{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg1347.tlg001.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1347.tlg001.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1347.tlg001.local001","title":"Testimonia","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Anonymous","authorityName":"EPIMENIDES Phil.","authorUrl":null,"authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg1347-epimenides/","editors":[],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Corpus local","sourceTitle":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":null,"volume":null,"series":null,"citation":"Testimonia, FGrH #457: 3B:384–389. NQ: 1,941: Test.","citationShort":"Testimonia, FGrH #457: 3B:384–389."},"rights":{"text":"Document TEI P5 local en UTF-8.","url":null},"provenance":{"authority":null,"sponsors":[],"funders":[],"principal":null,"responsibilities":[]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-29","sourceUrl":"https://maximus.tlg.uci.edu/canon.php","sourceLinkType":"catalogue","sourceRights":null,"citation":"Testimonia. Testimonia, FGrH #457: 3B:384–389.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1347.tlg001.local001","excerpt":"DIOG. LAERT. 1, 109: Ἐπιμενίδης, καθά φησι Θεόπομπος (115 F 67a) καὶ ἄλλοι συχνοί, πατρὸς μὲν ἦν Φαιστίου (οἱ δὲ Δωσιάδα, οἱ δὲ Ἀγησάρχου), Κρὴς τὸ γένος ἀπὸ Κνωσοῦ, καθέσει τῆς κόμης τὸ εἶδος παραλλάσσων. οὗτός ποτε πεμφθεὶς παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς εἰς ἀγρὸν ἐπὶ πρόβατον, τῆς ὁδοῦ κατὰ μεσημβρίαν ἐκκλίνας ὑπ' ἄντρωι τινὶ κατεκοιμήθη ἑπτὰ καὶ πεντήκοντα ἔτη .... (110) γνωσθεὶς δὲ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι θεοφι- λέστατος εἶναι ὑπελήφθη. ὅτε καὶ Ἀθηναίοις τότε λοιμῶι κατεχομένοις ἔχρησεν ἡ Πυθία καθῆραι τὴν πόλιν (T 4)· οἱ δὲ πέμπουσι ναῦν τε καὶ Νικίαν τὸν Νικηράτου εἰς Κρήτην, καλοῦντες τὸν Ἐπιμενίδην. καὶ ὃς ἐλθὼν ὀλυμπιάδι τεσσαρακοστῆι ἕκτηι ἐκάθηρεν αὐτῶν τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔπαυσε τὸν λοιμὸν τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον· λαβὼν πρόβατα μέλανά τε καὶ λευκά, ἤγαγεν πρὸς τὸν Ἄρειον πάγον, κἀκεῖθεν εἴασεν ἰέναι οἷ βούλοιντο, προστάξας τοῖς ἀκολούθοις, ἔνθα ἂν κατακλινῆι αὐτῶν ἕκαστον, θύειν τῶι προσήκοντι θεῶι· καὶ…","divisions":[{"label":"3b,457,T","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1347.tlg001.local001/#tlg1347-tlg001-local001-3b-457-t"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1347.tlg001.local001/#tlg1347-tlg001-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1347.tlg001.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg1347.tlg001.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1347/tlg001/local001.json.gz"}}