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stephan huller · 02-17-2013, 12:14 AM

Apparently it was a common Greek name and Tarphon was its Semitic form.

http://books.google.com/books?id=7MK...tarfon&f=false

I am not sure if the name comes from 'that which is broken off' (τρύφος) or 'luxurious' (τρυφάω).

stephan huller · 02-17-2013, 12:35 AM

Assuming Tryphon is a mythical character - how can't we - it would seem both meanings of his name are related - i.e. 'something broken off' and 'luxurious.' Apparently at the time of Plato it - and a related term θρύπτω - meant morally corrupt. As we see in the Laws:

Quote:

We ought to punish slaves justly, and not to make them conceited by merely admonishing them as we would free men. An address to a servant should be mostly a simple command: there should be no jesting with servants, either male or female, for by a course of excessively foolish indulgence (θρύπτοντες) in their treatment of their slaves, masters often make life harder both for themselves, as rulers, and for their slaves, as subject to rule. [778a]

And Xenophon Symposium 8:8

Quote:

Now, I have always felt an admiration for your character, but at the present time I feel a much keener one, for I see that you are in love with a person who is not marked by dainty elegance nor wanton effeminacy (θρυπτομένου), but shows to the world physical strength and stamina, virile courage and sobriety. Setting one's heart on such traits gives an insight into the lover's character.

stephan huller · 02-17-2013, 12:43 AM

Interesting also is the fact that Lazarus - the resurrecting one - is brother of Mary Magdalene.

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02-17-2013, 12:14 AM	#11
stephan huller Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: seattle, wa Posts: 9,337	Apparently it was a common Greek name and Tarphon was its Semitic form. http://books.google.com/books?id=7MK...tarfon&f=false I am not sure if the name comes from 'that which is broken off' (τρύφος) or 'luxurious' (τρυφάω).

02-17-2013, 12:43 AM	#13
stephan huller Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: seattle, wa Posts: 9,337	Interesting also is the fact that Lazarus - the resurrecting one - is brother of Mary Magdalene.

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