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[170a K.] — ἀλλ’ ἀεί τοι θεοὶ παρῆσαν, χὐπέλιπον οὐ πώποκα, τάδε δ’ ἀεὶ πάρεσθ’ ὁμοῖα διά τε τῶν αὐτῶν ἀεί. — ἀλλὰ λέγεται μὰν χάος πρᾶτον γενέσθαι τῶν θεῶν. — πῶς δέ κα; μὴ ἔχον γ’ ἀπὸ τίνος μηδ’ ἐς ὃ τι πρᾶτον μόλοι. — οὐκ ἄρ’ ἔμολε πρᾶτον οὐθέν; — οὐδὲ μὰ Δία δεύτερον τῶνδέ τ’ ὧν ἁμὲς νῦν ὧδε λέγομες
A. But the great Gods were always present, nor Did they at any moment cease to be; And their peculiar likeness at all times Do they retain, by the same principles. B. Yet chaos is asserted to have been The first existent Deity. A. How can that be? For ’tis impossible that we should find Any first principle arise from anything. B. Is there then no first principle at all? A. Nor second either in the things we speak of;
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[170a K.]
— ἀλλ’ ἀεί τοι θεοὶ παρῆσαν, χὐπέλιπον οὐ πώποκα,
τάδε δ’ ἀεὶ πάρεσθ’ ὁμοῖα διά τε τῶν αὐτῶν ἀεί.
— ἀλλὰ λέγεται μὰν χάος πρᾶτον γενέσθαι τῶν θεῶν.
— πῶς δέ κα; μὴ ἔχον γ’ ἀπὸ τίνος μηδ’ ἐς ὃ τι πρᾶτον μόλοι.
— οὐκ ἄρ’ ἔμολε πρᾶτον οὐθέν; — οὐδὲ μὰ Δία δεύτερον
τῶνδέ τ’ ὧν ἁμὲς νῦν ὧδε λέγομες, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ τάδ’ ἦς.
καί·
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[170b] 〈αἰ〉 πὸτ ἀριθμόν τις περισσόν, αἰ δὲ λῆις, πὸτ ἄρτιον,
(11) ποτθέμειν λῆι ψᾶφον ἢ καὶ τᾶν ὑπαρχουσᾶν λαβεῖν, ἧ δοκεῖ κά τοί γ’ 〈ἔθ’〉 ωὑτὸς εἶμεν; οὐκ ἐμίν γά κα. — οὐδὲ μὰν οὐδ’ αἰ ποτὶ μέτρον παχυαῖον ποτθέμειν λῆι τις ἕτερον μᾶκος ἢ τοῦ πρόσθ’ ἐόντος ἀποταμεῖν, ἔτι χ’ ὑπάρχοι κῆνο τὸ μέτρον; — οὐ γάρ. — ὧδε νῦν ὅρη καὶ τὸς ἀνθρώπως· ὁ μὲν γὰρ αὔξεθ’, ὁ δὲ γα μὰν φθίνει, ἐν μεταλλαγᾶι δὲ πάντες ἐντὶ πάντα τὸν χρόνον. ὃ δὲ μεταλλάσσει κατὰ φύσιν κοὔποκ’ ἐν ταὐτῶι μένει, ἕτερον εἴη κα τόδ’ ἤδη τοῦ παρεξεστακότος, καὶ τὺ δὴ κἀγὼ χθὲς ἄλλοι καί νυν ἄλλοι τελέθομες, καὖθις ἄλλοι κοὔποχ’ ωὑτοὶ καττὸν 〈αὐτὸν αὖ〉 λόγον.’
But thus it is—if to an even number, Or e’en an odd one, if you so prefer it, You add a unit, or if you deduct one, Say will the number still remain the same? B. Certainly not. A. So, if you take a measure A cubit long, and add another cubit, Or cut a portion off, the measure then No longer is the same? B. Of course it is not. A. Now turn your eyes and thoughts upon mankind— We see one grows, another perishes So that they all exist perpetually In a condition of transition. That Whose nature changes must be different At each successive moment, from the thing It was before. So also, you and I Are different people now from what we were But yesterday; and then, again, to-morrow We shall be different from what we’re now; So that, by the same rule, we’re always different.
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[170b]
〈αἰ〉 πὸτ ἀριθμόν τις περισσόν, αἰ δὲ λῆις, πὸτ ἄρτιον,
ποτθέμειν λῆι ψᾶφον ἢ καὶ τᾶν ὑπαρχουσᾶν λαβεῖν,
ἧ δοκεῖ κά τοί γ’ 〈ἔθ’〉 ωὑτὸς εἶμεν; οὐκ ἐμίν γά κα.
— οὐδὲ μὰν οὐδ’ αἰ ποτὶ μέτρον παχυαῖον ποτθέμειν
λῆι τις ἕτερον μᾶκος ἢ τοῦ πρόσθ’ ἐόντος ἀποταμεῖν,
ἔτι χ’ ὑπάρχοι κῆνο τὸ μέτρον; — οὐ γάρ. — ὧδε νῦν ὅρη
καὶ τὸς ἀνθρώπως· ὁ μὲν γὰρ αὔξεθ’, ὁ δὲ γα μὰν φθίνει,
ἐν μεταλλαγᾶι δὲ πάντες ἐντὶ πάντα τὸν χρόνον.
ὃ δὲ μεταλλάσσει κατὰ φύσιν κοὔποκ’ ἐν ταὐτῶι μένει,
ἕτερον εἴη κα τόδ’ ἤδη τοῦ παρεξεστακότος,
καὶ τὺ δὴ κἀγὼ χθὲς ἄλλοι καί νυν ἄλλοι τελέθομες,
καὖθις ἄλλοι κοὔποχ’ ωὑτοὶ καττὸν 〈αὐτὸν αὖ〉 λόγον.’
[Vgl. Plut. d. comm not. 44 p. 1083A ὁ τοίνυν περὶ αὐξήσεως λόγος ἐστὶ μὲν ἀρχαῖος· ἠρώτηται γάρ, ὥς φησι Χρύσιππος, ὑπ’ Ἐπιχάρμου. d. sera num. vind. 15 p. 559 ταῦτά γε τοῖς Ἐπηαρμείοις ἔοικεν, ἐξ ὥν ὁ αὐξόμενος ἀνέφυ τοῖς σοφισταῖς λόγος· ὁ γὰρ λαβὼν πάλαι τὸ χρέος νῦν οὐκ ὀφείλει γεγονὼς ἕτερος· ὁ δὲ κληθεὶς ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἐχθὲς ἄκλητος ἥκει τήμερον· ἄλλος γάρ ἐστι. Anon. in Plat. Theaet. 71, 26 [nach 12 B 126b] καὶ ἑκωμώιδησεν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀπαιτουμένου συμβολὰς καὶ ἀρνουμένου τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἶναι διὰ τὸ τὰ μὲν προσγεγενῆσθαι τὰ δὲ ἀπεληλυθέναι, ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ ἀπαιτῶν ἐτύπτησεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐνεκαλεῖτο, πάλιν κακείνου φάσκοντος ἕτερον μὲν εἶναι τὸν τετυπτηκότα, ἓτερον δὲ τὸν ἐγκαλούμενον].
