List of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues

Some 250 known manuscripts of Plato survive.[1] The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues:

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Part of the series on:
The dialogues of Plato
Early dialogues:
Transitional and middle dialogues:
Later middle dialogues:
Late dialogues:
Of doubtful authenticity:

Medieval minuscules
  • Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 — 895 AD; first six tetralogies, designated B.[2]
  • Codex Parisinus graecus 1807 — circa 900 AD; last two tetralogies and the apocrypha, designated A
  • Codex Venetus Marcianus graecus appendix classis 4, I, designated T
  • Codex Vindobonensis 54, supplementum phil. Gr. 7, designated W

Papyri

Versions

Tetralogies

The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes.[4]. The list includes works of doubtful authentitcity, and includes the Letters.

  • 1st tetralogy
    • Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo
  • 2nd tetralogy
    • Cratylus, Theatetus, The Sophist, The Statesman
  • 3nd tetralogy
    • Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus
  • 4th tetralogy
    • Alcibiades, Alcibiades II, Hipparchus, (Rival) Lovers
  • 5th tetralogy
    • Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis
  • 6th tetralogy
    • Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno
  • 7th tetralogy
    • Hippias A, Hippias B, Ion, Menexenus
  • 8th tetralogy
    • Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias
  • 9th tetralogy
    • Minos, Laws, Epinomis, Letters

Notes
  1. JSTOR 40858970
  2. Complete photographic facsimile in Allen, T. W., Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 Phototypice editus, 2 vols. Leiden 1898–9.
  3. Slings, S. R., Platonis Rempublicam (Oxford University Press, 2003), xxii.
  4. "Thrasyllus and the division of the Platonic dialogues into tetralogies". Encyclopedia of Plato.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.