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Phormio (Gr****: Φορμίων Phormion, gen.: Φορμίωνος), the son of Asopius, was an
Athenian general and
admiral before and
during the
Peloponnesian War. A...
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Phormio is a
Latin comic play by the
early Roman playwright Terence,
based on a now lost play by
Apollodorus of
Carystus entitled Epidikazomenos ("The...
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Phormio or
Phormion may
refer to: (in date order)
Phormio, an
Athenian general during the
Peloponnesian War,
victorious in 428 BC Phormion, a student...
- to undo the
arrangement with
Phormio, but
Phormio has
already paid the
money to
Phaedria to buy his
slave girl.
Phormio escapes punishment since Chremes'...
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infectum non
potest It is
impossible for a deed to be
undone Terence,
Phormio 5/8:45
falsus in uno,
falsus in
omnibus false in one,
false in all A Roman...
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victory at Rhium, set an
Athenian fleet of
twenty ships,
commanded by
Phormio,
against a
Peloponnesian fleet of seventy-seven ships,
commanded by Cnemus...
- 'fortune
favours the strong/brave', was used in Terence's 151 BC
comedy play
Phormio, line 203. Ovid
further parodies the
phrase at I.608 of his
didactic work...
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Osgood & Company. p. 352. Terence,
Phormio 173. D. S.
Raven (1965).
Latin Metre: An Introduction, p. 45. Terence,
Phormio 277. "This
image is enchantingly...
- Antiochus,
Hannibal attended a
lecture by
Phormio, a philosopher, that
ranged through many topics. When
Phormio finished a
discourse on the
duties of a...
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partly from Diphilus. The
original of Terence's
Hecyra (as of the
Phormio) is
generally supposed to be, not by Menander, but
Apollodorus of Carystus...