ἔτι φησὶν ὁ Ἄλκιμος καὶ ταυπί· ῾φασὶν οἱ σοφοὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τὰ μὲν διὰ τοῦ σώματος αἰσθάνεσθαι, οἷον ἀκούουσαν, βλέπουσαν· τὰ δ’ αὐτὴν καθ’ αὑτὴν ἐνθυμεἶσθαι, μηδὲν τῶι σώματι χρωμένην. διὸ καὶ τῶν ὄντων τὰ μὲν αἰσθητὰ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ νοητά. ὦν ἕνεκα καὶ Πλάτων ἔλεγεν ὅτι δεῖ τοὺς συνιδεῖν τὰς τοῦ παντὸς ἀρχὰς ἐπιθυμοῦντας πρῶτον μὲν αὐτὰς καθ’ αὑτὰς διελέσθαι τὰς ἰδέας, οἶον ὁμοιότητα καὶ μονάδα καὶ πλῆθος καὶ μέγεθος καὶ στάσιν καὶ νησιν’ δεύ– τερον αὐτὸ καθ’ αὑτὸ τὸ καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ δίκαιον καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ὑποθέσθαι. τρίτον τῶν ἰδεῶν συνιδεῖν ὅσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας εἰσὶν, οἷον ἐπιστήμην ἢ μέγεθος ἤ δεσποτείαν, ἐνθυμουμένους ὅτι τὰ παρ’ ἡμῖν διὰ τὸ μετέχειν ἐκείνων ὁμώνυμα ἐκείναις ὑπάρχει· λέγω δὲ οἷον δίκαια μὲν ὅσα τοῦ δικαίου, καλὰ δὲ ὅσα τοῦ καλοῦ. ἔστι δὲ τῶν εἰδῶν ἕν ἕκαστον ἀίδιόν τε καὶ νόημα καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἀπαθές· διὸ καὶ φησιν [Parm. 32D] ἐν τῆι φύσει τὰς ἰδέας ἑστάναι καθάπερ παραδεῖγματα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ταύταις ἐοικέναι τούτων ὁμοιώματα καθεστῶτα. ὁ τοίνυν Έ. περί τε τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν οὕτω λέγει·
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[171]
(14) — ἆρ’ ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι πραγμα; — πάνυ μὲν οὖν. ἄνθρωπος οὖν αὔλησίς ἔστην — οὐθαμῶς. — φέρ(ε) ἴδω, τί δ’ αὐλητάς, τίς εἶμὲν τοι δοκεῖ; ἄνθρωπος, ἢ οὐ γάρ, — πάνυ μὲν οὖν. — οὐκ οὖν δοκεῖς οὕτως ἔχειν 〈κα〉 καὶ περὶ τάγαθοθ; τὸ μὲν ἀγαθὸν τὸ πρᾶγμ(α) εἶμεν καθ’ αὔθ’· ὅστις δὲ κα εἰδῆι μαθών τῆν(ο), ἀγαθὸς ἦδη γίγνεται. ὥσπερ γάρ ἐστ’ αὔλησιν αὐλητὰς μαθών ἢ ὄρχησιν ὀρχηστάς τις ἢ πλοκεὺς πλοκάν, ἢ πᾶν γ’ ὁμοίως τῶν τοιούτων ὃ τι τὺ λῆις, οὐκ αὐτὸς εἴη κα τέχνα, τεχνικός γα μάν.
(15) Πλάτων ἐν τῆι περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν ὑπολήψει [Phaedon p. 96B] φησίν, εἶπερ ἔστι μνήμη, τὰς ἰδέας ἂν τοῖς οὖσιν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὸ τὴν μνήμην ἠρεμοῦντός τινος καὶ μένοντος εἶναι· μένειν δὲ οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ τὰς ἰδέας. ῾τίνα γὰρ ἄν τρόπον, φησί. διεσώιζετο τὰ ζῶια μὴ τῆς ἰδέας ἐφαπτόμενα καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο τὸν νοῦν φυσικῶς εἰληφότα; νῦν δὲ μνημονεύει [vgl. Parm. p. 129] τῆς ὁμοιότητος 〈γενέσεώς〉 τε καὶ τροφῆς, ὁποία τίς ἐστν αὐτοὶς, ἐνδεικνύμενα διότι πᾶσι τοῖς ζώιοις ἔμφυτός ἑστιν ἡ τῆς ὁμοιότητος θεωρία· διὸ καὶ τῶν ὁμοφύλων αἰσθάνεται’. πῶς οὖν ὀ Ἐ.,
A. Tell me, is flute-playing now a thing at all? B. Of course it is. A. Is man then flute-playing? B. No, nothing of the sort. A. Well, let us see— What is a flute-player? what think you now Of him—is he a man, or is he not? B. Of course he is a man. A. Think you not then The case is just the same about the good. That the good is something by itself, intrinsic And he who’s learnt, does at once become Himself a good man? just as he who’s learnt Flute-playing is a flute-player; or dancing, A dancer; weaving, a weaver. And in short, Whoever learns an art, does not become The art itself, but just an artist in it.
Plato, in his theory of Ideas, says, “That since there is such a thing as memory, the ideas are in existent things, because memory is only conversant about what is stable and enduring; and that no other thing is durable except ideas, for in what way,” he continues, “could animals be preserved, if they had no ideas to guide them, and if, in addition to them, they had not an intellect given to them by nature?” But as it is they recollect similitudes, and also their food, so as to know what kind of food is fit for them; which they learn because the notion of similarity is implanted naturally in every animal; owing to which notion they recognize those of the same species as themselves. What is it then that Epicharmus says?
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[172]
(16) Εὔμαιε, τὸ σοφόν ἐστιν οὐ καθ’ ἕν μόνον, ἀλλ’ ὅσσα περ ζῆι, πάντα καὶ γνώμαν ἔχει. καὶ γὰρ τὸ θῆλυ τᾶν ἀλεκτορίδων γένος, αἰ λῆις καταμαθεῖν ἀτενές, οὐ τίκτει τέκνα ζῶντ(α), ἀλλ’ ἐπώιζει καὶ ποιεῖ ψυχὰν ἔχειν. τὸ δὲ σοφὸν ἁ φύσις τόδ’ οἶδεν ὡς ἔχει μόνα· πεπαίδευται γὰρ αὐταύτας ὕπο. καὶ πάλιν·
Eumæus’ wisdom?—not a scanty gift Appropriated to one single being; But every animal that breathes and lives, Has mind and intellect.—So if you will Survey the facts attentively, you’ll find, E’en in the common poultry yard, the hen Brings not her offspring forth at first alive, But sits upon her eggs, and by her warmth, Cherishes them into life. And all this wisdom She does derive from nature’s gift alone, For nature is her only guide and teacher.
And in a subsequent passage he says:—
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[173] θαυμαστὸν οὐδὲν ἁμὲ ταῦθ’ οὕτω λέγειν, καὶ ἁνδάνειν αὐτοῖσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ δοκεῖν καλῶς πεφύκειν· καὶ γὰρ ἁ κύων κυνί κάλλιστον εἶμεν φαίνεται, καὶ βοῦς βοΐ, ὄνος δ(ὲ) ὄνωι κάλλιστον, ὗς δὲ θην ὑί.
