Late Antique Historiography

History of philosophy

Title(s):
  • History of philosophy
  • Φιλόσοφος ἱστορία
    (Philosophos historia, Philosophical history)
Author:
Period covered:
Fall of Troy-Plato
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
Porphyry's Life of Pythagoras was probably part of book 1. Porphyry's chronicle (only attested in F194b Smith, a late Arabic text) is probably identical to the History of philosophy.
Edition - Translation:
  • A. Smith (1993) Porphyrii philosophi fragmenta (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana). Stuttgart - Leipzig (F193-224).
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Bibliography:
  • B. Croke (1983) 'Porphyry's anti-Christian chronology'.The Journal of Theological Studies 34: 168-185.
  • A. Johnson (2013) Religion and identity in Porphyry of Tyre (Greek culture in the Roman world). Cambridge: 40-41.