Diogenes Laertius

Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

§2.14.124

Glaucon's Genuine and Spurious Dialogues

Presents the titles of the nine genuine dialogues attributed to Glaucon of Athens preserved in a single book, and notes thirty-two spurious ones.

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Γλαύκων Ἀθηναῖος· καὶ τούτου φέρονται1 ἐν ἑνὶ βιβλίῳ διάλογοι ἐννέα· Φειδύλος. Εὐριπίδης. Ἀμύντιχος. Εὐθίας. Λυσιθείδης. Ἀριστοφάνης. Κέφαλος. Ἀναξίφημος. Μενέξενος. φέρονται καὶ ἄλλοι δύο καὶ τριάκοντα, οἳ νοθεύονται2.

​Glaucon of Athens: of him too nine dialogues are preserved in a single book: Pheidylus. Euripides. Amyntichus. Euthias. Lysitheides. Aristophanes. Cephalus. Anaxiphemus. Menexenus. There are also thirty-two others in circulation, which are considered spurious.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 2.14.124τούτου φέρονται

    τούτου is a genitive of author or attribution ("ascribed to him"). The passive verb φέρονται is the conventional term for works being in circulation or extant.

  2. 2.14.124οἳ νοθεύονται

    The antecedent of the relative pronoun οἵ is ἄλλοι δύο καὶ τριάκοντα. The passive verb νοθεύονται means "are regarded as spurious" or "are rejected as inauthentic."

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