(17) καὶ ταῦτα μὲν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα διὰ τῶν τεττάρων βιβλίων παραπήγνυσιν ὁ Ἄλκιμος, παρασημαίνων τὴν ἐξ Ἐπιχάρμου Πλάτωνι περιγενομένην ὠφέλειαν. ὅτι δ’ οὐδ’ αὑτὸς Ἐ. ἠγνόει τὴν αὐτοῦ σοφίαν, μαθεῖν ἔστι κὰκ τούτων ἐν οἰς τὸν ζηλώσοντα προμαντεύεται·
There is no wonder in my teaching this, That citizens please citizens, and seem To one another to be beautiful: And so one dog seems to another dog The fairest object in the world; and so One ox seems to another, ass to ass, And swine to swine.
And these and similar speculations are examined and compared by Alcimus through four books, where he shows how much assistance Plato has derived from Epicharmus. And that Epicharmus himself was not indisposed to appreciate his own wisdom, one may learn from these lines, in which he predicts that there will arise some one to imitate him:—
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[254] ὡς δ(ὲ) ἐγὼ δοκέω, δοκέων γὰρ σάφα ἴσαμι τοῦθ’, ὅτι τῶν ἐμῶν μνάμα ποκ’ ἐσσεῖται λόγων τούτων ἔτι. καὶ λαβών τις αὐτὰ περιδύσας τὸ μέτρον ὃ νῦν ἔχει, εἷμα δοὺς καὶ πορφυροῦν, λόγοισι ποικίλας καλοῖς, δυσπάλαιστος ὢν τὸς ἄλλως εὐπαλαίστους ἀποφανεῖ.
But as I think, I surely foresee this, That these my words will be preserved hereafter In many people’s recollection. And Another man will come, who’ll strip my reasons Of their poetic dress, and, clothing them In other garments and with purple broidery Will show them off; and being invincible, Will make all rivals bow the knee to him.
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ἀλλ’ ἐγὼν ἀνάγκαι ταῦτα πάντα ποιέω·
οἴομαι δ’ οὐδεὶς ἑκὼν πονηρὸς οὐδ’ ἄταν ἔχων.
Doch ich tue das alles nur aus Zwang. Freiwillig, dünkt mich, ist niemand schlecht oder unglücklich.
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[78] Eustrat. z. Ar. Nic. Γ 7 S. 155, 10, Heylb . ἐν Ἡρακλεῖ τῶι παρὰ φόλωι·
ἀλλὰ μὰν ἐγὼν ἀνάγκαι ταῦτα πάντα ποιέω·
οἴομαι δ’οὐδεὶς ἑκὼν πονηρὸς οὐδ’ ἄταν ἔχων.
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ὁ μὲν Ἐπίχαρμος τοὺς θεοὺς εἶναι λέγει
ἀνέμους, ὕδωρ, γῆν, ἥλιον, πῦρ, ἀστέρας·
ἐγὼ δ’ ὑπέλαβον χρησίμους εἶναι θεούς
τἀργύριον ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ χρυσίον μόνους.
Epicharm sagt, die Götter seien Winde, Wasser, Erde, Sonne, Feuer, Sterne. Ich aber habe die Meinung bekommen, nützliche Götter seien für uns nur Gold- und Silbergeld.
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[239] Stob. IV 31 Μενάνδρου (537 Kock) vgl. B 58
ὁ μὲν Ἐπιχαρμος τοὺς θεοὺς εἶναι λέγει
ἀνέμους, ὕδωρ γῆν, ἥλιον, πῦρ, ἀστέρας·
ἐγὼ δ’ ὑπέλαβον χρησίμους εἶναι θεσύς
τὰργύριον ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ χρυσίον μόνους.
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[245] [Plut.] cons. ad Apoll. 15 p. 110A [vgl. B 48] συνεκρίθη καὶ διεκρίθη κἀπῆλθεν ὅθεν ἦλθεν πάλιν, γᾶ μὲν εἰς γᾶν, πνεῦμα δ’ ἄνω· τί τῶνδε χαλεπόν; οὐδὲ ἔν.
“It was united, it is now dissolved; it returns back whence it came,—earth to earth, the spirit to regions above. What in all this is grievous? Nothing at all.”
Matthew Morgan; revised William W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 1, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation)How this fragment survives
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[246] Clem. Str. IV 45 (II 268, 20 St.) ἅ γα φύσις ἀνδρῶν τί ὦν; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσιαμένοι.
"This nature of men is inflated skins."
William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)How this fragment survives
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ἀποθανεῖν 〈μὴ εἶ〉η, τεθνάκειν δ’ οὐκ ἐμίν 〈γα〉 διαφέρει.
Sterben müssen bleibe mir fern, doch tot sein — das ist mir egal.
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The wish against dying depends on the edition’s supplement μή εἴη
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[247] Sext. adv. math. I 273 (vgl. Cic. Tusc. I 8, 15)
ἀποθανεῖν 〈μὴ εἶ〉η, τεθνάκειν δ’ οὐκ ἐμίν 〈γα〉 διαφέρει.
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[249] Plut. de fort. Al. II 3 p 336B [vgl. 11 Β 24] νοῦς ὁρῆι καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά.
’Tis the mind only sees, the mind That hears; the rest are deaf and blind.
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μέμνασ’ ἀπιστεῖν· ἄρθρα ταῦτα τᾶν φρενῶν.
"Don't forget to exercise incredulity; for it is the sinews of the soul."
William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)How this fragment survives
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[250] Polyb. XVIII 40, 4
νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ’ ἀπιστεῖν· ἄρθρα ταῦτα τᾶν φρενῶν.
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χαλεπὸν δ’ ἐκ μὴ καλῶς ἐχόντων λέγειν καλῶς κατ’ Ἐπίχαρμον· ἀρτίως τε γὰρ λέλεκται καὶ εὐθέως φαίνεται οὐ καλῶς ἔχον.
Denn es ist schwer aus unrichtigen Vordersätzen einen richtigen Schluß zu bilden nach Epicharm. ‘Eben ist es ausgesprochen und gleich ist der Fehler da’.
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Metaphysics · M9 (1086a16)
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[251] Arist. Metaph. M9. 1068a 16 χαλεπὸν δ’έκ μὴ καλῶς ἐχόντων λέγεν καλῶς κατ’ Ἐπίχαρμσν· ἀρτίως τε γὰρ λέλεκται καὶ εὐθέως φαίνεται οὐ καλῶς ἔχον.
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τὰ πρὸ τοῦ δύ’ ἄνδρες ἔλεγον, εἶς ἐγὼν ἀποχρέω.
Am by myself enough well to reply
To what two men have lately said before me.
C. D. Yonge · Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, translated by C. D. Yonge (1854)How this fragment survives
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[253] Athen. VII 308c 10
τὰ πρὸ τοῦ δύ’ ἄνδρες ἔλεγον, εἶς ἐγὼν ἀποχρέω.
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ὁ τρόπος ἀνθρώποισι δαίμων ἀγαθός, οἷς δὲ καὶ κακός.
Der Charakter ist den Menschen ihr guter Dämon, welchen auch ihr schlechter.
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[258] Stob. III 37, 18 H. Vgl. 12 Β 119
ὁ τρόπος ἀνθρώποισι δαίμων ἀγαθός, οἷς δὲ καὶ κακός.
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ἐφόδιον θνατοῖς μέγιστόν ἐστιν εὐσεβὴς βίος.
Ein frommes Leben ist den Sterblichen das beste Zehrgeld.
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[261] Anecd. Boiss. I 125.
ἐφόδιον θνατοῖς μέγιστόν ἐστιν εὐσεβὴς βίος.
