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5 results for "identity"

1. Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, 42 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •identity, masculine Found in books: Borg (2008), Paideia: the World of the Second Sophistic: The World of the Second Sophistic, 246

2. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, Art of Rhetoric, 1.255-1.260, 6.283-6.292 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •identity, masculine Found in books: Borg (2008), Paideia: the World of the Second Sophistic: The World of the Second Sophistic, 211

3. Dio Chrysostom, Orations, 29.6 (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Borg (2008), Paideia: the World of the Second Sophistic: The World of the Second Sophistic, 244

29.6. And here is an indication of the surpassing quality of his beauty: not that he stood out pre-eminent in any company of professional men, or was admired merely by some few who saw him, no indeed, but that he was always admired when in a company of those who are perhaps the most beautiful men in the world â the athletes among whom he moved. For the tallest and most comely men, whose bodies receive the most perfect care, are these. And he was seen by practically all mankind. For there was no city of repute, and no nation, which he did not visit; and among all alike the same opinion of him prevailed â that they had seen no one more beautiful. And since he was admired by the greatest numbers, and amongst the most beautiful men he alone possessed the fame of sheer beauty, it is evident that he was blest with what we may term a form truly divine.

4. Philostratus The Athenian, On Athletic Training, 25 (2nd cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •identity, masculine Found in books: Borg (2008), Paideia: the World of the Second Sophistic: The World of the Second Sophistic, 210

25. φυλὴ τῷδε καὶ πατρίς, εἰ πατὴρ καὶ γένος, εἰ ἐξ ἐλευθέρων καὶ μὴ νόθος, ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, εἰ νέος καὶ μὴ ὑπὲρ παῖδα: εἰ δ' ἐγκρατὴς ἢ ἀκρατής, εἰ μεθυστής, εἰ λίχνος, εἰ θαρσαλέος ἢ δειλός, ̔οὔτε γιγνώσκουσιν', οὔτε, εἰ γιγνώσκοιεν, οὐδὲν οἱ νόμοι σφίσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν τοιούτων διαλέγονται, τὸν δὲ γυμναστὴν ̔δεῖ̓ ἐξεπίστασθαι ταῦτα φύσεώς που κριτὴν ὄντα. γιγνωσκέτω δὴ τὴν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἠθικὴν πᾶσαν, ὑφ' ἧς δηλοῦνται μὲν οἱ νωθροὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, δηλοῦνται δὲ οἱ ξύντονοι εἴρωνές τε καὶ ἧττον καρτερικοὶ καὶ ἀκρατεῖς: ἄλλα γὰρ μελανοφθάλμων, ἄλλα δὲ χαροπῶν τε καὶ γλαυκῶν καὶ ὑφαίμων ὀφθαλμῶν ἤθη, ἕτερα δὲ ξανθῶν καὶ ὑπεστιγμένων, προπαλῶν τε καὶ κοίλων, ἡ γὰρ φύσις ὥρας μὲν ἄστροις ἐσημήνατο, ἤθη δὲ ὀφθαλμοῖς τὴν δὲ αὖ τῶν σώματος ̔μερῶν ἀναλογίαν', ὥσπερ ἐν ἀγαλματοποιίᾳ, ὧδε ἐπισκεπτέον: σφυρὸν μὲν καρπῷ ὁμολογεῖν ̔δεῖ,̓ κνήμῃ δὲ πῆχυν, καὶ βραχίονα μηρῷ ἀντικρίνεσθαι καὶ ὤμῳ γλουτόν, μετάφρενα θεωρεῖσθαι πρὸς γαστέρα καὶ στέρνα ἐκκεῖσθαι παραπλησίως τοῖς ὑπὸ τὸ ἰσχίον, κεφαλήν τε, σχῆμα τοῦ παντὸς οὖσαν, πρὸς ταῦτα πάντα ἔχειν συμμέτρως.

5. Philostratus The Athenian, Lives of The Sophists, 2.1.565-2.1.566 (2nd cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •identity, masculine Found in books: Borg (2008), Paideia: the World of the Second Sophistic: The World of the Second Sophistic, 245

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