Diocles
historical figure · 5 works · 5 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Diocles of Phlya · Diocles of the Pitthean deme · Orestes · this accursed Orestes
spoken of as
2 expressionsDiocles of Phlya, surnamed Orestes1 mention
On The Estate of Ciron (Greek)
no, it is Diocles of Phlya, surnamed Orestes.
Diocles of Pitthea1 mention
Against Meidias (Greek)
Yet it is said that the famous Iphicrates once had a serious quarrel with Diocles of the Pitthean deme, and, to make matters worse, Iphicrates’ brother Teisias happened to be a chorus-master in competition with Diocles.
in the texts
Against Meidias
Enemy of Iphicrates and rival-side figure in a festival example of lawful restraint.
Yet it is said that the famous Iphicrates once had a serious quarrel with Diocles of the Pitthean deme, and, to make matters worse, Iphicrates’ brother Teisias happened to be a chorus-master in competition with Diocles.
but Iphicrates never went under cover of night to the goldsmiths’ shops, he never ripped up the costumes intended for the festival, he never bribed the instructor and hindered the training of the chorus, he never played any of the tricks that Meidias repeatedly practised.
Against Timocrates
Athenian law proposer whose statute regulates when laws take effect.
Moved by Diocles:
On The Estate of Ciron
An Athenian of Phlya, nicknamed Orestes, brother of Ciron's second wife, portrayed as the mastermind who manipulated Ciron's estate for years and suborned the nominal claimant; separately accused of defrauding his own half-sisters and of adultery.
no, it is Diocles of Phlya, surnamed Orestes.
Now take the only remaining deposition, proving that Diocles was taken in adultery, and read it to the court.
It was to obtain this property that Diocles, together with his sister, carried on his plots for a long time, ever since the death of Ciron 's sons.
On The Estate of Cleonymus
Person whom Cleonymus instructed, after Poseidippus's failure, to summon the magistrates for the following day. Cleonymus died suddenly that same night.
Cleonymus was enraged at this, and again gave instructions, this time to Diocles, to summon the magistrates for the following day, though he was in no fit state to transact business owing to his illness;
De Anima
Physician-philosopher cited both as a defender of the soul's principal and among skeptics about the senses.
The faith of these the Academics too harshly condemn — according to some, Heraclitus too and Diocles and Empedocles;
But more, both philosophers — against Dicaearchus, Plato, Strato, Epicurus, Democritus, Empedocles, Socrates, Aristotle — and physicians against Andreas and Asclepiades, Herophilus, Erasistratus, Diocles, Hippocrates, and Soranus himself;