List of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plato from The School of Athens by Raphael, 1509
Part of the series on:
The Works of Plato
First Tetralogy
Second Tetralogy
Third Tetralogy
Fourth Tetralogy
Fifth Tetralogy
Sixth Tetralogy
Seventh Tetralogy
Eighth Tetralogy
Ninth Tetralogy
Appendix (Spuria)
  • v
  • t

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[]



Name 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 Meno 92E-93B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
Papyrus 3051 [3] 0-200 Politicus 257B, 261D-262C Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
Papyrus 187 [4] 0-250 Laches 181a8-182a4 Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
Papyrus 2048 [5] 100-300 Phaedrus Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
P.Oxy.LII 3667 [6] 200-300 Alcibiades II 142 B-143 C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XV 1808 [7] 100-200 Republic viii Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3678 [8] 200-300 Philebus18 E-19 A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5087 [9] 200-300 Laches 180 E, 182 B-C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3682 [10] 100-200 Theaetetus 209 A-C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5078[11] 200-400 Alcibiades I 105 C-D Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5086[12] 200-300 Laches 179 C-D, 180 A-B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XXXIII 2663[13] 100-200 Cratylus 405C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3677[14] 100-200 Phaedrus 267 C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XV 1809[15] 100-200 Phaedo Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3676[16] 100-200 Phaedo 107 D-110 A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5079 [17] 150-200 Alcibiades I 109 A-B, 109 B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XLIV 3157 [18] 100-200 Republic x Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3668 [19] 100-200 Epistle 2. 310 E-311 A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5090 [20] 100-200 Politicus 270 D-E Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3672 [21] 200-300 Laws 6. 751 A-C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3681 [22] 100-300 Theaetetus 198 D-E Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3666 [23] 100-200 Alcibiades I 113 B and 132 A-B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5088 [24] 100-200 Meno 72 E, 73 A-B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5089 [25] 100-200 Politicus 257 B-C, 257 D-258 A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XLVII 3326 [26] 100-200 Republic 8. 545C-546A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XLIX 3509 [27] 200-300 Republic i 330 a2 - b4 Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5084 [28] 100-200 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 Laches 179 B-C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3670 [30] 100-300 Hippias Major 291 D-E Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XXXVI 2751 [31] 150-250 Republic III Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3680 [32] 100-200 Theaetetus 190 E-191 A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XVII 2102 [33] 150-200 Phaedrus Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XV 1809 [34] 100-200 Phaedo Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5091 [35] 100-300 Politicus 299 E, 300 A-B, 300 C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5092 [36] 100-200 Politicus 305 D-306 B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3674 [37] 100-200 Laws 9. 854 C-D Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3673 [38] 150-250 Laws 6. 771 A-D Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3675 [39] 100-200 Laws 9. 865 A-C Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3669 [40] 100-200 Gorgias 491 B, 495 C-E Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5081 [41] 100-300 Charmides 166C, 167A Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5085 [42] 200-300 Euthedemus 286 D, 286 E Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3679 [43] 200-300 Republic 5. 472 E-473 D Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5082 [44] 200-300 Charmides 172 C-D, 173 A-B Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5083 [45] 200-350 Cratylus 423 E Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford

Additional fragments with possibly outdated references

Versions[]

Tetralogies[]

The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes.[3] The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (written in italic), and includes the 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. ^ "Thrasyllus and the division of the Platonic dialogues into tetralogies". Encyclopedia of Plato.
Retrieved from ""