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12 results for "divination"

1. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 616, 618, 617 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 111

617. οὐκ ἀνδρός, οὐ γυναικός, οὐ πόλεως πέρι,

2. Xenophon, Memoirs, 1.4.18 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 110

1.4.18. ἂν μέντοι, ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπους θεραπεύων γιγνώσκεις τοὺς ἀντιθεραπεύειν ἐθέλοντας καὶ χαριζόμενος τοὺς ἀντιχαριζομένους καὶ συμβουλευόμενος καταμανθάνεις τοὺς φρονίμους, οὕτω καὶ τῶν θεῶν πεῖραν λαμβάνῃς θεραπεύων, εἴ τί σοι θελήσουσι περὶ τῶν ἀδήλων ἀνθρώποις συμβουλεύειν, γνώσει τὸ θεῖον ὅτι τοσοῦτον καὶ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ὥσθʼ ἅμα πάντα ὁρᾶν καὶ πάντα ἀκούειν καὶ πανταχοῦ παρεῖναι καὶ ἅμα πάντων ἐπιμελεῖσθαι αὐτούς .

1.4.18. Nay, but just as by serving men you find out who is willing to serve you in return, by being kind who will be kind to you in return, and by taking counsel, discover the masters of thought, so try the gods by serving them, and see whether they will vouchsafe to counsel you in matters hidden from man. Then you will know that such is the greatness and such the nature of the deity that he sees all things Cyropaedia VIII. vii. 22. and hears all things alike, and is present in all places and heedful of all things.

3. Xenophon, On Household Management, 5.19-6.1 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 110

4. Democritus, Fragments, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 124

5. Chrysippus, Fragments, 2.939, 2.1189, 2.1191-2.1192, 2.1206, 2.1214 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 111

6. Cicero, On Divination, 1.3.5-1.3.6, 1.50.113, 2.4.100, 2.48.100 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 110, 111, 124

7. Philodemus, (Pars I) \ On Piety, 225-226, 228-231, 227 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 124

8. Diogenes, Fragments, 2, 327, 375 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 124

9. Zeno of Elea, Fragments, None Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 111

10. Epicurus, Letters, 395, 353 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 124

11. Diogenes Laertius, Fragments, [G] V B, 5.6 Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 111

12. Philosotratus, Life of Apollonius, 1.1 Tagged with subjects: •democritus, on divination •divination, democritus on Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 111

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