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ἀνδρὶ δ’ ὑγιαίνειν ἄριστόν ἐστιν, ὥς γ’ ἐμὶν δοκεῖ.
Für den Menschen ist Gesundheit das Beste, wie’s mir scheinen will.
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[262] Arist. Rhet. II 21 , 1394b 13 [ohne lemma]
ἀνδρὶ δ’ ὑγιαίνευν ἄριστόν ἐστιν, ὥς γ’ ἐμὶν δοκεῖ.
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θνατὰ χρὴ τὸν θνατόν, οὐκ ἀθάνατα τὸν θνατὸν φρονεῖν.
Sterbliche Gedanken soll der Sterbliche hegen, nicht unsterbliche der Sterbliche.
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[263] Arist. Rhet. II 21, 1394b 25
θνατὰ χρὴ τὸν θνατόν, οὐκ ἀθάνατα τὸν θνατὸν φρονεῖν.
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τόκα μὲν ἐν τήνων ἐγὼν ἦν, τόκα δὲ παρὰ τήνοις ἐγών.
Tantôt j’étais au milieu d’eux, tantôt auprès d’eux.
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Epicharmus quoted by Aristotle, Rhetoric III.9, 1410b 5; Adolf Roemer, Aristotelis Ars rhetorica, second edition (Leipzig: Teubner, 1898), p. 200.
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γνῶθι πῶς ἄλλωι κέχρηται . . .
Lerne daraus, wie er andere benutzt!
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[264] Cic. ad Qu. fr. III 1, 23
γνῶθι πῶς ἄλλωι κέχρηται . . .
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[265] Clem. Str. IV 170 II 322, 22 St.) εὐσεβὴς νόωι πεφυκὼς οὐ πάθοις κ’ οὐδὲν κακὸν κατθανών· ἄνω τὸ πνεῦμα. διαμενεῖ κατ’ οὐρανόν.
"Endowed with pious mind, you will not, in dying, Suffer aught evil. The spirit will dwell in heaven above;"
William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)How this fragment survives
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[266] — — V 101 (II 393, 10 St.) ὸ μὲν Ἐπίχαρμος (Πυθαγόρειος δὲ ῆν) λέγων οὐδὲν ἐκφεύγει τὸ θεῖον· τοῦτο γινώσκειν σε δεῖ· αὐτός ἐσθ’ ἁμῶν ἐπόπτης, ἀδυνατεῖ δ’ οὐδὲν θεός.
Epicharmus--he was a Pythagorean--saying:-- "Nothing escapes the divine. This it behoves thee to know. He is our observer. To God nought is impossible."
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[267] VI 12 (II 432, 11 St.) ὡς πολὺν ζήσων χρόνον χώς ὀλίγον, οὕτως διανοοῦ.
"As destined long to live, and yet not long, Think of thyself."
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[268] — — VI 21 (II 439, 22 St.) Vgl. 1 A1 (I 6, 15). 73a 2. 381 ἐγγύα 〈δ’〉 ἄτας 〈γα〉 θυγάτηρ, ἐγγύας δὲ ζαμία.
"Suretyship is the daughter of mischief, and loss that of suretyship?"
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[269] — — VII 27 (III 20, 11 St.) καθαρὸν ἂν τὸν νοῦν ἔχηις, ἅπαν τὸ σῶμα καθαρὸς εἰ.
"If a pure mind thou hast, In thy whole body thou art pure."
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αἴ τί κα ζατῆις σοφόν, τᾶς νυκτὸς ἐνθυμητέον.
Suchst du etwas Kluges, so bedenk’ es in der Nacht!
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[270] Cornut. theol. 14
αἴ τί κα ζατῆις σοφόν, τᾶς νυκτὸς ἐνθυμητέον.
καί·
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πάντα τὰ σπουδαῖα νυκτὸς μᾶλλον ἐξευρίσκεται.
Alles Ernste findet man eher bei Nacht.
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[271]
πάντα τὰ σπουδαῖα νυκτὸς μᾶλλον ἐξευρίσκεται.
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οὐ λέγειν τύ γ’ ἐσσὶ δεινός, ἀλλὰ σιγᾶν ἀδύνατος.
Nicht zu reden bist du fähig, sondern zu schweigen unfähig.
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[272] Gell. I 15, 15
οὐ λέγειν τύ γ’ ἐσσὶ δεινός, ἀλλὰ σιγᾶν ἀδύνατος.
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ἁ δὲ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει· δός τι καὶ λάβοις τί κα.
Hand hand washes; give then something, and get something in return.
George Burges · The Works of Plato, a New and Literal Version, vol. VI (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854), p. 44.How this fragment survives
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[274] Plut. Popl. 15 (πρὸς τὸν ἄσωτον) οὐ φιλάνθρωπος τύ γ’ ἔσσ’· ἔχεις νόσον, χαίρεις διδούς.
’Tis not beneficence, but, truth to say, A mere disease of giving things away,
Several hands; revised Arthur Hugh Clough · Plutarch’s Lives, the translation commonly called Dryden’s, corrected and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough (1859)How this fragment survives
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[275] — de aud. poet. 4 p. 21 E [ohne Lemma] ποτὶ [τὸν] πονηρὸν οὐκ ᾄχρηστον ὅπλον ἁ πονηρία.
He that designs to encounter with a knave, An equal stock of knavery must have,
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How the Young Should Study Poetry · 4 p. 21 E
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ἁ δὲ μελέτα φύσιος ἀγαθᾶς πλέονα δωρεῖται, φίλοι.
Doch die Übung, Freunde, gibt mehr aus als gute Anlage.
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ἁ δὲ μελέτα φύσιος ἀγαθᾶς πλέονα δωρεῖται, φίλοι.
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τίς δὲ κα λώιη γενέσθαι μὴ φθονούμενος, φίλοι; δῆλον ὡς ἀνὴρ παρ’ οὐδὲν ἐσθ’ ὁ μὴ φθονούμενος· τυφλὸν ἠλέησ’ ίδών τις, ἐφθόνησε δ’ οὐδὲ εἴς.
Wer möchte nicht gern beneidet werden, o Freunde! Wer nicht beneidet wird, der Mann taugt klärlich nichts. Einen Blinden bemitleidet mancher, der ihn erblickt, aber beneiden tut ihn keiner.
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τίς δὲ κα λώιη γενέσθαι μὴ φθονούμενος, φίλοι;
δῆλον ὡς ἀνὴρ παρ’ οὐδὲν ἐσθ’ ὁ μὴ φθονούμενος·
τυφλὸν ἠλέησ’ ίδών τις, ἐφθόνησε δ’ οὐδὲ εἴς.
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σώφρονος γυναικὸς ἀρετὰ τὸν συνόντα μὴ ἀδικεῖν [ἄνδρα].
Einer braven Frau Tugend heißt: ihrem Gatten nicht weh zu tun.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906)How this fragment survives
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σώφρονος γυναικὸς ἀρετὰ τὸν συνόντα μὴ ἀδικεῖν [ἄνδρα].
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τῶν πόνων πυλοῦσιν ἡμῖν πάντα τἀγάθ’ οἱ θεοί.
Mühe heißt der Preis, um den uns die Götter alles Gute verkaufen.
