Phocylides
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Phocylides (), Greek gnomic poet of Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of Megara, was born about 560 BC.
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- Poem of Admonition
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- Silloge pseudofocilidea
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![On the phokylideic poem (Poiēma nuthetikon [Poema admonitorium])](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsb-muenchen-digital.de%2Fweb1021%2Fbsb10215268%2Fimages%2Fbsb10215268_00007.jpg&type=IMAGE)
On the phokylideic poem (Poiēma nuthetikon [Poema admonitorium])
Theognidis, Phocylidis, Pythagorae, Solonis et aliorum poemata gnomica
Sententiae elegiacae
Poemata Pythagorae, Et Phocylidis
Poemata Pythagorae et Phocylidis
Warhafte aus dem Französischen übersetzte Vorstellung, wie in der heutigen Welt durch die Regiersucht der drey grösten Uebel alles so confus zugehet, und viele Menschen sich dadurch verführen lassen, daß sie um ihr zeitliches Glück, Leben und Seeligkeit kommen : Daher es wahr ist und heiset: der Teufel, ein altes Weib und das Geld sind die drey grösten Uebel in der Welt
Poetarum Graecorum Sylloge. 3. Poetae Graeci gnomici
In Hoc Libro Haec Habentvr. Constantini Lascaris Byzantini de octo partibus or[atio]nis Lib. I.
Poetæ Minores Græci, Selecti & Emendati. Scilicet, Hesiodus, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion, Smyrn. Musæus, Theognis, Phocylides, Pythagoras ... In Usum Scholarum
Constantini Lascaris Byzantini de octo partibus orationis Liber Primus. Eiusdem de Constructione Liber secundus. Eiusdem de nomine & uerbo Liber tertius ... Phocylidis Poema ad bene, beateq[ue] uiuendum. Omnia hæc cum interpretatione latina. Introductio perbreuis ad hebraicam linguam
Phocylidis Poetae Apvd Græcos sapientissimi Præcepta & ad mores & ad uitã instituendã maxime necessaria. Guolphango Anemœcio Interprete. Item Avrea Carmina, Qvae Philolaus ex mediis Pythagoræ præceptis collegit, eodem interprete. Cum uariis epigrammatis
Poemata Pythagorae et Phocylidis graeca
Poemata Pythagorae & Phocylidis
Die Elegien des Theognis
Poemata Pythagorae & Phocylidis
Poemata Pythagorae & Phocylidis
Synesius Cyrenensis - BSB Cod.graec. 476
Poemata Pytagorae, et Phocylidis
Poemata Pythagorae et Phocylidis
Poemata Pythagorae et Phocylidis graeca
Libellus scolasticus utilis & valde bonus : quo continentur, Theognidis praecepta, Pythagorae versus aurei, Phocylidae praecepta ...
Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolarvm libri duo
Poemata Pythagorae et Phocylidis graeca
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Phocylides (), Greek gnomic poet of Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of Megara, was born about 560 BC.
A few fragments of his "maxims" have survived (chiefly in the Florilegium of Stobaeus), in which he expresses his contempt for the pomps and vanities of rank and wealth, and sets forth in simple language his ideas of honour, justice and wisdom. An example is an epigram quoted by Dio Chrysostom: