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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Diogenes Laertius

Page 326, “Innesistratus” changed to “Mnesistratus” (Once, when Mnesistratus accused him) Page 328, “Dioles” changed to “Diocles” (as Diocles reports) Page 328, “Cryxippus” changed to “Crypsippus” (Carneades called him Crypsippus) Page 330, “Aristocrea” changed to “Aristocreon” (the sons of his sister, Aristocreon and Philocrates) Page 330, “heirophant” changed to “hierophant” (the hierophant reveals them) Page 331, repeated word “a” removed (there is then a head that you have not got) Page 333, “Sosigines” changed to “Sosigenes” (addressed to Sosigenes and Alexander) Page 333, “Panthorides” changed to “Panthoides” (Ambiguous Expressions, by Panthoides) Page 333, “Agatha” changed to “Agathon” (an essay to Agathon) Page 334, “Meliager” changed to “Meleager” twice (addressed to Meleager / addressed also to Meleager) Page 334, “hyopthethical” changed to “hypothetical” (of hypothetical reasoning to serve as an Introduction) Page 334, missing word “to” added (an introduction to Fallacy, addressed to Aristocreon) Page 335, “Oretis” changed to “Outis” (an essay on the Argument Outis) Page 340, “maner” changed to “manner” (writes in the following manner) Page 341, “Scopeadæ” changed to “Scopiadæ” (the poem called the Scopiadæ) Page 343, “then” changed to “them” (allowed his disciples to eat them) Page 353, “Innesimachus” changed to “Mnesimachus” (And Mnesimachus says in his Alcmæon) Page 353, “Austophon” changed to “Aristophon” (Aristophon says in his Pythagorean) Page 354, “Cortona” changed to “Crotona” (at the house of Milo, of Crotona) Page 356, “Sarapian” changed to “Sarapion” (Heraclides, the son of Sarapion) Page 356, “Phythagoras” changed to “Pythagoras” (Should you Pythagoras’ doctrine wish to know) Page 357, “Echurates” changed to “Echecrates” (and Echecrates, and Diodes) Page 359, “Jelanges” changed to “Telauges” (Now Telauges and Theano we have mentioned) Page 360, “Jelanges” changed to “Telauges” twice (But Telauges, the son of Pythagoras / the letter of Telauges) Page 362, missing section number “VI.” added in what seemed to be the appropriate place for it (VI. The case of the dead woman) Page 364, “κοουφῆς” changed to “κορυφῆς” (Ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς τύμβος ἄκρος κατέχει.) Page 369, “Innesagoras” changed to “Mnesagoras” (the son of Mnesagoras) Page 369, “Orellus” changed to “Ocellus” (the descendants of Ocellus) Page 373, “Octacteris” changed to “Octaeteris” (the treatise called the Octaeteris) Page 373, “Mansolus” changed to “Mausolus” (he also went to the court of Mausolus) Page 373, “Nichomachus” changed to “Nicomachus” (Nicomachus, the son of Aristotle) Page 374, “Sicilist” changed to “Siciliot” (the third, a Siciliot, a son of Agathocles) Page 376, “Heraceon” changed to “Heracion” (the son of Blyson, or, as some say, of Heracion) Page 381, “Phaleruus” changed to “Phalereus” (Demetrius Phalereus also mentions him) Page 381, “Scythenus” changed to “Scythinus” (Scythinus, an iambic poet) Page 382, “Zande” changed to “Zancle” (lived at Zancle, in Sicily) Page 383, “Anaxemander” changed to “Anaximander” (a contemporary of Anaximander) Page 384, “Diochartes” changed to “Diochaetes” (and Diochaetes the Pythagorean) Page 386, “Ithageses” changed to “Ithagenes” (a Samian, and the son of Ithagenes) Page 386, “Telentagoras” changed to “Teleutagoras” (he was by nature the son of Teleutagoras) Page 396, “Artmography” changed to “Actinography” (Actinography, or a discussion on Rays of Light) Page 389, “resistence” changed to “resistance” (according to the resistance of the centre) Page 396, “Rythm” changed to “Rhythm” (A treatise on Rhythm and Harmony) Page 397, “Prodicas” changed to “Prodicus” twice (He, and