Table Of ContentDEMETRIUS
PHALERUM
Text, Translation and Discussion
Rutgers University Studies
in Classical Humanities
Series Editor: William W. Fortenbaugh
Advisory Board: Dimitri Gutas
Pamela M. Huby
Eckart Schiitrumpf
Robert W. Sharpies
On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work ofArius Didymus,
volume I
Theophrastus ofEresus: On His Life and Work, volume II
Theophrastean Studies: On Natural Science, Physics and Metaphysics,
Ethics, Religion and Rhetoric, volume III
Cicero's Knowledge of the Peripatos, volume IV
Theophrastus: His Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific
Writings, volume V
Peripatetic Rhetoric After Aristotle, volume VI
The Passionate Intellect: Essays on the Transformation of Classical
Traditions presented to Professor /. G. Kidd, volume VII
Theophrastus: Reappraising the Sources, volume VIII
Demetrius ofPhalerum: Text, Translation and Discussion, volume IX
Rutgers University Studies
in Classical Humanities
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DEMETRIUS
PHALERUM
Text, Translation and Discussion
Edited by
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William W. Fortenbaugh
Eckart Schiitrumpf
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Demetrius of Phalerum: text, translation, and discussion / edited by William
W. Fortenbaugh and Eckart Schiitrumpf.
p. cm. - (Rutgers University studies in classical humanities ; v. 9)
Includes Greek and Latin texts with facing English translation.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-7658-0017-9 (alk. paper)
1. Demetrius, of Phaleron, b. 350 B .C. 2. Philosophy, Ancient. I.
Fortenbaugh, William W. IL Schtitrumpf, Eckart. Ilt Demetrius, of
Phaleron, b. 350 B.C. Selections. Polyglot. IV. Series
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Contents
Preface vii
Contributors ix
1. Demetrius of Phalerum: The Sources, Text and Translation 1-310
Peter Stork, Jan Max van Ophuijsen, Hziano Dorandi
2. Diogenes Laertius’ Life of Demerius of Phalerum 311-329
Michael J. Sollenberger
3. Demetrius of Phalerum: Who was He and Who was
He Not? 331-345
Stephen V. Tracy
4. The Legislation of Demetrius of Phalerum and the
Transformation of Athenian Law 347-365
Michael Gagarin
5. Demetrius of Phalerum: A Politician among Philosophers
and a Philosopher among Politicians 367-380
Hans B. Gottschalk
6.11 Contributo dei Papiri alia Riconstruzione Biografia
e delle Idee sulla Retorica di Demetrio del Falero 381-389
Tiziano Dorandi
7. Demetrius of Phalerum on Literature 391-411
Franco Montanari
8. Gli Aesopica de Demetrio Falereo 413-447
Elisabetta Matelli
Index of Ancient Sources 449
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Preface
The series Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
(RUSCH) originated in close conjunction with Project Theophrastus.
The latter, founded in the spring of 1981, had as its primary goal a new
collection of the fragments of Theophrastus of Eresus, Aristotle’s pupil
and second head of the Peripatetic School. The former, RUSCH, was
conceived of as a vehicle for making public the results of biennial meet
ings organized by Project Theophrastus. That plan has been adhered to
with good results. Eight volumes of RUSCH have appeared since 1983.
Seven are concerned either exclusively with Theophrastus or more gen
erally with a theme of interest to scholars working on the Eresian. An
eighth volume, no. 7 in the series, is a Festschrift honoring Ian Kidd, a
loyal friend of Project Theophrastus.
In 1992 Project Theophrastus achieved its primary goal with the pub
lication of Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings,
Thought and Influence. Since then members of the Project have been
working on nine commentaries of which two have appeared, both by
Robert Sharpies, a third by Pamela Huby is nearing publication. Bien
nial meetings have continued and one, that held in 1993, continued the
focus on Theophrastus. After that a change occurred. Members of the
Project recognized that the experience gained in working on
Theophrastus might be directed toward other Peripatetics, whose frag
ments have not been collected and edited in a way that meets current
philological standards. The existing collections made by Fritz Wehrli
and published under the title Die Schule des Aristoteles are now forty
years old. They are not complete and they lack a facing translation. To
rectify this situation, it was decided to broaden the activities of the
Project to include the colleagues and successors of Theophrastus. In fall
1995, a conference was held at the University of Colorado at Boulder
under the direction of Eckart Schutrumpf. The subjects of discussion
were Dicaearchus of Messene and Demetrius of Phalerum. This volume
represents the first fruits of that gathering. It contains a new edition of
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the fragments of Demetrius with facing English translation. Also in
cluded are the papers presented at Boulder. They are not intended as a
systematic commentaryon all the fragments of Demetrius. Rather they
pick out issues of especial interest and offer a view peculiar to the au
thor. The next volume of RUSCH will concern Dicaearchus and be
similar in format.
We wish to thank the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of
Colorado for providing the space and funding necessary for a successful
international conference. In addition, we want to acknowledge the edi
torial assistance of Catherine McKeen, Rutgers University, and the
preparation of camera ready copy accomplished by Diane Smith, Waco,
Texas.
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Contributors
Tiziano DORANDI, UPR 76, CNRS, 7 rue G. Moquet, BP 8, F-94801
Villejuif Cedex, France
Michael GAGARIN, Dept, of Classics, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1181, USA
Hans. B. GOTTSCHALK, University of Leeds, Dept, of Greek and
Latin, Leeds LS2 9JT, England
Elisabetta MATELLLI, Istituto di Filologia Classica ed di Papirologia,
University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italia
Franco MONTANARI, Universita di Genova, Dipartimento di Arche-
eologia e Filologia Classica, 16126 Genova, Italia
Jan Max VAN OPHUIJSEN, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Ameri
can University of Beirut, c/o 850 Third Avenue, New York,
New York 10022, USA
Michael J. SOLLENBERGER, Dept, of Foreign Languages, Mt. St.
Marys College, Emittsburg, Maryland 21727, USA
Peter STORK, Department of Classics, University of Leiden, Postbus
9515, 21300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Stephen V. TRACY, Department of Classics, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1319, USA
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