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[287] Xenoph. Mem. II 1; 20 μαρτυρεῖ δὲ καὶ Ἐ. ἐν τῶιδε·
τῶν πόνων πυλοῦσιν ἡμῖν πάντα τἀγάθ’ οἱ θεοί.
καὶ ἐν ἄλλωι δὲ τόπωι σησίν·
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ὧ πονηρέ, μὴ τὰ μαλακὰ μῶσο, μὴ τὰ σκλήρ’ ἔχηις.
Du Schurke, denk’ nicht auf das Weiche: sonst kriegst du das Harte.
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ὧ πονηρέ, μὴ τὰ μαλακὰ μῶσο, μὴ τὰ σκλήρ’ ἔχηις.
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πρὸς τὸς 〈οὐ〉 πέλας πορεύου λαμπρὸν ἱμάτιον ἔχων,
καὶ φρονεῖν πολλοῖσι δόξεις, τυχὸν ἴσως 〈οὐδὲν φρονῶν〉.
Geh zu den Fernstehenden in glänzendem Gewande: dann werden viele meinen, du habest Verstand, wenn du vielleicht auch keinen hast.
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πρὸς τὸς 〈οὐ〉 πέλας πορεύου λαμπρὸν ἱμάτιον ἔχων,
καὶ φρονεῖν πολλοῖσι δόξεις, τυχὸν ἴσως 〈οὐδὲν φρογῶν〉.
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τῶι λόγωι μὲν εὗ διέρχηι πάντα, τῷι δ’ ἔργωι κακῶς.
In deinen Worten führst du alles gut aus, aber in deinen Werken übel.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906)How this fragment survives
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τῶι λόγωι μὲν εὗ διέρχηι πάντα, τῷι δ’ ἔργωι κακῶς.
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φύσιν ἔχειν ἄριστόν ἔστι, δεύτερον δὲ 〈μανθάνειν〉.
Talent haben, das ist das Beste, das zweite, etwas lernen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906)How this fragment survives
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φύσιν ἔχειν ἄριστόν ἔστι, δεύτερον δὲ 〈μανθάνειν〉.
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οὐ μετανοεῖν ἀλλὰ προνοεῖν χρὴ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν σοφόν.
Nicht nachbedenken, sondern vorbedenken soll der weise Mann.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906)How this fragment survives
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οὐ μετανοεῖν ἀλλὰ προνοεῖν χρὴ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν σοφόν.
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μὴ (ἐ)πὶ μικροῖς αὐτὸς αὐτὸν ὀξύθυμον δείκνυε.
Zeige dich nicht über Kleinigkeiten erregt!
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906)How this fragment survives
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μὴ (ἐ)πὶ μικροῖς αὐτὸς αὐτὸν ὀξύθυμον δείκνυε.
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ἐπιπολάζειν οὔ τι χρῆ τὸν θυμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸν νόον.
Nicht der Zorn, sondern der Verstand muß obenaufschwimmen.
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ἐπιπολάζειν οὔ τι χρῆ τὸν θυμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸν νόον.
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οὐδὲ εἰς οὐδὲν μετ’ ὀργῆς κατὰ τρόπον βουλεύεται.
Kein einziger pflegt im Zorne Rat, wie sich’s gebührt.
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οὐδὲ εἰς οὐδὲν μετ’ ὀργῆς κατὰ τρόπον βουλεύεται.
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〈ἥκιστά γ’ ὅσ〉τις δυστυχῶν βίον τ’ ἔχων
〈μηδὲν καλόν〉 τε κἀγαθὸν ψυχᾶι διδῶι,
〈ἐγὼν μὲν αὐτὸ〉ν οὔτι φασῶ μακάριον,
〈φύλακα δὲ μ〉ᾶλλον χρημάτων καλῶν 〈κακόν〉.
Wer nicht im geringsten vom Unglück verfolgt wird und sein Auskommen hat, aber dabei seiner Seele nichts Gutes und Schönes gönnt, den werde ich keineswegs glücklich nennen, sondern vielmehr schöner Schätze schlechten Hüter.
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quicunque, ait, minus delinquit optimus est vir: nemo est enim innocens, nemo reprehensionis expers.
Wer am wenigsten fehlt, ist der beste Mann. Denn niemand ist unschuldig, niemand ohne Tadel.
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[299] Philo Qu. in Gen. IV 203 p. 406 Auch. porro optime dixit Epicharmus quicunque, ait, minus delinquit optimus est vir: nemo est enim innocens, nemo reprehensionis expers. et Euripides [fr. 954 N.] quicunque incontinentes sunt et redundat in eis malum inimicitiae et iniustitiae, mali sunt; in quibus autem opposita praevalent, virtute praediti; in aliis vero ita, quasi aequalis sit commixtio; ita ut nulli sint qui omnia mala habeant sine ullo bono.
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nam videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum
Denn im Traume dünkt’ es mich, ich sei gestorben.
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EPICHARMUS ENNI. (Aus Axiopistos’ Sammlung)
[1 Vahlen 1903] Cic. Ac. II 16, 51 at cum somniavit [näml. Ennius] , ita narravit visus Homerus adesse poeta [Ann. 7] ; idemque in Epicharmo nam videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum
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terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est.
Der Körper ist Erde, aber der Geist Feuer.
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[5] Prisc. I 341 H. (mentis ― mens)
–⏒–⏒ terra corpus es at mentis ignis est.
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principia sunt eadem, quae mundi esse Ennius scribit, aqua terra anima et sol.
Wasser, Erde, Hauch und Sonne sind die Elemente der Welt.
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[3] Varro d. re r. I 4,1 eius [näml. agriculturae] principia sunt eadem, quae mundi esse Ennius scribit, aqua terra anima et sol.
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istic est de sole sumptus ignis.
Jenes Feuer ist von der Sonne genommen.
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On the Latin Language · v 59
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— d. ling. l. v 59
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[6, 52] — d. ling. l. v 59 itáque Epicharmus dicit de mente humana. ait:
istic est de sole sumptus ignis.
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Und sie (die Sonne) ist ganz Geist.
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[6, 53] idem solem:
isque totus mentis est,
ut humores frigidae sunt humi, ut supra ostendi. quibus iunctis caelum et terra omnia exgenuerunt, quod per hos natura
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quibus iunctis caelum et terra omnia exgenuerunt, quod per hos natura frigori miscet calorem atque humori aritudinem.
Durch Mischung von Feuer und Wasser haben Himmel und Erde alles geschaffen, weil die Natur durch sie Wärme der Kälte mischt und Trocknis der Feuchte.
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[2] frigori miscet calorem atque humori aritudinem.
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haec enim terris gentis omnis peperit et resumit denuo quae . . . . . . dat cibaria,
Die Mutter Erde hat alle Geschlechter in den Ländern erschaffen und nimmt sie wieder in sich auf. Sie ist es, die Futter darbietet.
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[4, 48. 49] Varro 1. 1. 64 dicitur Ops mater quod terra mater. haec enim
terris gentis omnis peperit et resumit denuo
quae . . . . . . dat cibaria,
ut ait Ennius. quae
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quod gerit fruges, Ceres.
Die Ceres heißt, weil sie die Früchte im Schoße trägt.
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[4, 50] quod gerit fruges, Ceres.
antiquis enim, quod nune G, C. 65 idem hi dei Caelum et Terra Iupiter et Iuno, quod ut ait Ennius
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istic est is Iupiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant
aerem; qui ventus est et nubes, imber postea,
atque ex imbre frigus, ventus post fit, aer denuo.
haece propter Iupiter sunt ista quae dico tibi,
quia mortalis 〈is〉 atque urbes beluasque omnis iuvat.
