The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their worksFairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy
The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works
Fairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy, Ancient
6. Clem. Euseb. and Theod. after preceding fragment. Line 5 stands third
in MSS. and earlier texts; Karsten places it fifth.
V. 1: Clem. and Theod. ἀλλ’ εἴ τοι χεῖρας εἶχον: Clem. Euseb.
λέοντες, Theod. ἐλεφάντες. V. 2: Euseb. _FG_ καὶ, other MSS.
ἢ, corr. Hiller. V. 3: Euseb. and Theod. καί κε: Eus. _DEFG_
δώματ’. V. 4: MSS. ἔσχον, corr. Karst.: MSS. ὁμοῖον, Meineke
ἕκαστοι. V. 5: Clem. Theod. ὁμοῖοι, Eus. ὅμοιοι, Karst. ὁμοῖα.
7. Sext. Emp. _Math._ ix. 193 and i. 289 combined.
V. 3: MSS. ὅς, Karst. καὶ.
8. Sext. Emp. _Math._ x. 313; Stob. _Ecl. Phys._ i. p. 294, _Dox._ 284;
Schol. Vill. and Schol. Min. to Homer, _Il._ Η 99.
9. Sext. Emp. _Math._ ix. 361 and x. 313; Eustath. _Il._ Η 99, p. 668, 60.
10. Simplic. _Phys._ 41 r 189, 1, attributes this verse to Anaximenes
on the authority of Porphyry. Joh. Philoponus (_Phys._ i. 188 b 30)
attributes it to Xenophanes on the same authority.
MS. γίνονται, corr. Diels.
11. Schol. Genev. to Homer, _Il._ Ι 199, 2. V. _Sitz. d. berl. Akad._
June 18, 1891. I have inserted Diels’ emendation in lines 2 and 3. The
first line also occurs in Stob. _Flor._ ed. Gais. iv. App. p. 6.
12. Achill. Tat. in _Isagoge ad Aratum_ (_Petavii Doctr. Tempor._ iii. p.
76). Cf. Aristotle, _de Xenophane_, &c., 2; 976 a 32.
V. 2: καὶ ῥεῖ προσπλάζον, τὰ κάτω δ’ εἰς, Karst. αἰθέρι.
13. Eustath. _Il._ Λ 24, p. 827, 59; Schol. Vill. ad _Il._ Λ 27 and
Schol. Leyd. in Valckenaer, _Diatr. Eurip._ p. 195.
14. Sext. Emp. _Math._ vii. 49 and 110, and viii. 326. Vv. 1-2: Plut.
_aud. poet._ 17 E; Laer. Diog. ix. 72. Vv. 3-4: Hipp. _Phil._ 14, _Dox._
565; Origen, _Philos._ xiv. vol. i. p. 892; Galen, _de diff. puls._ iii.
1, viii. p. 62. Last half line: Sext. Emp. _Pyrrh._ ii. 18; Proklos in
_Tim._ p. 78, &c.
V. 1: Sext. Diog. ἴδεν. V. 3: Galen ἢν γὰρ καὶ τὰ μέγιστα τύχῃ
τετελεσμένα, Hipp. τύχῃ.
15. Plut. _Symp._ ix. 746 B. Karst. reads δεδόξασται.
16. Stob. _Flor._ xxix. 41 G, _Ecl. Phys._, I. 224.
V. 1: _Flor._ ἐπέδειξαν, Ecl. παρέδοξαν. V. 2: _Ecl._ MS. Flor.
ἐφευρίσκουσιν, other MSS. ἐφεύρισκον.
17. Athen. ii. p. 54 E. V. 3: Eustath. p. 948, 40.
18. Diog. Laer. viii. 36; Suidas, v. Ξενοφάνης. _Anthol. Graec._ i.
86, p. 345, ed. Bosch. prefixes two verses which Karsten assigns to
Apollodoros on the evidence of Athen. 418 E.
V. 1: MSS. νῦν οὖν τ’, corr. Steph. V. 3: Suidas φησί γ’. V. 5:
Karst. τῆς. Suidas BE φθεγξαμένην.
19. Athen. x. 413 F.
V. 3: Schneidewin ῥοὰς, cf. v. 21. V. 5: MSS. τί, Wakef. τὸ.
V. 6: Vulg. πρὸς ἄκρα, Jacobs προσορᾶν from MS. _A_ προσέραν.
V. 8: MSS. σιτείη, corr. Turnebus. V. 10: Dindorf connects
with the preceding line and reads οὔ κ’ ἔοι ἄξιος. V. 15: _A_
λαοῖσιν ἔτ’ εἴη, corr. Steph.
20. Athen. xii. p. 526.
V. 1: MSS. ἁφροσύνας, corr. Schneider V. 2: Vulg. ἐπὶ στυγερῆς,
corr. Dindorf. V. 4: _AB_ ὥσπερ, _PVL_ ἤπερ. V. 5: Last word:
Schneidewin ταναῇσιν, Bergk⁴ prefers ἀγάλμασί τ’.
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