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Loeb Classical Library 555

Placita

Aetius

Edited and translated by Jaap Mansfeld

David T. Runia

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ISBN 9780674997592

Publication Date: 12/12/2023

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624 pages

4-1/4 x 6-3/8 inches

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  • Preface
  • General Introduction
    • 1. The Compendium
      • 1.1. The Lost Original and Its Author
      • 1.2. Reconstruction of the Original Text
      • 1.3. Title, Structure, and Contents
      • 1.4. Chapters and Lemmata: The Role of Dialectic
      • 1.5. Origins and Anterior Traditions
      • 1.6. Purpose, Contemporary Context, and Later Reception
    • 2. History and Reconstruction of the Text
      • 2.1. The Witnesses to the Text
        • 2.1.1. Ps.-Plutarch and His Tradition
        • 2.1.2. Stobaeus
        • 2.1.3. Theodoret and Other Witnesses
      • 2.2. Previous Editions
        • 2.2.1. Diels’ Doxographi graeci
        • 2.2.2. Mansfeld and Runia Aëtiana V
    • 3. Guide to the Present Edition
      • 3.1. Introductions to Books I–V
      • 3.2. Text
      • 3.3. Translation
      • 3.4. Schematic Overview of the Tradition of the Placita
  • Abbreviations
  • General Bibliography
  • Placita
    • Book I. First Principles
      • Introduction
        • Transmission
        • Contents
        • Name-Labels
        • Comparative Material
        • Other Sources
        • Ultimate Sources
      • Text and Translation
    • Book II. Cosmology
      • Introduction
        • Transmission
        • Contents
        • Name-Labels
        • Sources
      • Text and Translation
    • Book III. Meteorology and the Earth
      • Introduction
        • Transmission
        • Contents
        • Name-Labels
        • Comparative Material
        • Ultimate Sources
      • Text and Translation
    • Book IV. Psychology
      • Introduction
        • Transmission
        • Contents
        • Name-Labels
        • Comparative Material
        • Sources
        • Ultimate Sources
      • Text and Translation
    • Book V. Physiology
      • Introduction
        • Transmission
        • Contents
        • Name-Labels
        • Chapter Headings
        • Absences
        • Comparative Material
        • Sources
      • Text and Translation
  • Appendix I. List of Changes to the Text in This Edition
  • Appendix II. Additional Notes to the Text
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Index of Name-Labels and Other Names

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