Dies ist jener Jupiter, den die Griechen Luft nennen. Er ist Wind und Wolken, dann Regen und aus Regen wird Kälte, dann Wind und aufs neue Luft. Darum sind alle jene Elemente, die ich dir herzähle, Jupiter, weil er durch sie allen Menschen, Städten und Tieren hilft.
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istic est is Iupiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant
aerem; qui ventus est et nubes, inber postea,
atque ex imbre frigus, ventus post fit, aer denuo
haece propter Iupiter sunt ista quae dico tibi,
quia mortalis; 〈is〉 atque urbes belausque omnis iuvat.
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hinc Epicharmus Enni Proserpinam quoque [sc. lunam] appellat quod solet esse sub terris; dieta Proserpina, quod haec ut serpens modo in dexteram modo in sinisteram partem late movetur.
Proserpina heißt der Mond, weil er unter der Erde zu verweilen pflegt; Proserpina ist sein Name, weil er wie eine Schlange bald nach rechts bald nach links sich in die Weite fortbewegt.
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[8] — 68 hinc Epicharmus Enni Proserpinam quoque [sc. lunam] appellat quod solet esse sub terris; dieta Proserpina, quod haec ut serpens modo in dexteram modo in sinisteram partem late movetur.
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ceterum E. etiam summum apicem inter divinationes somniis extulit eum Philochoro Atheniensi.
porro quia non est es arbitrio somniare (nam et E. ita sentit), quomodo ipsa erit sibi causa alicuius visionis?
Epicharmus, indeed, as well as Philochorus the Athenian, assigned the very highest place among divinations to dreams.
Now, inasmuch as the soul cannot dream of its own accord (for even Epicharmus is of this opinion), how can it become to itself the cause of any vision?
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Published passage: On the Soul 46–47
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ΑΞΙΟΠΙΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΝΩΝ Unecht, vgl. A. 10. Vorbem. S. 117.
[289] Tertull. de anima 46 (377, 8 Wiss.) ceterum E. etiam summum apicem inter divinationes somniis extulit eum Philochoro Atheniensi. 47 porro quia non est es arbitrio somniare (nam et E. ita sentit), quomodo ipsa erit sibi causa alicuius visionis? Für berühmte Traumerfüllungen vorher 377, 3 zitiert:Artemon, Antiphon, Strato, Philochorus, Epicharmus usw.
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ΧΡΥΣΟΓΟΝΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ Unecht, vgl. A. 10. Vorbem. S. 116. [255] Clem. Str. V 119 (II 405, 13 St.) ὃ τε κωμικὸς Ἐ. σαφῶς περὶ τοῦ λόγου ἐν τῆι Πολιτείαι λέγει ὦδέ πως· ὁ βίος ἀνθρώποις λογισμοῦ κἀριθμοῦ δεῖται πάνυ· ζῶμεν [δὲ] ἀριθμῶι καὶ λογισμῶι· ταῦτα γὰρ σώιζει βροτούς.
The comic poet Epicharmus speaks in the Republic clearly of the Word in the following terms:-- "The life of men needs calculation and number alone, And we live by number and calculation, for these save mortals."
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Published passage: Clement, Stromata 5.14 (DK 5.119)
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[256. 257] εἶτα διαρρήδην ἐπιφέρει· ὁ λόγος ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾶι κατὰ τρόπον σωίζει τ’ ἀεὶ. ἐστιν ἀνθρώπωι λογισμός, ἔστι καὶ θεῖος λόγος· ὁ δέ γε τἀνθρώπου πέφυκεν ἀπό γε τοῦ θείου λόγου, 〈καὶ〉 φέρει 〈πόρους ἑκάστωι〉 περὶ βίου καὶ τᾶς τρσφᾶς. ὁ δέ γε ταῖς τέχναις ἁπάσαις συνέπεται θεῖος λόγος, ἑκδιδάσκων αὐτὸς αὐτούς, ὅ τι ποιεῖν δεῖ συμφέρον. οὐ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος τέχναν τιν’ εὔρεν, ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοπάν.
He then adds expressly:-- "Reason governs mortals, and alone preserves manners." Then:-- "There is in man reasoning; and there is a divine Reason. Reason is implanted in man to provide for life and sustenance, But divine Reason attends the arts in the case of all, Teaching them always what it is advantageous to do. For it was not man that discovered art, but God brought it; And the Reason of man derives its origin from the divine Reason."
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ΧΙΡΩΝ. Unecht, vgl. A. 10. Vorbem. S. 116. καὶ πιεῖν ὕδωρ διπλάσιον χλιαρόν, ἡμίνας δύο.
And to drink twice the quantity of cool water,—
Two full heminas.
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Published passage: Deipnosophists XIV.59, 640d
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ΧΙΡΩΝ. Unecht, vgl. A. 10. Vorbem. S. 116.
[290] Athen. XIV 640D [vgl. S. 115, 26].
καὶ πιεῖν ὕδωρ διπλάσιον χλιαρόν, ἡμίνας δύο.
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Halbes Liter.
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[291] Anecd. Bekk. Antiattic. 98, 32 ἡμιλίτριον· Ἐ. Χίρωνι.
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octavo mense nasci negaverunt.
Achtmonatliche Geburt sei nicht lebensfähig.
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[248] Censorin. VII 6 (D. 195) contra eum [Euryphon von Knidos] ferme omnes Epicharmum secuti octava mense nasci negaverunt.
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pugnacem arietem mitigari terebra secundum ariculas foratis cornibus, qua curvantur in flexu.
Ein kampflustiger Widder läßt sich zähmen, wenn man ihm die Hörner in der Nähe der Ohren, wo ihre Krümmung anbiegt, durchbohrt.
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[292] Columell. VII 3, 6 E. autem Syracusanus, qui pecundum medicinas diligentissime conscripsit, affirmat pugnacem arietem mitigari terebra secundum ariculas foratis cornibus, qua curvantur in flexu.
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testium et genitalium malis hanc [sc. brassicam] utilissime inponi
applied topically, cabbage is extremely beneficial for diseases of the testes and genitals.
John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley · The Natural History of Pliny, vol. IV (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856), p. 239, book XX.34 (modern XX.89)How this fragment survives
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satis esse eam [sc. brassicam silvestrem] contra canis rabiosi morsum imponi, melius si cum lasere et aceto acri, necari quoque canes ea si detur ex carne.
Epicharmus informs us, that for the bite of a mad dog, it is quite sufficient to apply it topically to the part affected, but that if used with silphium and strong vinegar, it is better still: he says, too, that it will kill a dog, if given to it with flesh to eat.
John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley · The Natural History of Pliny, vol. IV (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856), p. 240, book XX.36 (modern XX.94)How this fragment survives
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Halber.
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ΟΨΟΠΟΙΙΑ. Unecht, aus Χίρων? S. Vorbem. S. 116.
[290] Anecd. Bekk. Antiattic. 99, 1 ἡμίνα· ἐν τῆι ἀναφερομένηι εἰς Ἐπίχαρμον Ὀψοποιίαι [― 58? vgl. B 58a].