Prodicus of Ceos / Prodicus had a very powerful voice) Page 398, “Allidomas” changed to “Alcidamas” (but Alcidamas says that) Page 405, “Memenius” changed to “Numenius” (Numenius is the only writer who asserts) Page 405, “Epianus” changed to “Epicurus” (was the master of Epicurus) Page 407, “antethetical” changed to “antithetical” (antithetical force of words) Page 409, “Phyrrho” changed to “Pyrrho” (Pyrrho lays down in the following manner) Page 414, “iotellect” changed to “intellect” (either sense or intellect) Page 414, “dawn” changed to “down” (those opinions which are laid down previously) Page 422, “Cercipes” changed to “Cercopes” (through the forum of the Cercopes) Page 423, “Nilolochus” changed to “Nicolochus” (Nicolochus of Rhodes) Page 423, “Pracylus” changed to “Praylus” (Praylus of the Troas) Page 423, “Xeuxippus” changed to “Zeuxippus” (Zeuxippus Polites) Page 423, “Gonicpus” changed to “Goniopus” (Zeuxis Goniopus) Page 423, “Theodos” changed to “Theodas” (Theodas, of Laodicea) Page 424, “had Colonis and” changed to “had colonised” (as the Athenians had colonised Samos) Page 425, “Inus” changed to “Mus” (a slave, whose name was Mus) Page 425, repeated word “as” removed (well as one of his brothers) Page 425, “Leontius” changed to “Leonteus” (Themista, the wife of Leonteus) Page 426, “Marmaricem” changed to “Marmarium” (and among them Marmarium) Page 427, “nicnamed Lerocrates” changed to “nicknamed Lerocritus” (Democritus, he nicknamed Lerocritus) Page 427, “friend” changed to “friends” (his friends who were so numerous) Page 427, “Inus” changed to “Mus” (the one whom I have mentioned already, named Mus) Page 428, “his” changed to “is” (among whom is Apollodorus) Page 430, “sucessors” changed to “successors” (my immediate successors hand it down) Page 431, “Inus” changed to “Mus” (Of my slaves, I hereby emancipate Mus) Page 432, “Bates” changed to “Batis” (he gave his sister Batis in marriage) Page 432, “Leontius” changed to “Leonteus” (There was also Leonteus, of Lampsacus) Page 433, “Chæridemus” changed to “Chæredemus” (the Chæredemus, a treatise on the Gods) Page 433, “Hegesiana” changed to “Hegesianax” (the Hegesianax; four essays on Lives) Footnote 8, “diety” changed to “deity” (the national deity of the Ionians) Footnote 31, “μιμογράφον” changed to “μιμογράφου” (The Greek is τοῦ μιμογράφου.) Footnote 31, “μῖμιοι” changed to “μῖμοι” (μῖμοι σπουδαίων) Footnote 80, “Euripid” changed to “Euripides” (the Antiope of Euripides) Footnote 82, “adversariese” changed to “adversaries” (knocked down his adversaries) Footnote 108, missing word “of” added (which Ovid puts into the mouth of Pythagoras); “Jononis” changed to “Junonis” (templo Junonis in Argis) Footnote 111, “Challidian” changed to “Chalcidian” (towns of Chalcidian origin) Footnote 119, “Linæan” changed to “Lenæan” (the second or Lenæan festivals) Footnote 127, “Valchenær” changed to “Valckenær” (Valckenær conjectures) Footnote 143, “Trachinæ” changed to “Trachiniæ” (the Trachiniæ of Sophocles) Index entry, “Alemæon” changed to “Alcmæon” Index entry under Ariston, “Scion” changed to “Siren” Index entry, “Arnicereans” changed to “Annicereans” and moved to the correct alphabetical position Index entry under Bias, “Priam” changed to “Priene” Index entry, “Clido” changed to “Chilo” Index entry, “Endoxus” changed to “Eudoxus” Index entry, “Gynosophistæ” changed to “Gymnosophistæ” Index entry under Plato, “Alcinus” changed to “Alcimus” Index entry, “Thesmopheria” changed to “Thesmophoria” Index entry, “Zaleneus” changed to “Zaleucus” Greek ς, when not at the end of a word, has been normalised to σ. Punctuation and accents have been amended without note as have æ/œ ligature substitutions. Where there was any doubt the text is left as printed; any remaining errors are as they appeared in the original.