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Headword:
Εὐκλείδης
Adler number: epsilon,3539
Translated headword: Eukleides, Euclides
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Of Megara (the Megara on the Isthmus [of Corinth]),[1] philosopher, and founder of the Megarian sect named after him,[2] which was also, of course, known as Dialectical and Eristic. He was a pupil of Socrates;[3] after him Ichthyas[4] and then Stilpon[5] headed the school. He wrote dialogues [called] Alkibiades, Aischines, Kriton, Phoinix, Lamprias, Erotic, etc.
Greek Original:Εὐκλείδης, Μεγαρεύς [Μεγάρων δὲ τῶν ἐν τῷ Ἰσθμῷ], φιλόσοφος, καὶ τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ κληθεῖσαν Μεγαρικὴν αἵρεσιν εἰσήγαγεν, ἣν δὴ καὶ Διαλεκτικὴν καὶ Ἐριστικὴν προσαγορευθεῖσαν. γέγονε δὲ μαθητὴς Σωκράτους: μεθ' ὃν Ἰχθύας, εἶτα Στίλπων ἔσχον τὴν σχολήν. συνέγραψε διαλόγους Ἀλκιβιάδην, Αἰσχίνην, Κρίτωνα, Φοίνικα, Λαμπρίαν, Ἐρωτικόν: καὶ ἄλλα τινά.
Notes:
c.450-c.380 BCE; see generally G.E.L.Owen in OCD(3) s.v.
Euclides(1).
[1] The parenthesis serves to distinguish this Megara from Megara Hyblaea in
Sicily.
[2] See generally D.N.Sedley in OCD(3) s.v. Megarian school.
[3] For whom see generally
sigma 829.
[4] No Suda entry, but see in brief
Diogenes Laertius 2.110 and 6.80.
[5] For whom see generally
sigma 1114.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 May 2003@05:06:31.
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