List of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues
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| First Tetralogy |
| Second Tetralogy |
| Third Tetralogy |
| Fourth Tetralogy |
| Fifth Tetralogy |
| Sixth Tetralogy |
| Seventh Tetralogy |
| Eighth Tetralogy |
| Ninth Tetralogy |
| Appendix (Spuria) |
Some 250 known manuscripts of Plato survive.[1] The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues:
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
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 228 — Laches, fragment
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 — Phaedo, fragment
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3509 — Republic, fragment containing 330a2–b4[3]
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3679 — Republic, fragment
Versions
- Nag Hammadi library – Republic 588A–589B, Coptic version
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
- ^ JSTOR 40858970
- ^ Complete photographic facsimile in Allen, T. W., Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 Phototypice editus, 2 vols. Leiden 1898–9.
- ^ Slings, S. R., Platonis Rempublicam (Oxford University Press, 2003), xxii.
- ^ "Thrasyllus and the division of the Platonic dialogues into tetralogies". Encyclopedia of Plato.