Thinking Through Excerpts: Studies on Stobaeus
Abstract
This collection of essays represents the most comprehensive study to date on the anthology compiled by Stobaeus (5th c. AD). It covers topics such as excerpting as a cultural practice, issues pertaining to the ms. tradition, Stobaeus' use of his sources, his evidence on specific figures (Heraclitus, Theognis, Plato, the Cynics, Aristo of Chios, and Eudorus of Alexandria), as well as thematic treatments. The contributors to the volume are, in the order of the Table of Contents: David Konstan, Denis Michael Searby, Michele Curnis, Anna Lucia Di Lello-Finuoli, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Elena Gritti, Serge Mouraviev, Luigi Ferreri, Graziano Ranocchia, Pedro Pablo Fuentes González, Mauro Bonazzi, Sophie Van der Meeren, Sophie Aubert, Ilaria Ramelli, Emmanuele Vimercati, and Julie Giovacchini.
