This article compares the Greek and the Arabic versions of Aristotle’s last
will and argues that ... more This article compares the Greek and the Arabic versions of Aristotle’s last will and argues that the differences between them are not to be explained as paraphrases and mistakes by the translator(s), as has recently been stated. Rather, the Greek text which constituted the basis of the translation was a manipulated version of the original last will and meant to support the view that Herpyllis was not Aristotle’s mistress and that Nikomachos was not her but Pythias’ son. Although the Greek version in Diogenes Laertios is to be regarded as the original version of this document, it lacks one authentic sentence preserved by the Arabic tradition. A reading of the Greek version of the will before the background of Athenian law makes it probable that Herpyllis was Aristotle’s legal wife and the mother of Nikomachos. In addition, it is shown that Ptolemy’s Life of Aristotle was not, as is assumed in its editio princeps, an epitome of Hermippos’ On Aristotle.
This paper deals with the claim in recent literature that historiography was in antiquity a subge... more This paper deals with the claim in recent literature that historiography was in antiquity a subgenre of rhetoric and that it therefore allowed, or even demanded , the extensive presence of fictional elements. The main representatives of such a view are today P. T. Wiseman and A. J. Woodman. Here I delineate and discuss Woodman's arguments and those of his critics, concluding that there is no evidence in historiographical theory that the historian was permitted to invent facts to the extent assumed by this scholar. The questions of why and on what scale elements that we today regard as 'rhetorical' fiction were admissible in ancient his-toriography are discussed briefly at the end of this contribution.
Abstract: This article contains the first edition of four inscriptions from Coriovallum/Heerlen a... more Abstract: This article contains the first edition of four inscriptions from Coriovallum/Heerlen and of another inscription of unknown pro-venance. No. 1 is a tessera militaris that attests the presence of soldiers at Coriovallum. In the commentary on this piece the various forms of owners' inscriptions on such nameplates are discussed. No. 2 is a fragment of an altar for Fortuna from the bathhouse of Coriovallum. Together with other attestations for the local cult of this goddess, it may provide evidence that the bathhouse was frequented by soldiers and veterans and used for medical treatment. No. 3 is a leaden label that attests the sale or delivery of 30 kilo of a bark product (corticium: a new word) that may be related to tannery. Nos. 4 (from Coriovallum) and 5 (of unknown provenance) are pieces of military equipment with indications of the owners' identities.
Abstract: Taking the paper by Prandi and Landucci as a starting point, this contribution discusse... more Abstract: Taking the paper by Prandi and Landucci as a starting point, this contribution discusses some problems regarding POxy LXXI 4808. 1) In col. I 14-15, the name of the biographer Hermippus (H[ermip]pos) supplied as that of the authority referred to for, among other things, the statement that Cleitarchus was the teacher of Ptolemy IV, which favors a late date for this historian of Alexander. 2) According to our reconstruction of the discussion of Hieronymus of Cardia, the historian was regarded by the author as unbiased, but too heavily reliant on speeches. 3) Cleitarchus is accused of exaggeration, which means that the author doubted the reliability of his account. 4) The text might have been part of a collection of material (hypomnema) for a historiographical work. 5) In terms of historiographical theory in antiquity, the text provides significant evidence for the importance of truth and the active participation of the historian in the events described.
This article compares the Greek and the Arabic versions of Aristotle’s last
will and argues that ... more This article compares the Greek and the Arabic versions of Aristotle’s last will and argues that the differences between them are not to be explained as paraphrases and mistakes by the translator(s), as has recently been stated. Rather, the Greek text which constituted the basis of the translation was a manipulated version of the original last will and meant to support the view that Herpyllis was not Aristotle’s mistress and that Nikomachos was not her but Pythias’ son. Although the Greek version in Diogenes Laertios is to be regarded as the original version of this document, it lacks one authentic sentence preserved by the Arabic tradition. A reading of the Greek version of the will before the background of Athenian law makes it probable that Herpyllis was Aristotle’s legal wife and the mother of Nikomachos. In addition, it is shown that Ptolemy’s Life of Aristotle was not, as is assumed in its editio princeps, an epitome of Hermippos’ On Aristotle.
