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Epimenides

Epimenides · m

a famous Greek poet and prophet of Crete

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Where it lives

Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ĕpĭmĕnĭdes — Lewis & Short

ĕpĭmĕnĭdes, is, m., = *)epimeni/dhs,

I a famous Greek poet and prophet of Crete, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 18; Varr. L. L. 7, § 3 Müll.; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154; 7, 52, 53, § 175.—Perh. named after him: genus (bulborum) Epimenidu (i. e. *)epimeni/dou), Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93 Sillig N. cr.

In the wild

Epimenides Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.13e.5
Epimenide Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.52
Epimenides Cicero, De Divinatione 1.34
Epimeniden Tertullian, De Anima 44
Epimeniden Apuleius, Florida 15
Epimenidi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.48.p1

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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