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Headword:
Ξενοκράτης
Adler number: xi,43
Translated headword: Xenocrates, Xenokrates
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A philosopher, [the one] who was much talked about his self-control [
sophrosyne].[1]
"He was no less inclined towards self-control than the Platonic
Xenocrates."[2]
This man wrote up the observing of domestic bird-omens; for example, if a weasel or snake appears on the roof, it means such and such.[3]
Ξενοκράτης, φιλόσοφος, ὃς ἐπὶ σωφροσύνῃ ἐτεθρύλητο. ὁ δὲ πρὸς σωφροσύνην οὐδὲν μεῖον εἶχε τοῦ Πλατωνικοῦ Ξενοκράτους. οὗτος συνεγράψατο τὸ οἰκοσκοπικὸν οἰώνισμα: ὅτι οἷον, εἰ ἐν τῇ στέγῃ ἐφάνη γαλῆ ἢ ὄφις, τόδε σημαίνει.
Notes:
For
Xenocrates see already
xi 42.
[1] See generally
sigma 890,
sigma 891,
sigma 892 (and cf.
sigma 882,
sigma 883,
sigma 884,
sigma 885,
sigma 886,
sigma 887,
sigma 889).
[2] Perhaps
Aelian (so Adler), but person unknown.
[3] cf. generally
omicroniota 163, at n.3 there. The present material derives from ps-
Nonnus,
Scholia mythologica 4.72.
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 17 February 2000@09:32:22.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added notes and keywords) on 4 July 2001@09:10:10.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keyword; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status) on 29 August 2007@07:39:38.
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