This paper deals with the claim in recent literature that historiography was in antiquity a subge... more This paper deals with the claim in recent literature that historiography was in antiquity a subgenre of rhetoric and that it therefore allowed, or even demanded , the extensive presence of fictional elements. The main representatives of such a view are today P. T. Wiseman and A. J. Woodman. Here I delineate and discuss Woodman's arguments and those of his critics, concluding that there is no evidence in historiographical theory that the historian was permitted to invent facts to the extent assumed by this scholar. The questions of why and on what scale elements that we today regard as 'rhetorical' fiction were admissible in ancient his-toriography are discussed briefly at the end of this contribution.
Abstract: This article contains the first edition of four inscriptions from Coriovallum/Heerlen a... more Abstract: This article contains the first edition of four inscriptions from Coriovallum/Heerlen and of another inscription of unknown pro-venance. No. 1 is a tessera militaris that attests the presence of soldiers at Coriovallum. In the commentary on this piece the various forms of owners' inscriptions on such nameplates are discussed. No. 2 is a fragment of an altar for Fortuna from the bathhouse of Coriovallum. Together with other attestations for the local cult of this goddess, it may provide evidence that the bathhouse was frequented by soldiers and veterans and used for medical treatment. No. 3 is a leaden label that attests the sale or delivery of 30 kilo of a bark product (corticium: a new word) that may be related to tannery. Nos. 4 (from Coriovallum) and 5 (of unknown provenance) are pieces of military equipment with indications of the owners' identities.
Abstract: Taking the paper by Prandi and Landucci as a starting point, this contribution discusse... more Abstract: Taking the paper by Prandi and Landucci as a starting point, this contribution discusses some problems regarding POxy LXXI 4808. 1) In col. I 14-15, the name of the biographer Hermippus (H[ermip]pos) supplied as that of the authority referred to for, among other things, the statement that Cleitarchus was the teacher of Ptolemy IV, which favors a late date for this historian of Alexander. 2) According to our reconstruction of the discussion of Hieronymus of Cardia, the historian was regarded by the author as unbiased, but too heavily reliant on speeches. 3) Cleitarchus is accused of exaggeration, which means that the author doubted the reliability of his account. 4) The text might have been part of a collection of material (hypomnema) for a historiographical work. 5) In terms of historiographical theory in antiquity, the text provides significant evidence for the importance of truth and the active participation of the historian in the events described.
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Reflections on Editing Commentaries on Authoritative Texts (Shari Boodts, Piet... more Table of Contents
Reflections on Editing Commentaries on Authoritative Texts (Shari Boodts, Pieter De Leemans & Stefan Schorn) Plurality of Redactions and Access to the Original: Editing John of Jandun’s Questions on Aristotle’s Rhetoric (Iacopo Costa) Hippocrates at Montpellier (Michael McVaugh) Textual Features and Editorial Challenges Posed by the Liber glossarum: Some Remarks on the Quotations from Augustine's De Genesi ad litteram (Marina Giani) Editing Anonymous Voices: The scholia uetera to the Iliad (Fausto Montana) Unlocking the sacra pagina: Editing the Biblical Gloss with the Help of its Medieval Users (Alexander Andrée) Editing the Lemmata of Galen’s Commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms, Book 5 (Giulia Ecca) Editing Lemmas in the Second Book of Proclus’ In Timaeum (Lorenzo Ferroni & Gerd Van Riel) Helpful Interactions between Commentary and Text: Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics and Important Manuscripts of this Treatise (Christian Brockmann) Critically Editing a So-Called “Sentences Commentary” (Monica Brînzei & Chris Schabel) The Past, the Others, Himself: The Open Dialogue of a Medieval Legal Author with his Text (Sara Menzinger) The Authority of Being Useful: Servius on and off the Page (James H. Brusuelas) Papyrus Commentaries on the Iliad (Lara Pagani)
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Jeudi 19 mai, 14h30 – 18h
14h30
Stefan Schorn (KU Leuven)
How to Create a New Biography of Pythagoras: The 'Anonymus Diodori'
15h45
Pietro Zaccaria (KU Leuven)
The 'Pythagorean Notes' (Pythagorika Hypomnemata) Cited by Diogenes Laertius (8,25-33): The Role of Alexander Polyhistor as an Intermediate Source
17h
Constantinos Macris (CNRS, PSL, LEM - Paris)
Biographie et doxographie dans la Vie anonyme de Pythagore conservée chez Photius
18h
Discussion sur les trois ‘anonymes’
Vendredi 20 mai, 10h – 12h30
10h
Giovanni Trovato (Università di Pisa)
Ocellus of Lucania’s 'On the Nature of the Universe' and Pseudopythagorean Cosmology
11h15
Matteo Varoli (Università degli Studi di Cagliari)
Pari e Dispari: la teoria degli gnomoni nel corpus pseudopitagorico
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will and argues that the differences between them are not to be explained as paraphrases and mistakes by the translator(s), as has recently been stated. Rather, the Greek text which constituted the basis of the translation was a manipulated version of the original last will and meant to support the view that Herpyllis was not Aristotle’s mistress and that Nikomachos was not her but Pythias’ son. Although the Greek version in Diogenes Laertios is to be regarded as the original version of this document, it lacks one authentic sentence preserved by the Arabic tradition. A reading of the Greek version of the will before the background of Athenian law makes it probable that Herpyllis was Aristotle’s legal wife and the mother of Nikomachos. In addition, it is shown that Ptolemy’s Life
of Aristotle was not, as is assumed in its editio princeps, an epitome of Hermippos’ On Aristotle.
