 12, 588, 592, 593, 595–96. See also Academy

  Old Comedy, 93, 175, 191, 200, 253, 570, 638, 641

  Olympia, 17n75, 34, 55, 66, 113, 116, 145, 246, 283, 287, 422, 423

  Olympic games, 36, 145n61, 280, 411n57, 415, 416, 638, 645

  Olympiodorus, 241, 582, 644

  Olympiodorus (Alexis), 147

  Omphalos (Achaeus of Eretria), 126

  On Achilles, (Eleusis), 16

  On Alexander (Anticlides), 400

  On Ancient Comedy (Eratosthenes of Cyrene), 314

  On Ancient Natural Philosophers (Chrysippus), 383

  On Aristotle (Hermippus of Smyrna), 212

  On Atoms (Cleanthes of Assos), 359

  On Bronze (Cleanthes of Assos), 318

  On Celestial Phenomena (Posidonius of Apamea), 360, 363

  On Choice and Avoidance (Epicurus), 536, 537

  On Contentment (Panaetius of Rhodes), 444

  On Definitions (Antipater of Tarsus), 336

  On Definitions (Chrysippus), 336

  On Diogenes (Eubulides of Miletus), 269

  On Dionysius (Polycritus of Mende), 94

  On Diseases (Heraclides Ponticus), 416, 420

  On Dishonest Prosecution (Lysias), 94

  On Divination (Chrysippus), 365

  On Divination (Posidonius of Apamea), 365

  On Duties (Posidonius of Apamea), 355, 357

  On Education (Aristotle), 462

  On Education (Clearchus of Soli), 7

  On Elements (Archedemus of Tarsus), 359, 360

  On Epicurus’ Ephebic Training (Herodotus the Epicurean), 494

  On Ethics (Posidonius of Apamea), 345

  On Fate (Boethus of Sidon), 364

  On Fate (Chrysippus), 364

  On Fate (Posidonius of Apamea), 364

  On Goals (Chrysippus), 343, 344, 345

  On Goals (Hecaton of Rhodes), 344, 349

  On Goals (Posidonius of Apamea), 344

  On Gods (Chrysippus), 364

  On Gods (Posidonius of Apamea), 361, 364

 

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