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εἰμὶ νεκρός· νεκρὸς δὲ κόπρος, γῇ δ’ ἡ κόπρος ἐστίν· εἰ δ’ ἡ γῆ θεός ἐστ’, οὐ νεκρός, ἀλλὰ θεός.
Eine Leiche bin ich. Leiche ist Mist, Mist ist Erde. Wenn aber die Erde eine Gottheit ist, so bin ich nicht eine Leiche, sondern ein Gott.
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ΕΠΙΓΡΑΜΜΑ. Unecht, vgl. B 9.48. Vorbem. S. 116.
[296] Schol. BT zu X 414 ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑπίγραμμα δ εἰς Ἐπίχαρμον ἀναφέρεται·
εἰμὶ νεκρός· νεκρὸς δὲ κόπρος, γῇ δ’ ἡ κόπρος ἐστίν·
εἰ δ’ ἡ γῆ θεός ἐστ’, οὐ νεκρός, ἀλλὰ θεός.
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ΠΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΗΝΟΡΑ. Unecht. [295] Plut. Num. 8 Πυθαγόραν Ῥωμαῖοι τῆι πολιτείαι προσέγραψαν, ὡς ἱστόρηκεν Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ κωμικὸς ἔν τινι λόγωι πρὸς Ἀντήνορα γεγραμμένωι, παλαιὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ τῆς Πυθαγορικῆς διατριβῆς μετεσχηκώς.
The comic writer Epicharmus, an ancient author, and of the school of Pythagoras, in a book of his dedicated to Antenor, records that Pythagoras was made a freeman of Rome.
Several hands; revised Arthur Hugh Clough · Plutarch’s Lives, the translation commonly called Dryden’s, corrected and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough (1859)How this fragment survives
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[171]
(14) — ἆρ’ ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι πραγμα; — πάνυ μὲν οὖν. ἄνθρωπος οὖν αὔλησίς ἔστην — οὐθαμῶς. — φέρ(ε) ἴδω, τί δ’ αὐλητάς, τίς εἶμὲν τοι δοκεῖ; ἄνθρωπος, ἢ οὐ γάρ, — πάνυ μὲν οὖν. — οὐκ οὖν δοκεῖς οὕτως ἔχειν 〈κα〉 καὶ περὶ τάγαθοθ; τὸ μὲν ἀγαθὸν τὸ πρᾶγμ(α) εἶμεν καθ’ αὔθ’· ὅστις δὲ κα εἰδῆι μαθών τῆν(ο), ἀγαθὸς ἦδη γίγνεται. ὥσπερ γάρ ἐστ’ αὔλησιν αὐλητὰς μαθών ἢ ὄρχησιν ὀρχηστάς τις ἢ πλοκεὺς πλοκάν, ἢ πᾶν γ’ ὁμοίως τῶν τοιούτων ὃ τι τὺ λῆις, οὐκ αὐτὸς εἴη κα τέχνα, τεχνικός γα μάν.
(15) Πλάτων ἐν τῆι περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν ὑπολήψει [Phaedon p. 96B] φησίν, εἶπερ ἔστι μνήμη, τὰς ἰδέας ἂν τοῖς οὖσιν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὸ τὴν μνήμην ἠρεμοῦντός τινος καὶ μένοντος εἶναι· μένειν δὲ οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ τὰς ἰδέας. ῾τίνα γὰρ ἄν τρόπον, φησί. διεσώιζετο τὰ ζῶια μὴ τῆς ἰδέας ἐφαπτόμενα καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο τὸν νοῦν φυσικῶς εἰληφότα; νῦν δὲ μνημονεύει [vgl. Parm. p. 129] τῆς ὁμοιότητος 〈γενέσεώς〉 τε καὶ τροφῆς, ὁποία τίς ἐστν αὐτοὶς, ἐνδεικνύμενα διότι πᾶσι τοῖς ζώιοις ἔμφυτός ἑστιν ἡ τῆς ὁμοιότητος θεωρία· διὸ καὶ τῶν ὁμοφύλων αἰσθάνεται’. πῶς οὖν ὀ Ἐ.,
A. Tell me, is flute-playing now a thing at all? B. Of course it is. A. Is man then flute-playing? B. No, nothing of the sort. A. Well, let us see— What is a flute-player? what think you now Of him—is he a man, or is he not? B. Of course he is a man. A. Think you not then The case is just the same about the good. That the good is something by itself, intrinsic And he who’s learnt, does at once become Himself a good man? just as he who’s learnt Flute-playing is a flute-player; or dancing, A dancer; weaving, a weaver. And in short, Whoever learns an art, does not become The art itself, but just an artist in it.
Plato, in his theory of Ideas, says, “That since there is such a thing as memory, the ideas are in existent things, because memory is only conversant about what is stable and enduring; and that no other thing is durable except ideas, for in what way,” he continues, “could animals be preserved, if they had no ideas to guide them, and if, in addition to them, they had not an intellect given to them by nature?” But as it is they recollect similitudes, and also their food, so as to know what kind of food is fit for them; which they learn because the notion of similarity is implanted naturally in every animal; owing to which notion they recognize those of the same species as themselves. What is it then that Epicharmus says?
Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915)How this fragment survives
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[172]
(16) Εὔμαιε, τὸ σοφόν ἐστιν οὐ καθ’ ἕν μόνον, ἀλλ’ ὅσσα περ ζῆι, πάντα καὶ γνώμαν ἔχει. καὶ γὰρ τὸ θῆλυ τᾶν ἀλεκτορίδων γένος, αἰ λῆις καταμαθεῖν ἀτενές, οὐ τίκτει τέκνα ζῶντ(α), ἀλλ’ ἐπώιζει καὶ ποιεῖ ψυχὰν ἔχειν. τὸ δὲ σοφὸν ἁ φύσις τόδ’ οἶδεν ὡς ἔχει μόνα· πεπαίδευται γὰρ αὐταύτας ὕπο. καὶ πάλιν·
Eumæus’ wisdom?—not a scanty gift Appropriated to one single being; But every animal that breathes and lives, Has mind and intellect.—So if you will Survey the facts attentively, you’ll find, E’en in the common poultry yard, the hen Brings not her offspring forth at first alive, But sits upon her eggs, and by her warmth, Cherishes them into life. And all this wisdom She does derive from nature’s gift alone, For nature is her only guide and teacher.
And in a subsequent passage he says:—
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[173] θαυμαστὸν οὐδὲν ἁμὲ ταῦθ’ οὕτω λέγειν, καὶ ἁνδάνειν αὐτοῖσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ δοκεῖν καλῶς πεφύκειν· καὶ γὰρ ἁ κύων κυνί κάλλιστον εἶμεν φαίνεται, καὶ βοῦς βοΐ, ὄνος δ(ὲ) ὄνωι κάλλιστον, ὗς δὲ θην ὑί.
(17) καὶ ταῦτα μὲν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα διὰ τῶν τεττάρων βιβλίων παραπήγνυσιν ὁ Ἄλκιμος, παρασημαίνων τὴν ἐξ Ἐπιχάρμου Πλάτωνι περιγενομένην ὠφέλειαν. ὅτι δ’ οὐδ’ αὑτὸς Ἐ. ἠγνόει τὴν αὐτοῦ σοφίαν, μαθεῖν ἔστι κὰκ τούτων ἐν οἰς τὸν ζηλώσοντα προμαντεύεται·
There is no wonder in my teaching this, That citizens please citizens, and seem To one another to be beautiful: And so one dog seems to another dog The fairest object in the world; and so One ox seems to another, ass to ass, And swine to swine.
