Τεκμήρια
Short essays reading the Eulogikon corpus closely: the ancient Greek text, its commentators, and what the words actually meant.
Corrective punishment: kólasis in the Greek corpus
From physical ordeal to soul therapy: a diachronic survey of kólasis (643 attestations) from the Greek Anthology through Aristotle, Chrysippus, and the patristic tradition. Ten passages in Greek, transliterated and translated.
Περὶ φιλίας: love in the Stoa
Do the Later Stoics talk about love? A word-search returns almost nothing in Epictetus and Marcus; but behind them stand Zeno, Chrysippus, and Cleanthes, with definitions, a taxonomy of érōs, and the cosmic binding of opposites. Nineteen passages across five authors, in Greek, transliterated and translated.
παράκλητος: the one called to your side
81 attestations of παράκλητος across six centuries in the Eulogikon corpus. Greek, transliterated and translated, each at its station.
τετράγωνος: the four-square man and the four-square ψυχή
The image of the four-square person from Simonides to Damascius, and the four-square ψυχή of the Pythagorean tradition. Eleven passages across the corpus, in Greek, transliterated and translated, each at its station.
What Aristotle attributes to Socrates
At Metaphysics 1078b, Aristotle credits Socrates with two things: inductive arguments (ἐπαγωγή) and universal definition (ὁρισμός), and marks one word, χωριστά, that separates him from the Platonists. The passage in Greek, with Alexander and Diogenes.