Note: passages for sophists and other Presocratic philosophers are organized by Diels-Kranz (D.-K.) reference, with the chapter number given at the main heading, e.g. Antiphon (D.-K. 89), and the equivalent Laks-Most (L.-M.) reference, where available, given alongside each passage listed. For further explanation of these references, see foreword, p. v.
A
Aeschylus
Agamemnon, 369–72 120
Prometheus Bound, 944 5
Alceus, fr. 49 Lobel-Page = D.L. 1.31 103
Alcidamas, fr. 19 94
Anonymous Iamblichi (D.-K. 89)
6 = 40.6 L.-M. 79n29
7.1 = 40.7.1 L.-M. 103n13
7.8 = 40.7.8 L.-M. 103n13
Antiphon (D.-K. 87)
A3 = 37D83 L.-M. 103
A3.3 = 37D83.3 L.-M. 103
A6 = 37P9 L.-M. 102n11, 110n27
A6 = 37P10 L.-M. 101–2, 129
A6a 9 = 37P8 L.-M. 50n22
B2 = 37D1b L.-M. 106
B10 = 37D9 L.-M. 39
B10 = 37D9a L.-M. 121n48
B12 = 37D37 L.-M. 39, 121
B13 = 37D 36a–b and R14–16 L.-M. 138
B15 = 37D8 L.-M. (partial) 39
B22–5 = 37D18–21 L.-M. 39
B28–32 = 37D24–7 L.-M. 39
B44 = 37D38b L.-M. 84n36, 128
B44, 4.10 = 37D38 L.-M. 47n14
B44A, 2.7–10 = 37D38b, 2.7–10 L.-M. 92
B44A, 2.10–15 = 37D38b, 2.10–15 L.-M. 92
B44A, 2.15–3.12 = 37D38b, 2.15-3.12 L.-M. 84
B44B, 1.5–2.23 = 37D38a, 1.5–2.23 L.-M. 88
B44B, 1.6–11 = 37D38a, 1.6–11 L.-M. 87
B44B, 1.22–4.8 = 37D38a, 1.22–4.8 L.-M. 85
B44B, 2.26–7 = 37D38a, 2.26-7 L.-M. 88
B44B, 4.9–22 = 37D38a, 4.9–22 L.-M. 85
B44B, 5.4–8 = 37D38 L.-M. 9n15
B44B, 5.25–7.14 = 37D38a, 5.25–7.14 L.-M. 85–6
B44C = 37D38c L.-M. 86
B44a = 37R7 L.-M. 104
B49 = 37D57 L.-M. 102
B50 = 37D51 L.-M. 102
B51 = 37D50 L.-M. 102
B52 = 37D48 L.-M. 103
B53–4 = 37D52 and 59 L.-M. 103
B53–8 = 37D52–3, 59, 47a–b, 54–5 L.-M. 102
B53a = 37D53 L.-M. 103
B58 = 37D55 L.-M. 104
B59 = 37D56 L.-M. 104
B61 = 37D63 L.-M. 105n17
B118 118n36
Tetralogies
1.2.2.3 57n45
2.2.6 57n45
see also POxy. III 414
Aristophanes
Birds, 690–2 118n35
Clouds
360–2 118n35
441–51 8
658–91 45
882–4 9
Aristotle
Metaphysics, 1003b10 29n30
Physics (see Lycophron: 83.2 D.-K.)
