9. Heraclitus’ Portrait in Diogenes Laërtius and Philodemus’ On Arrogance

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Abbreviations IX
4. Introduction. The Presocratics from Derveni to Herculaneum: A New Look at Early Greek Philosophy 1
5. Part I: Orpheus and the Orphic Tradition
6. 1. Two Aspects of the Orphic Papyrological Tradition: PGurob 1 and the Greek Magic Rolls 17
7. 2. The Opening Lemmas of the Derveni Papyrus 45
8. 3. Some Controversial Topics in the Derveni Cosmology 73
9. 4. Pherecydes of Syros in the Papyrological Tradition 91
10. Part II: Pythagoreanism and Beyond
11. 5. The Papyrological Tradition on Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans 111
12. 6. Philolaus’ Book(s) in Philodemus’ Index Academicorum 147
13. 7. Music and Philosophy in Damon of Oa 161
14. Part III: Heraclitus
15. 8. Column IV of the Derveni Papyrus: A New Analysis of the Text and the Quotation of Heraclitus 179
16. 9. Heraclitus’ Portrait in Diogenes Laërtius and Philodemus’ On Arrogance 221
17. Part IV: Empedocles
18. 10. Aphrodite’s Cosmic Power: Empedocles in the Derveni Papyrus 251
19. 11. Empedocles on the Origin of Plants: PStrasb. gr. inv. 1665–1666, Sections d, b, and f 271
20. 12. Empedocles in the Herculaneum Papyri: An Update 299
21. Part V: Anaxagoras and his School
22. 13. Anaxagoras from Egypt to Herculaneum: A Contribution to the History of Ancient ‘Atheism’ 335
23. 14. Metrodorus the Allegorist as Reflected in Philodemus’ On Poems, Book 2: PHerc. 1676, col. 2 + N 1081, col. 12 (= 61 A 4 DK; Test. 34.3 Lanata) 415
24. Part VI: Early Atomists
25. 15. Democritus’ Doctrine of Eidola in the Herculaneum Papyri: A Reassessment of the Sources 437
26. 16. Anaxarchus from Egypt to Herculaneum 473
27. Part VII: The Sophistic Movement
28. 17. The Authorship of the Derveni Papyrus, A Sophistic Treatise on the Origin of Religion and Language: A Case for Prodicus of Ceos 491
29. Part VIII: The Papyrological Tradition and Doxographical Questions
30. 18. Lists of Principles and Lists of Gods: Philodemus, Cicero, Aëtius, and Others 609
31. Indices
32. Index locorum 633
33. Index nominum antiquorum 679
34. Index nominum recentiorum 687