And these and similar speculations are examined and compared by Alcimus through four books, where he shows how much assistance Plato has derived from Epicharmus. And that Epicharmus himself was not indisposed to appreciate his own wisdom, one may learn from these lines, in which he predicts that there will arise some one to imitate him:—
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[254] ὡς δ(ὲ) ἐγὼ δοκέω, δοκέων γὰρ σάφα ἴσαμι τοῦθ’, ὅτι τῶν ἐμῶν μνάμα ποκ’ ἐσσεῖται λόγων τούτων ἔτι. καὶ λαβών τις αὐτὰ περιδύσας τὸ μέτρον ὃ νῦν ἔχει, εἷμα δοὺς καὶ πορφυροῦν, λόγοισι ποικίλας καλοῖς, δυσπάλαιστος ὢν τὸς ἄλλως εὐπαλαίστους ἀποφανεῖ.
But as I think, I surely foresee this, That these my words will be preserved hereafter In many people’s recollection. And Another man will come, who’ll strip my reasons Of their poetic dress, and, clothing them In other garments and with purple broidery Will show them off; and being invincible, Will make all rivals bow the knee to him.
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[245] [Plut.] cons. ad Apoll. 15 p. 110A [vgl. B 48] συνεκρίθη καὶ διεκρίθη κἀπῆλθεν ὅθεν ἦλθεν πάλιν, γᾶ μὲν εἰς γᾶν, πνεῦμα δ’ ἄνω· τί τῶνδε χαλεπόν; οὐδὲ ἔν.
“It was united, it is now dissolved; it returns back whence it came,—earth to earth, the spirit to regions above. What in all this is grievous? Nothing at all.”
Matthew Morgan; revised William W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 1, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation)How this fragment survives
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[246] Clem. Str. IV 45 (II 268, 20 St.) ἅ γα φύσις ἀνδρῶν τί ὦν; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσιαμένοι.
"This nature of men is inflated skins."
William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)How this fragment survives
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[249] Plut. de fort. Al. II 3 p 336B [vgl. 11 Β 24] νοῦς ὁρῆι καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά.
’Tis the mind only sees, the mind That hears; the rest are deaf and blind.
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[265] Clem. Str. IV 170 II 322, 22 St.) εὐσεβὴς νόωι πεφυκὼς οὐ πάθοις κ’ οὐδὲν κακὸν κατθανών· ἄνω τὸ πνεῦμα. διαμενεῖ κατ’ οὐρανόν.
"Endowed with pious mind, you will not, in dying, Suffer aught evil. The spirit will dwell in heaven above;"
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Published passage: Clement, Stromata 4.26 (DK 4.170)
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[266] — — V 101 (II 393, 10 St.) ὸ μὲν Ἐπίχαρμος (Πυθαγόρειος δὲ ῆν) λέγων οὐδὲν ἐκφεύγει τὸ θεῖον· τοῦτο γινώσκειν σε δεῖ· αὐτός ἐσθ’ ἁμῶν ἐπόπτης, ἀδυνατεῖ δ’ οὐδὲν θεός.
Epicharmus--he was a Pythagorean--saying:-- "Nothing escapes the divine. This it behoves thee to know. He is our observer. To God nought is impossible."
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[267] VI 12 (II 432, 11 St.) ὡς πολὺν ζήσων χρόνον χώς ὀλίγον, οὕτως διανοοῦ.
"As destined long to live, and yet not long, Think of thyself."
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[268] — — VI 21 (II 439, 22 St.) Vgl. 1 A1 (I 6, 15). 73a 2. 381 ἐγγύα 〈δ’〉 ἄτας 〈γα〉 θυγάτηρ, ἐγγύας δὲ ζαμία.
"Suretyship is the daughter of mischief, and loss that of suretyship?"
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[269] — — VII 27 (III 20, 11 St.) καθαρὸν ἂν τὸν νοῦν ἔχηις, ἅπαν τὸ σῶμα καθαρὸς εἰ.
"If a pure mind thou hast, In thy whole body thou art pure."
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Published passage: Clement, Stromata 7.4 (DK 7.27)
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[274] Plut. Popl. 15 (πρὸς τὸν ἄσωτον) οὐ φιλάνθρωπος τύ γ’ ἔσσ’· ἔχεις νόσον, χαίρεις διδούς.
’Tis not beneficence, but, truth to say, A mere disease of giving things away,
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[275] — de aud. poet. 4 p. 21 E [ohne Lemma] ποτὶ [τὸν] πονηρὸν οὐκ ᾄχρηστον ὅπλον ἁ πονηρία.
He that designs to encounter with a knave, An equal stock of knavery must have,
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How the Young Should Study Poetry · 4 p. 21 E
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ΧΡΥΣΟΓΟΝΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ Unecht, vgl. A. 10. Vorbem. S. 116. [255] Clem. Str. V 119 (II 405, 13 St.) ὃ τε κωμικὸς Ἐ. σαφῶς περὶ τοῦ λόγου ἐν τῆι Πολιτείαι λέγει ὦδέ πως· ὁ βίος ἀνθρώποις λογισμοῦ κἀριθμοῦ δεῖται πάνυ· ζῶμεν [δὲ] ἀριθμῶι καὶ λογισμῶι· ταῦτα γὰρ σώιζει βροτούς.
The comic poet Epicharmus speaks in the Republic clearly of the Word in the following terms:-- "The life of men needs calculation and number alone, And we live by number and calculation, for these save mortals."
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[256. 257] εἶτα διαρρήδην ἐπιφέρει· ὁ λόγος ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾶι κατὰ τρόπον σωίζει τ’ ἀεὶ. ἐστιν ἀνθρώπωι λογισμός, ἔστι καὶ θεῖος λόγος· ὁ δέ γε τἀνθρώπου πέφυκεν ἀπό γε τοῦ θείου λόγου, 〈καὶ〉 φέρει 〈πόρους ἑκάστωι〉 περὶ βίου καὶ τᾶς τρσφᾶς. ὁ δέ γε ταῖς τέχναις ἁπάσαις συνέπεται θεῖος λόγος, ἑκδιδάσκων αὐτὸς αὐτούς, ὅ τι ποιεῖν δεῖ συμφέρον. οὐ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος τέχναν τιν’ εὔρεν, ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοπάν.
He then adds expressly:-- "Reason governs mortals, and alone preserves manners." Then:-- "There is in man reasoning; and there is a divine Reason. Reason is implanted in man to provide for life and sustenance, But divine Reason attends the arts in the case of all, Teaching them always what it is advantageous to do. For it was not man that discovered art, but God brought it; And the Reason of man derives its origin from the divine Reason."
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ΠΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΗΝΟΡΑ. Unecht. [295] Plut. Num. 8 Πυθαγόραν Ῥωμαῖοι τῆι πολιτείαι προσέγραψαν, ὡς ἱστόρηκεν Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ κωμικὸς ἔν τινι λόγωι πρὸς Ἀντήνορα γεγραμμένωι, παλαιὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ τῆς Πυθαγορικῆς διατριβῆς μετεσχηκώς.
The comic writer Epicharmus, an ancient author, and of the school of Pythagoras, in a book of his dedicated to Antenor, records that Pythagoras was made a freeman of Rome.
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