will and argues that the differences between them are not to be explained as paraphrases and mistakes by the translator(s), as has recently been stated. Rather, the Greek text which constituted the basis of the translation was a manipulated version of the original last will and meant to support the view that Herpyllis was not Aristotle’s mistress and that Nikomachos was not her but Pythias’ son. Although the Greek version in Diogenes Laertios is to be regarded as the original version of this document, it lacks one authentic sentence preserved by the Arabic tradition. A reading of the Greek version of the will before the background of Athenian law makes it probable that Herpyllis was Aristotle’s legal wife and the mother of Nikomachos. In addition, it is shown that Ptolemy’s Life
of Aristotle was not, as is assumed in its editio princeps, an epitome of Hermippos’ On Aristotle.
Reflections on Editing Commentaries on Authoritative Texts (Shari Boodts, Pieter De Leemans & Stefan Schorn)
Plurality of Redactions and Access to the Original: Editing John of Jandun’s Questions on Aristotle’s Rhetoric (Iacopo Costa)
Hippocrates at Montpellier (Michael McVaugh)
Textual Features and Editorial Challenges Posed by the Liber glossarum: Some Remarks on the Quotations from Augustine's De Genesi ad litteram (Marina Giani)
Editing Anonymous Voices: The scholia uetera to the Iliad (Fausto Montana)
Unlocking the sacra pagina: Editing the Biblical Gloss with the Help of its Medieval Users (Alexander Andrée)
Editing the Lemmata of Galen’s Commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms, Book 5 (Giulia Ecca)
Editing Lemmas in the Second Book of Proclus’ In Timaeum (Lorenzo Ferroni & Gerd Van Riel)
Helpful Interactions between Commentary and Text: Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics and Important Manuscripts of this Treatise (Christian Brockmann)
Critically Editing a So-Called “Sentences Commentary” (Monica Brînzei & Chris Schabel)
The Past, the Others, Himself: The Open Dialogue of a Medieval Legal Author with his Text (Sara Menzinger)
The Authority of Being Useful: Servius on and off the Page (James H. Brusuelas)
Papyrus Commentaries on the Iliad (Lara Pagani)
Comitato Scientifico:
Gianfranco Adornato
Eva Falaschi
Stefan Schorn
salle 15 (sous-sol)
Dans le cadre du projet "Pseudopythagorica : stratégies du faire croire dans la philosophie antique" (LabEx Hastec - LEM - Centre Jean Pépin).
PROGRAMME
Jeudi 19 mai, 14h30 – 18h
14h30
Stefan Schorn (KU Leuven)
How to Create a New Biography of Pythagoras: The 'Anonymus Diodori'
15h45
Pietro Zaccaria (KU Leuven)
The 'Pythagorean Notes' (Pythagorika Hypomnemata) Cited by Diogenes Laertius (8,25-33): The Role of Alexander Polyhistor as an Intermediate Source
17h
Constantinos Macris (CNRS, PSL, LEM - Paris)
Biographie et doxographie dans la Vie anonyme de Pythagore conservée chez Photius
18h
Discussion sur les trois ‘anonymes’
Vendredi 20 mai, 10h – 12h30
10h
Giovanni Trovato (Università di Pisa)
Ocellus of Lucania’s 'On the Nature of the Universe' and Pseudopythagorean Cosmology
11h15
Matteo Varoli (Università degli Studi di Cagliari)
Pari e Dispari: la teoria degli gnomoni nel corpus pseudopitagorico
12h30 Fin de l’Atelier