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Panaetius

Panaetius Fragments in Fowler’s Edition Carrier unit 49

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Ancient Greek

49. [Laert. Diog. II, 64.) Πάντων μέντοι τῶν Σωκρατικῶν διαλόγων Παναίτιος
ἀληθεῖς εἶναι δοκεῖ τοὺς Πλάτωνος Ξενοφῶντος ᾿Αντιςθένους Αἰςχίνου᾽ διςτάζει
δὲ περὶ τῶν Φαίδωνος καὶ Εὐκλείδου. τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἀναιρεῖ πάντας (cf. v. L. 63).

(de Anth. Pal. IX 358 et aliis locis ubi Panaetius Phaedonem dialogum Platonicum re
vera Platonis esse negasse traditur, ; quod enostro loco similive male intellecto
evenisse videtur, ; cf. Zeller, Comment. philol, in hon. Mommseni 1877 p. 407 sqq.
Nietzsche Mus. Rh. XXIV p. 181 sqq.)

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15

49. [Diogenes Laertius II, 64.] Of all the Socratic dialogues, Panaetius considers those of Plato, Xenophon, Antisthenes, and Aeschines genuine. He is doubtful about those of Phaedo and Euclides, but rejects all the others (cf. v. L. 63).

(On Anthologia Palatina IX, 358, and other passages where Panaetius is said to have denied that Plato's dialogue Phaedo was truly by Plato, something that seems to have arisen from a misunderstanding of our passage or a similar one, cf. Zeller, Commentationes philologicae in honorem Mommseni, 1877, pp. 407 ff.; Nietzsche, Rheinisches Museum XXIV, pp. 181 ff.)

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15

49. [Diogène Laërce II, 64.] Parmi tous les dialogues socratiques, Panétius paraît tenir pour authentiques ceux de Platon, de Xénophon, d’Antisthène et d’Eschine ; il hésite au sujet de ceux de Phédon et d’Euclide, et rejette tous les autres (cf. v. L. 63).

(Sur Anth. Pal. IX, 358 et d’autres passages où l’on rapporte que Panétius niait que le Phédon, dialogue platonicien, fût réellement de Platon, ce qui semble résulter d’une mauvaise compréhension de notre passage ou d’un passage semblable, cf. Zeller, Comment. philol. in hon. Mommseni, 1877, p. 407 sqq. ; Nietzsche, Mus. Rh. XXIV, p. 181 sqq.)

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