Some 250 known manuscripts of Plato survive.[1] The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues.
Medieval minuscules
editThere are 51 Byzantine manuscripts in Greek minuscule that constitute the main basis for the text of Plato's works.[2]
Papyri
editName | Date | Content | Institution |
---|---|---|---|
Papyrus 2993 [1] | 300 BC-200 BC | Sophist 223-224 | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
P.Oxy.XXXIII 2662 [2] | 100 BC-100 AD | Meno 92E-93B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
Papyrus 3051 [3] | 1-200 AD | Politicus 257B, 261D-262C | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
Papyrus 187 [4] | 1-250 AD | Laches 181a8-182a4 | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
Papyrus 2048 [5] | 100-300 AD | Phaedrus | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
P.Oxy.LII 3667 [6] | 200-300 AD | Alcibiades II 142 B-143 C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XV 1808 [7] | 100-200 AD | Republic viii | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3678 [8] | 200-300 AD | Philebus18 E-19 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5087 [9] | 200-300 AD | Laches 180 E, 182 B-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3682 [10] | 100-200 AD | Theaetetus 209 A-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5078 [11] | 200-400 AD | Alcibiades I 105 C-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5086 [12] | 200-300 AD | Laches 179 C-D, 180 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XXXIII 2663 [13] | 100-200 AD | Cratylus 405C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3677 [14] | 100-200 AD | Phaedrus 267 C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XV 1809 [15] | 100-200 AD | Phaedo | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3676 [16] | 100-200 AD | Phaedo 107 D-110 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5079 [17] | 150-200 AD | Alcibiades I 109 A-B, 109 B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XLIV 3157 [18] | 100-200 AD | Republic x | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3668 [19] | 100-200 AD | Epistle 2. 310 E-311 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5090 [20] | 100-200 AD | Politicus 270 D-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3672 [21] | 200-300 AD | Laws 6. 751 A-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3681 [22] | 100-300 AD | Theaetetus 198 D-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3666 [23] | 100-200 AD | Alcibiades I 113 B and 132 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5088 [24] | 100-200 AD | Meno 72 E, 73 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5089 [25] | 100-200 AD | Politicus 257 B-C, 257 D-258 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XLVII 3326 [26] | 100-200 AD | Republic 8. 545C-546A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XLIX 3509 [27] | 200-300 AD | Republic i 330 a2 - b4 | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5084 [28] | 100-200 AD | Crito 43 B, 45 B-E, 45 E-46 A, 46 C-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3671 [29] | 150-200 AD | Laches 179 B-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3670 [30] | 100-300 AD | Hippias Major 291 D-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XXXVI 2751 [31] | 150-250 AD | Republic III | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3680 [32] | 100-200 AD | Theaetetus 190 E-191 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XVII 2102 [33] | 150-200 AD | Phaedrus | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.XV 1809 [34] | 100-200 AD | Phaedo | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5091 [35] | 100-300 AD | Politicus 299 E, 300 A-B, 300 C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5092 [36] | 100-200 AD | Politicus 305 D-306 B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3674 [37] | 100-200 AD | Laws 9. 854 C-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3673 [38] | 150-250 AD | Laws 6. 771 A-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3675 [39] | 100-200 AD | Laws 9. 865 A-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3669 [40] | 100-200 AD | Gorgias 491 B, 495 C-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5081 [41] | 100-300 AD | Charmides 166C, 167A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5085 [42] | 200-300 AD | Euthedemus 286 D, 286 E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LII 3679 [43] | 200-300 AD | Republic 5. 472 E-473 D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5082 [44] | 200-300 AD | Charmides 172 C-D, 173 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5083 [45] | 200-350 AD | Cratylus 423 E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
Additional fragments with possibly outdated references
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 23 — Laws, fragment
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 228 — Laches, fragment
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 — Phaedo, fragment
Versions
edit- Nag Hammadi library – Republic 588A–589B, Coptic version
Tetralogies
editThe traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes.[6] The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters.
- 1st tetralogy
- 2nd tetralogy
- 3rd tetralogy
- 4th tetralogy
- 5th tetralogy
- 6th tetralogy
- 7th tetralogy
- 8th tetralogy
- 9th tetralogy
Notes
edit- ^ Brumbaugh, Robert S.; Wells, Rulon S. (1989). "Completing Yale's Plato Microfilm Project". The Yale University Library Gazette. 64 (1/2): 73–75. JSTOR 40858970.
- ^ Irwin, T. H. (2019). "The Platonic Corpus". In Gail Fine (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Plato (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 68–91.
- ^ Complete photographic facsimile in Allen, T. W., Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 Phototypice editus, 2 vols. Leiden 1898–9. Digitized version available online.
- ^ Available online on the library website.
- ^ Available online
- ^ "Thrasyllus and the division of the Platonic dialogues into tetralogies". Encyclopedia of Plato. Archived from the original on 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
Further reading
edit- R. S. Brumbaugh and R. Wells, The Plato Manuscripts (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1968).