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Headword:
*simmi/as
Adler number: sigma,432
Translated headword: Simmias
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of
Thebes; philosopher, pupil of Socrates.[1] He wrote
On Wisdom,
On Friendship,
On Truth,
On Music,
On what is to be chosen and avoided,
On the care of the soul; and other philosophical works.[2]
*simmi/as, *qhbai=os, filo/sofos, maqhth\s *swkra/tous. e)/graye *peri\ sofi/as, *peri\ fili/as, *peri\ a)lhqei/as, *peri\ mousikh=s, *peri\ ai(retou= kai\ feuktou=, *peri\ e)pimelei/as yuxh=s: kai\ a)/lla filo/sofa.
Notes:
C5/4 BCE. Compare the very similar entry for his fellow-Theban Kebes (
kappa 1215) -- both feature prominently in the
Phaedo of
Plato; and see generally OCD4 under
Simmias(1).
[1] For Socrates see generally
sigma 829.
[2]
Diogenes Laertius 2.124 lists 23 works of his, including these six; all are lost (if they ever existed).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 29 August 2001@09:33:41.
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