Politics, 1269a20 65
Rhetoric, 2.23.12 57n45
Sophistical Refutations, 171b34 2
C
Critias (D.-K. 88)
B22 = Dram. T67 L.-M. 89–90
B25 = Dram. T63 L.-M. 118–20
D
Democritus (D.-K. 68)
A75 = Atom. D207 L.-M. 119n42
A114 = 31R22 L.-M. 21
Diogenes Laertius
1.31 103
9.24 115n21
Dissoi logoi (D.-K. 90)
2.18 = 40, 2.18 L.-M. 65
3.10–12 = 40, 3.10–12 L.-M. 54n33
6.1 = 40, 6.1 L.-M. 97
8 = 40, 8.1 L.-M. 10
E
Epiphanius, Against Heresies, 3.16 113
Euripides
Bellerophon, fr. 286 Kannicht 122
Helen, 743 119n42
Iphigenia in Aulis, 1034–5 120
[Sisyphus], 88B25 D.-K. = Dram. T63 L.-M. 118–20
G
Gorgias (D.-K. 82)
A1 = 32D27 and R19 L.-M. 93–4
A1a = 32D11a L.-M. 63n56
A3, 10 = 32P4–5 L.-M. 12, 53n30
A9 = 32P18 L.-M. 49–50
A17 = 32P35 L.-M. 118n36
A21 = 32D47 L.-M. 6, 75, 97, 99
A24 = 32D11b L.-M. 63n56
A27 = 32D7a–b L.-M. 76
A29 = 32D21b L.-M. 54n35
B3 = 32D26 L.-M. 26–7
B4 = 32D45a L.-M. 60n52
B5a–b = 32D30a–b and 29 L.-M. 76
B5b = 32D29 L.-M. 93
B6 = 32D28 L.-M. 76
B11, 2 = 32D24, 2 L.-M. 47n14
B11, 6 = 32D24, 6 L.-M. 77
B11, 8 = 32D24, 8 L.-M. 52
B11, 9 = 32D24, 9 L.-M. 53n30, 54
B12 = 32D18 L.-M. 33n41
B13 = 32D12 L.-M. 63n56
B13 D.K. = 32D12 L.-M. 63n56
B14 = 32D52 L.-M. 110n27
B18–19 = 32D53 L.-M. 76
B20 = 32D40 L.-M. 103n13
B23 = 32D35 L.-M. 53–4
B26 = 32D34 L.-M. 34
B29 = 32P22 L.-M. 140
H
Heraclitus (D.-K. 22)
B35 = Her. 40DL.-M. 11
Herodotus
1.29 5
1.30.2 11
2.53.1 115
2.113–20 58n48
3.80–2 74n23
5.78 74n21
Hesiod
Theogony
83–7 43
901–3 72
Works and Days
190–201 72
257 72
265 72
267–73 120
274–80 71–2
286–97 109
Hippias (D.-K. 86)
A2 = 36D12b L.-M. 54
A2 = 36D14b L.-M. 54, 55n38
A5a = 36D13 L.-M. 54
A10 = 36D25 L.-M. 54
A11 = 36D12a L.-M. 54
A12 = 36D2 L.-M. 50n22
A12 = 36D15 L.-M. 44, 54
A14 = 36D11 L.-M. 90–1
A16 54
B1 = 36D4 L.-M. 50n22
B2 = 36D14b and D30 L.-M. 55n38
B3 = 36D7 L.-M. 55n38
B5 = 36D5 L.-M. 107, 110
B6 = 36D22 L.-M. 54, 55
B6–9 = 36D22–3 L.-M. 55n38
B9 = 36D26 L.-M. 54
B12 = 36D26–8 L.-M. 55n38
B18 = 36D24 L.-M. 54
B21 = 36D36 L.-M. 138
C1 = 36D17 L.-M. 90–1, 93
Hippocratic Corpus
The Art 139
1 140
On the Nature of Man, 1–8 140
Homer, Iliad, 9.442–3 43
L
Lycophron (D.-K. 83)
1 = 38D2 L.-M. 37–8
2 = 38D1 L.-M. 12, 37
3 = 38D3 L.-M. 74–5, 85
4 = 38D4 L.-M. 93
M
Melissus (D.-K. 30)
B2 = Mel. D3 L.-M. 31
Metrodorus (D.-K. 70)
B1 15
M.X.G. see On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias
O
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias (M.X.G.) (anon.) 28n27, 31
979a12–13 = D26 L.-M. 27
979a22–3 27
979a25–33 27
979b20–980a8 27
On the Laws (anon.), 15–20 74
P
Parmenides (D.-K. 28)
B2, 5 = Parm. D6 L.-M. 29
B3 = Parm. D6 L.-M. 31
B6, 8–9 = Parm. D8, 8–9 L.-M. 30n32
B8 = Parm. D8 L.-M. 29
B8, 38 = Parm. D8, 38 L.-M. 31
B8, 56 = Parm. D8, 56 L.-M. 53n30
PHerc. 1676 139n2
Philoponus, Commentary on Physics, 43.9–13 37n50
Pindar
fr. 169a Snell-Mähler 65
Olympian Odes
2.86 97n1
9.100 97n1
10.20 97n1
Plato
Cratylus
391b 43–4
391b–d 47n17
Euthydemus
277e 46n11
305c 46n11
Gorgias
452d–e 97
456a–c 138
483b–c 78
483c–d 78
483e–484a 78
489c 80
490e–491e 100
