List of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues

Some 250 known manuscripts of Plato survive.^[1] The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues.

Medieval minuscules

There are 51 Byzantine manuscripts in Greek minuscule that constitute the main basis for the text of Plato's works.^[2]

Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 — 895 AD; first six tetralogies, designated B.^[3]
Codex Parisinus graecus 1807 — circa 900 AD; last two tetralogies and the apocrypha, designated A
Codex Venetus Marcianus graecus IV, 1, designated T^[4]
Codex Vindobonensis 54, supplementum phil. Gr. 7, designated W^[5]

Papyri


Name	Date	Content	Institution
Papyrus 2993 [1]	300 BC-200 BC	Sophist 223-224	Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
P.Oxy.XXXIII 2662 [2]	100 BC-100 AD	Meno 92E-93B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
Papyrus 3051 [3]	1-200 AD	Politicus 257B, 261D-262C	Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
Papyrus 187 [4]	1-250 AD	Laches 181a8-182a4	Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
Papyrus 2048 [5]	100-300 AD	Phaedrus	Digitised Manuscripts, British Library
P.Oxy.LII 3667 [6]	200-300 AD	Alcibiades II 142 B-143 C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XV 1808 [7]	100-200 AD	Republic viii	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3678 [8]	200-300 AD	Philebus18 E-19 A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5087 [9]	200-300 AD	Laches 180 E, 182 B-C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3682 [10]	100-200 AD	Theaetetus 209 A-C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5078 [11]	200-400 AD	Alcibiades I 105 C-D	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5086 [12]	200-300 AD	Laches 179 C-D, 180 A-B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XXXIII 2663 [13]	100-200 AD	Cratylus 405C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3677 [14]	100-200 AD	Phaedrus 267 C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XV 1809 [15]	100-200 AD	Phaedo	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3676 [16]	100-200 AD	Phaedo 107 D-110 A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5079 [17]	150-200 AD	Alcibiades I 109 A-B, 109 B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XLIV 3157 [18]	100-200 AD	Republic x	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3668 [19]	100-200 AD	Epistle 2. 310 E-311 A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5090 [20]	100-200 AD	Politicus 270 D-E	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3672 [21]	200-300 AD	Laws 6. 751 A-C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3681 [22]	100-300 AD	Theaetetus 198 D-E	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3666 [23]	100-200 AD	Alcibiades I 113 B and 132 A-B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5088 [24]	100-200 AD	Meno 72 E, 73 A-B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5089 [25]	100-200 AD	Politicus 257 B-C, 257 D-258 A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XLVII 3326 [26]	100-200 AD	Republic 8. 545C-546A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XLIX 3509 [27]	200-300 AD	Republic i 330 a2 - b4	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5084 [28]	100-200 AD	Crito 43 B, 45 B-E, 45 E-46 A, 46 C-D	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3671 [29]	150-200 AD	Laches 179 B-C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3670 [30]	100-300 AD	Hippias Major 291 D-E	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XXXVI 2751 [31]	150-250 AD	Republic III	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3680 [32]	100-200 AD	Theaetetus 190 E-191 A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XVII 2102 [33]	150-200 AD	Phaedrus	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.XV 1809 [34]	100-200 AD	Phaedo	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5091 [35]	100-300 AD	Politicus 299 E, 300 A-B, 300 C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5092 [36]	100-200 AD	Politicus 305 D-306 B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3674 [37]	100-200 AD	Laws 9. 854 C-D	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3673 [38]	150-250 AD	Laws 6. 771 A-D	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3675 [39]	100-200 AD	Laws 9. 865 A-C	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3669 [40]	100-200 AD	Gorgias 491 B, 495 C-E	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5081 [41]	100-300 AD	Charmides 166C, 167A	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5085 [42]	200-300 AD	Euthedemus 286 D, 286 E	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LII 3679 [43]	200-300 AD	Republic 5. 472 E-473 D	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5082 [44]	200-300 AD	Charmides 172 C-D, 173 A-B	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford
P.Oxy.LXXVI 5083 [45]	200-350 AD	Cratylus 423 E	Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford

Additional fragments with possibly outdated references

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 23 — Laws, fragment
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 228 — Laches, fragment
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 — Phaedo, fragment

Versions

Nag Hammadi library – Republic 588A–589B, Coptic version

Tetralogies

The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes.^[6] The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters.

1st tetralogy
- Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo
2nd tetralogy
- Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman
3rd tetralogy
- Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus
4th tetralogy
- Alcibiades I, Alcibiades II, Hipparchus, Lovers
5th tetralogy
- Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis
6th tetralogy
- Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno
7th tetralogy
- Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus
8th tetralogy
- Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias
9th tetralogy
- Minos, Laws, Epinomis, Letters

Notes

^ Brumbaugh, Robert S.; Wells, Rulon S. (1989). "Completing Yale's Plato Microfilm Project". The Yale University Library Gazette. 64 (1/2): 73–75. JSTOR 40858970.
^ Irwin, T. H. (2019). "The Platonic Corpus". In Gail Fine (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Plato (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 68–91.
^ Complete photographic facsimile in Allen, T. W., Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 Phototypice editus, 2 vols. Leiden 1898–9. Digitized version available online.
^ Available online on the library website.
^ Available online
^ "Thrasyllus and the division of the Platonic dialogues into tetralogies". Encyclopedia of Plato. Archived from the original on 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

External links

The Textual Tradition of Plato's Works

[1] Brumbaugh, Robert S.; Wells, Rulon S. (1989). "Completing Yale's Plato Microfilm Project". The Yale University Library Gazette. 64 (1/2): 73–75. JSTOR 40858970.

[2] Irwin, T. H. (2019). "The Platonic Corpus". In Gail Fine (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Plato (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 68–91.

[3] Complete photographic facsimile in Allen, T. W., Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 Phototypice editus, 2 vols. Leiden 1898–9. Digitized version available online.

[4] Available online on the library website.

[5] Available online

[6] "Thrasyllus and the division of the Platonic dialogues into tetralogies". Encyclopedia of Plato. Archived from the original on 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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