IV. Biography and Antiquarian Literature , E. Paradoxography and Antiquities. Fasc. 2: Paradoxographers of the Imperial Period and Undated Authors [Nos. 1667-1693]
This volume is part of the continuation of Felix Jacoby’s monumental collection of fragmentary Greek historiography. It contains new editions of the Greek paradoxographers of the Imperial Period and of uncertain date, fragmentary and non-fragmentary alike. It also includes the fragments of the related types of works On rivers and On stones. For the first time, all these texts have been provided with a comprehensive commentary. Together with volume IV E 1, this will constitute a new corpus of Greek paradoxography which will make Greek thought on the marvelous accessible to scholars of antiquity and later times.
Stefan Schorn, Dr. phil., is Professor of Ancient History at KU Leuven. He has published on ancient biography, historiography and political theory and he is editor-in-chief of Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued. Part IV: Biography and Antiquarian Literature.
"(..) this monumental volume constitutes an indispensable acquisition for scholars, and thanks to its translations and extensive commentaries it will also enable a wider audience to engage with fascinating and little-known texts, for many of which it will undoubtedly constitute the reference edition for years to come."
Tommaso Braccini in BMCR 2023.10.10
Prolegomena S. Schorn
Abbreviations
part 1 Paradoxographers in the Strict Sense
Introduction to Paradoxographers of the Imperial Period and Undated Authors S. Schorn
1. Paradoxographers of the Imperial Period
1667 Phlegon of Tralleis K.E. Shannon-Henderson
1668 Damaskios of Damaskos S. Schorn
2. Undated Authors
1669 Agathosthenes S.L. Sørensen
1670 Alexandros S.L. Sørensen
1671 Ambron S. Schorn
1672 Apollonios J. Spittler
1673 Aristoteles / Aristokles S.L. Sørensen
1674 Imbrasios S. Schorn
1675 Monimos S.L. Sørensen
1676 Philon of Herakleia A. Belousov
1677 Trophilos S. Schorn
1678 Anonymous, Collection of Marvels S.L. Sørensen
1679 Paradoxographus Vaticanus S.L. Sørensen
1680 Paradoxographus Florentinus R. Greene
1681 Paradoxographus Palatinus S.L. Sørensen
1682 Anonymous, Collection of Horror Stories Including Ethnography and Mythography (P. Oxy. II 218) I. Pajón Leyra
part 2 Works On rivers (Περὶ ποταμῶν), On springs (Περὶ κρηνῶν), On lakes (Περὶ λιμνῶν), On mountains (Περὶ ὀρῶν) and On stones (Περὶ λίθων)
1. Works On rivers (Περὶ ποταμῶν)
Introduction to works On rivers (Περὶ ποταμῶν) S.L. Sørensen
1683 Dionysodoros of Troizen S.L. Sørensen
1684 Anonymous, On rivers S.L. Sørensen
1685 Asklepiades of Anazarbos S.L. Sørensen
1686 Zopyros S.L. Sørensen
1687 Agathokles of Miletos S.L. Sørensen
1688 Demostratos of Apameia S.L. Sørensen
1689 Nikanor of Samos S.L. Sørensen
1690 Timagoras S.L. Sørensen
1691 Anonymous, On rivers S.L. Sørensen
2. Works On stones (Περὶ λίθων)
Introduction to works On springs (Περὶ κρηνῶν), On lakes (Περὶ λιμνῶν), On mountains (Περὶ ὀρῶν) and On stones (Περὶ λίθων) S. Schorn
1692 Drakon of Kerkyra S. Schorn
1693 Herakleitos of Sikyon S. Schorn
Index locorum Index nominum
This volume is of relevance for classicists, ancient historians, scholars in religious studies, and all those interested in wonders and the marvellous.