[1] This entry consists of part of a quoted phrase, as headword, with the quotation completed as the gloss. The phrase is from
Synesius of Cyrene's
Encomium on Baldness 22-3 (J.P. Migne
Patrologia Graeca 66.1169a), where
Synesius says how he felt about becoming bald. He was upset at losing his looks, but reflected on his abiding qualities, among which was that 'In respect of
Aphrodite, I was most righteous, and I would rival even
Bellerophon in moderation.' The quotation in the Suda replaces '
Aphrodite' with 'moderation', creating a repetition where the original has none.
[2] Anteia (or Stheneboea), wife of Proetus, king of
Tiryns, tried to seduce
Bellerophon/Bellerophontes, but he resisted her; this is the point of the reference to Bellerophontes' moderation, shown by his ability to resist unwanted sexual advances. So the first half of the quotation from
Synesius has a similar point to the second, since they both refer to self-controlled behaviour in relation to love and/or sex.
J.P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca vol. 66.
Simon Hornblower and A.J.S. Spawforth (eds.), Oxford Classical Dictionary, third edition, s.v. Bellerophon.
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