Classical and late-ancient philology. Edition technique for Greek texts of the late ancient and Byzantine era. (PhD)

<h2> Seminars.</h2><p><br></p>

Previous paleographic knowledge is not required but recommended.

The aim of the course is the in-depth examination of the brand-new edition of the commentary by Proclus (412-485) on Plato’s Timaeus. This edition (G. Van Riel, Procli Diadochi In Platonis Timaeum Commentaria, 5 vol. [Oxford Classical Texts], Oxford University Press, 2022) will be compared with the 20th cent. reference edition (Procli Diadochi In Platonis Timaeum commentaria, ed. Ernst Diehl, 3 vol. [Bibliotheca Teubneriana], Leipzig, Teubner, 1903-1906). The 2022 edition takes into account two MSS unknown to the 20th cent. editor Diehl: Paris. Suppl. gr. 921, a MS of the so-called “Collection philosophique” (9th cent.) and Patmiacus Eileton 897 (11th-12th cent.). The students will be guided to detect the editorial technique of the two editors and to evaluate the main differences between the two editions, old and new.

– Procli Diadochi In Platonis Timaeum commentaria, ed. Ernst Diehl, 3 vol. [Bibliotheca Teubneriana], Leipzig, Teubner, 1903-1906.

– Procli Diadochi In Platonis Timaeum Commentaria, ed. Gerd Van Riel,

5 vol. (Oxford Classical Texts), Oxford University Press, 2022.