491e–c 100
508a 79
520a 78
Hippias, 282b–c 5n8
Ion, 530c–d 49
Laws
715a–716c 41
886d–e 40
889b 40–1
889e 41
890a–b 41, 124n54
[Letter 2], 314d 134
Meno
76d 5n8
91a 97
95b 97, 99
Parmenides
137b 33n43
162a–b 29n30
Phaedrus
243a–b 58n48
267a 57n45
267c 46
Protagoras 68
310a–312a 1
312d–e 43
316c–317d 6
316d–317c 51–2
317b 2n3
318b 97
318d–e 6, 139n2
318e–319a 25
319b 97
321c4–7 69
321d5–6 69
322b7–8 69
323c8–d2 69
323c–324d 116n28
325a 70n12
325c5–326e5 71n15
337c–e 90–1, 93
338e–339a 49
349a 97
Republic
338c 80, 81
338d–e 81
338e–339a 83
343a–344a 101
343c 80, 83
358b–361d 101
358e–359c 85
Sophist
218b–d 2–3
232d–e 139
251b 37n50
Theaetetus
152a 15
152c 19
153e–154a 13n2
157d 15
162d 114
166a–168c (‘Apology of Protagoras’) 23, 67
166d 23–4
170a–171a 15
Plutarch
Life of Pericles, 8.3–4 139
Life of Themistocles, 2 63–4
POxy. III 414 55n41
Prodicus (D.-K. 84)
A5 = Dram. T22 L.-M. 118n35
A5 = Dram. T22–4 L.-M. 12
A15 = 34D22 and 23–5 L.-M. 106n19
A16 D.-K. 45n7
A18 = 34D24 L.-M. (partial) 45n7
A19 = 34D6a L.-M. 106n19
B1 = 34D19 L.-M. 118n35
B2 = 34D21 L.-M. 106n18
B2.28 = 34D21.28 L.-M. 108
B3 = 34D2 L.-M. 12
B4 = 34D9 L.-M. 45n7, 46, 106–7n19
B5 = 34D15–18 L.-M. 116
B5 = 34D17 L.-M. 117
B8–9 = 34R4 andP6 L.-M. 103n13
Protagoras (D.-K. 80)
A1 = 31D1 L.-M. 112–13n10, 139n2
A1 = 31D20D L.-M. 63n56
A1 = 31P19 L.-M. 113
A1 = 31R13 L.-M. 16n6
A2 = 31P21 L.-M. 113
A5 = 31D37 L.-M. 25n20, 97, 139n2
A5 = 31P13a L.-M. 2n3
A5 = Soph. R11 L.-M. 6, 52
A10 = 31D30 L.-M. 47
A11 = Dram. T18a L.-M. 118n36
A14 = 31R21 L.-M. 19n11
A15 = 31R22 L.-M. 21
A16 = 31R28 L.-M. 15
A19 = 31R10 L.-M. 21–6, 48n18
A21 = 31D38 L.-M. 23–4
A21a = 31D38 L.-M. 67, 68
A22 24, 67
A23 = 31R24 L.-M. 113
A25 = 31D31 L.-M. 46, 49
A26 = 31D22a L.-M. 46
A27–8 = 31D23–4 L.-M. 44
A28–30 = 31D24–5, 30 L.-M. 51
A29 = 31D25 L.-M. 44
A30 = 31D32 L.-M. 50n24
B1 = 31R5 L.-M. 15
B1 = 32D9 L.-M. 13–21, 25–6
B2 = 31D7, R2 L.-M. 12, 18
B4 = 31D10 L.-M. 70n11, 113–15
B5 = 31R1a L.-M. 66
B6a = 31D26 L.-M. 48
B6b 9n14, 45, 48
B7 = 31D33 L.-M. (partial) 138–9
B7a = 31D34 L.-M. 139n2
B8 = 31D2 L.-M. 139
C1 = 31D40 L.-M. 68
C3 = Dram. T19c L.-M. 45
31D42 L.-M. 46
S
Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians, 7.65–87 27n25
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, 1.216–19 19n11
Simonides, fr. 386 Page 109
Simplicius, Commentary on Physics, 93.29–30 37n50
Solon
fr. 1, 25–32 D. Gentili-Prato 120
fr. 1, 51–2 Gentili-Prato 51
Sophocles, Antigone, 453–5 72n18
T
Themistius, Paraphrase of Metaphysics, 6.25–7.2 37n50
Theognis
27ff. 97n1
873–6 51
Thrasymachus (D.-K. 85)
A9 = 35D4 L.-M. 12
B2 = 35D18 L.-M. 93, 94
B6a = 35D21a L.-M. 80, 81
B8 = 35D17 L.-M. 120–1
Thucydides
2.40.1 11
2.40.2 74n21
2.60.2–4 74n21
3.37 77
5.104–5 123–4
6.39 73n20
8.68 129
Timon, fr. 18 Di Marco 118n35
X
Xeniades (D.-K. 81)
1 = 39D1 L.-M. 36–7
1 = 39R1 L.-M. 12
Xenophanes of Elea (D.-K. 21)
B34 = 8D49 L.-M. 115
Xenophon, Memorabilia
1.2.40–6 80n32
1.6 103
2.1.21–34 106n18
4.4.5–25 90–1
4.4.14 91
Z
Zeno of Elea (D.-K. 29)
A24 = Zen. D13a L.-M. 31
