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Theophrastus · Fragments §80.1

Theomandros of Cyrene and Teaching Good Fortune

Passage 82 of 196 · Greek

Summary

This fragment records that Theophrastus in his work On Happiness mentioned Theomandros of Cyrene, who travelled around claiming to teach good fortune.

§80.1Fr. 80 Θεόμανδρον τὸν Κυρηναῖόν φησι Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ Εὐδαιμονίας περιιόντα ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι διδάσκειν εὐτυχίαν.
Theophrastus says in his work On Happiness that Theomandros of Cyrene went around promising to teach good fortune.

Notes

  1. §80.1ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι — This is the principal infinitive of the accusative-and-infinitive (AcI) construction dependent on the main verb φησί, with the accusative Θεόμανδρον functioning as its subject. The verb ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι ('to promise, profess') in turn takes the complementary infinitive διδάσκειν ('to teach') as its object.
  2. §80.1περιιόντα — The present active participle of περιέρχομαι ('to go around') in the masculine accusative singular, agreeing with Θεόμανδρον τὸν Κυρηναῖον, the subject of the infinitive clause. It describes the attendant circumstance or manner ('going around' or 'itinerant').

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Theophrastus, Fragments §80.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010x09.humanitext-grc1:80.1

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