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    Theodorus

    historical figure · 14 works · 21 mentions · 33 anchored passages

    THEO. · Theo. · Theodorus of Cyrene · Theodorus of Samos · Theodorus the Phoenician · the man from Byzantium · the philosopher Theodorus · the worthy Theodorus

    spoken of as

    2 expressions

    Theodorus of Cyrene2 mentions

    On the Nature of the Gods (Latin) · Tusculan Disputations (Latin)

    but Protagoras declared himself in doubt, while Diagoras of Melos and Theodorus of Cyrene held that there are no gods at all.
    chapter 29

    Theodorus of Samos1 mention

    The Histories (Greek)

    It is said by the Delphians to be the work of Theodorus of Samos, and I agree with them, for it seems to me to be of no common workmanship.
    chapter 1

    in the texts

    TheaetetusClassical · Greek

    Geometrician from Cyrene who teaches Theaetetus mathematics and introduces him to Socrates, praising his intellectual gifts.

    THEO.
    theaetetus
    THEO.
    theaetetus
    Theaetetus is his name, Socrates;
    theaetetus

    On the Nature of the GodsHellenistic · Latin

    Philosopher cited alongside Diagoras as having denied the gods.

    What of Diagoras, who was called the Atheist, and afterwards Theodorus — did they not openly do away with the nature of the gods?
    sect i phoenician commerce
    Unless perhaps you think that Diagoras, or Theodorus, who denied the gods altogether, could have been superstitious;
    book 1
    but Protagoras declared himself in doubt, while Diagoras of Melos and Theodorus of Cyrene held that there are no gods at all.
    chapter 29

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    Philosopher who defied Lysimachus's threat of death

    Theodorus, to Lysimachus threatening death, said:
    book 5
    Do we not admire Theodorus of Cyrene, a philosopher of no mean repute?
    book 1

    On the MysteriesClassical · Greek

    A person denounced by Teucrus in the Hermae matter.

    Euctemon, Glaucippus, Eurymachus, Polyeuctus, Plato, Antidorus, Charippus, Theodorus, Alcisthenes, Menestratus, Eryximachus, Euphiletus, Eurydamas, Pherecles, Meletus, Timanthes, Archidamus, Telenicus.
    on the mysteries

    LettersLate Antiquity · Greek

    Addressee of a letter expressing deep spiritual friendship and longing.

    To Theodorus
    letter 124
    Some say that those who are caught by the passion of love, when by some more violent constraint they are led away from the objects of their longing, find rest for the vehemence of their passion, if they can look upon an image of the beloved form, through the enjoyment that comes by the eyes.
    letter 124

    Against PhormioClassical · Greek

    A Phoenician lender from whom Phormio secretly borrowed an additional four thousand five hundred drachmae while still in the Peiraeus.

    For while still in the Peiraeus he, without our knowledge, secured an additional loan of four thousand five hundred drachmae from Theodorus the Phoenician, and one of one thousand drachmae from Lampis the shipowner.
    against phormio

    On the False EmbassyClassical · Greek

    Actor mentioned in relation to staged tragedies and Aeschines' inferior roles.

    That play was never acted by Theodorus or Aristodemus, for whom Aeschines commonly took the inferior parts;
    on the false embassy

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    One of the more recent rhetoricians recommended for critical reading.

    And here I say that—even if some reader of this advice, of the very exact sort, should blame me—one must not be inexperienced even in the more recent men of a little before our time;
    oration 88

    The HistoriesClassical · Greek

    Craftsman credited by the Delphians, and by Herodotus himself, with making the silver mixing-bowl at Delphi.

    It is said by the Delphians to be the work of Theodorus of Samos, and I agree with them, for it seems to me to be of no common workmanship.
    chapter 1

    PhaedrusClassical · Greek

    A rhetorician from Byzantium credited with prescribing the sequence of narrative, testimony, proof, probability, and confirmation in a speech.

    You mean the worthy Theodorus?
    phaedrus
    And he tells how refutation and further refutation must be accomplished, both in accusation and in defence.
    phaedrus
    and confirmation and further confirmation are mentioned, I believe, by the man from Byzantium, that most excellent artist in words.
    phaedrus

    SophistClassical · Greek

    Mathematician from Cyrene who brings the Eleatic Stranger to Socrates and Theaetetus and takes part in the opening exchange.

    Theo.
    sophist
    Well, you may choose whomever you please of those present;
    sophist
    but from now on, my talk will, I fancy, be addressed to you.
    sophist

    StatesmanClassical · Greek

    The mathematician who hosts the conversation, praises the ranking of sophist, statesman, and philosopher, and proposes swapping interlocutors.

    Theo.
    statesman
    Theo.
    statesman
    Theo.
    statesman

    On Tranquillity of MindImperial · Latin

    Philosopher threatened with unburied death by a tyrant, who replied that burial did not matter to him.

    ' A tyrant was threatening the philosopher Theodorus with death, and indeed with death unburied:
    on tranquillity of mind

    MemorabiliaClassical · Greek

    A named mathematician used as a benchmark for mathematical learning.

    Well, perhaps you want to be a good mathematician, like Theodorus?
    chapter 4