Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Dio

    historical figure · 6 works · 11 mentions · 20 anchored passages

    I · (D.) · (Dio.) · D. · Dio Chrysostom · Dio of Phrearrii · Dio the philosopher · Dio. · me · the speaker

    spoken of as

    3 expressions

    Dio of Phrearrii1 mention

    On the Crown (Greek)

    Shall I tell you how Phormio the boatswain, a slave of Dio of Phrearrii, uplifted her from that chaste profession?
    on the crown

    The speaker“Dio”1 mention

    Orations (Greek)

    I, then, as I learned from one of the priests in Egypt, a very old man at Onuphis, who laughed at the Greeks for many things as knowing nothing true about most matters, and most of all using this as proof, that they are persuaded that Troy was taken by Agamemnon and that Helen, while living with Menelaus, fell in love with Alexander;
    oration 11

    narrator“Dio”1 mention

    Orations (Greek)

    so I went over as much country as I could, in the guise and garb of a vagrant beggar, now among Greeks, now among barbarians, begging for scraps of food, not for swords or cauldrons.
    oration 1

    in the texts

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    The author-speaker, appearing as an interlocutor labeled '(Dio.)' or '(D.)' in the dialogues on reputation, truth, and philosophy.

    ) But are the things belonging to the philosopher and to philosophy obscure, while those of the merchants and farmers and musicians and astronomers and those I just named are manifest and plain?
    oration 70
    do you mean anything else than that the philosopher differs from the rest by truth, and by examining each thing with reference to truth and not according to opinion?
    oration 67
    For the saying spoken to the Athenians, when, being in extremities, they made some claim about Samos, might well, I think, be said to those who creep into the friendship of the base:
    oration 74

    LucullusHellenistic · Latin

    Participant in the Alexandria discussions among Antiochus's circle.

    And so, for several days, with Heraclitus brought in and several other learned men, among them Antiochus's brother Aristus, and besides Aristo and Dio, to whom he assigned the most weight after his brother, we spent much time in that one discussion.
    book 1

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Philosopher cited as the source recording the modesty of Lysidice and Philotera.

    Yes, and Dio the philosopher records that a certain woman, Lysidice, out of excess of modesty bathed in her very tunic;
    book 4

    Against PhormioClassical · Greek

    The master of Lampis, referred to as the man whose servant Lampis was.

    but they claim that they have paid the money to Lampis, the servant of Dio, in Bosporus.
    against phormio
    After this, men of Athens, the defendant was left in Bosporus, while Lampis put to sea, and was shipwrecked not far from the port;
    against phormio

    On the CrownClassical · Greek

    Person named as master of Phormio.

    Shall I tell you how Phormio the boatswain, a slave of Dio of Phrearrii, uplifted her from that chaste profession?
    on the crown

    MeditationsImperial · Greek

    A figure associated with the idea of a commonwealth under equal laws, known to Marcus through his brother Severus.

    that through him I came to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dio, and Brutus, and conceived the idea of a commonwealth under equal laws, governed by equality and freedom of speech, and of a kingship that honours above all else the liberty of the governed.
    book one