Falsafa

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

    The Atlas·Figures

    Phocylides

    historical figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages

    the other poet

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Gnomic poet cited on good and evil spirits among men.

    " And besides these, Phocylides, calling the angels spirits, presents some of them as good and some as base, by these words — since we too have received that some are apostates:
    kanda 1

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Greek gnomic poet known for short maxim-verses, including the saying that a small orderly city is stronger than senseless Nineveh.

    Which seems to you, Callistratus, the better poet, Homer or Phocylides?
    oration 36
    so, I said, of the poetry of Phocylides too it is possible for you to take a sample in brief.
    oration 36
    Or does it not seem to you that Phocylides reasonably added to such a maxim and declaration this too:
    oration 36

    To NicoclesClassical · Greek

    Phocylides is named as a poet whose poetry is regarded as counsel for human conduct.

    As a case in point, one might cite the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis and Phocylides;
    chapter 4

    RepublicClassical · Greek

    Gnomic poet cited for the saying that a rich man should practice virtue after securing his wealth.

    Why, haven’t you heard that saying of Phocylides, that after a man has made his pile he ought to practice virtue?
    chapter 3