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Headword: Κακοδαίμων
Adler number: kappa,156
Translated headword: ill-starred
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
One who is hateful to a god, and has a soul affected by passion.[1]
Aelian [writes]:[1] "[there was] a man [called] Euphronius, an ill-starred man, and he rejoiced in the nonsense of Epicurus and he adopted two bad things from that [nonsense], [namely] to be an atheist and a licentious man."[2]
Greek Original:
Κακοδαίμων: ὁ θεῷ ἐπαχθής, καὶ ὁ τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχων ἐμπαθῆ. Αἰλιανός: ἀνὴρ Εὐφρόνιος, κακοδαίμων ἀνήρ, καὶ ἔχαιρεν ἐπὶ ταῖς Ἐπικούρου φλυαρίαις καὶ ἐξ ἐκείνων κακὰ εἰρύσατο δύο, ἄθεός τε καὶ ἀκόλαστος εἶναι.
Notes:
[1] Similar definition in Photius and elsewhere.
[2] Aelian fr.89 Hercher, already partly quoted at epsiloniota 215. For Epicurus see generally epsilon 2404, epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 26 July 2005@21:52:14.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 27 July 2005@02:06:07.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 10 October 2005@09:04:18.
David Whitehead (tweaked translation) on 9 November 2005@06:16:26.
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