CONTENTS.
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Grote, George
277
Favour of Ptolemy Soter towards the philosophers at Athens
279
Demetrius Phalereus — his history and character
ib.
He was chief agent in the first establishment of the Alexandrine Library
280
Proceedings of Demetrius in beginning to collect the library
282
Certainty that the works of Plato and Aristotle were among the earliest acquisitions made by him for the library
283
Large expenses incurred by the Ptolemies for procuring good MSS.
285
Catalogue of Platonic works, prepared by Aristophanes, is trustworthy
ib.
No canonical or exclusive order of the Platonic dialogues, when arranged by Aristophanes
286
Other libraries and literary centres, besides Alexandria, in which spurious Platonic works might get footing
ib.
Other critics, besides Aristophanes, proposed different arrangements of the Platonic dialogues
287
Panætius, the Stoic — considered the Phædon to be spurious — earliest known example of a Platonic dialogue disallowed upon internal grounds
288
Classification of Platonic works by the rhetor Thrasyllus — dramatic — philosophical
289
Dramatic principle — Tetralogies
ib.
Philosophical principle — Dialogues of Search — Dialogues of Exposition
291
Incongruity and repugnance of the two classifications
294
Dramatic principle of classification — was inherited by Thrasyllus from Aristophanes
295
Authority of the Alexandrine library — editions of Plato published, with the Alexandrine critical marks
ib.
Thrasyllus followed the Alexandrine library and Aristophanes, as to genuine Platonic works
296
Ten spurious dialogues, rejected by all other critics as well as by Thrasyllus — evidence that these critics followed the common authority of the Alexandrine library
297
Thrasyllus did not follow an internal sentiment of his own in rejecting dialogues as spurious