Damis — an Assyrian, who lived at Nineveh, where he became acquainted with Apollonius Tyanaeus, whom he…
Ancient Greek word, found 59 times in the texts on Socratos.
Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica 25.1: Δᾶμις πρὸς τὰ ἐπισταλέντα παρὰ τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου θεὸν εἶναι ψηφίσασθαι, συγχωροῦμεν ἔφη Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, ἐὰν θέλῃ, θεὸς καλεῖσθαι.
Lucian of Samosata, Juppiter Tragoedus 16: … φιλοσόφῳ· καὶ δὴ παραγκωνισάμενος τοὺς πολλοὺς εἰσέρχομαι ἀγνοούμενος ὅστις εἴην. εὑρίσκω τε τὸν Ἐπικούρειον Δᾶμιν, τὸν ἐπίτριπτον, καὶ Τιμοκλέα τὸν Στωϊκόν, ἀνδρῶν βέλτιστον, ἐκθύμως πάνυ ἐρίζοντας· ὁ γοῦν Τιμοκλῆς καὶ ἵδρο …