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John Stobaeus

Stobaeus, Volume I

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Contents

Stobaeus, Volume I: Contents

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Contents

The dedication · PDF edition pp. 8–9

On arithmetic · PDF edition pp. 10–11

Book I Chapter 1 · PDF edition pp. 32–33

Book I Chapter 2 · PDF edition pp. 104–105

Book I Chapter 3 · PDF edition pp. 106–107

Book I Chapter 4 · PDF edition pp. 154–155

Book I Chapter 5 · PDF edition pp. 166–167

Book I Chapter 6 · PDF edition pp. 192–193

Book I Chapter 7 · PDF edition pp. 214–215

Book I Chapter 8 · PDF edition pp. 222–223

Book I Chapter 9 · PDF edition pp. 268–269

Book I Chapter 10 · PDF edition pp. 288–289

Book I Chapter 11 · PDF edition pp. 320–321

Book I Chapter 12 · PDF edition pp. 332–333

Book I Chapter 13 · PDF edition pp. 342–343

Book I Chapter 14 · PDF edition pp. 352–353

Book I Chapter 15 · PDF edition pp. 366–367

Book I Chapter 16 · PDF edition pp. 378–379

Book I Chapter 17 · PDF edition pp. 390–391

Book I Chapter 18 · PDF edition pp. 404–405

Book I Chapter 19 · PDF edition pp. 428–429

Book I Chapter 20 · PDF edition pp. 456–457

Book I Chapter 21 · PDF edition pp. 492–493

Book I Chapter 22 · PDF edition pp. 532–533

Book I Chapter 23 · PDF edition pp. 552–553

Book I Chapter 24 · PDF edition pp. 558–559

Book I Chapter 25 · PDF edition pp. 580–581

Book I Chapter 26 · PDF edition pp. 612–613

Book I Chapter 27 · PDF edition pp. 642–643

Book I Chapter 28 · PDF edition pp. 648–649

Book I Chapter 29 · PDF edition pp. 664–665

Book I Chapter 30 · PDF edition pp. 690–691

Book I Chapter 31 · PDF edition pp. 708–709

Book I Chapter 32 · PDF edition pp. 732–733

Book I Chapters 33-35 · PDF edition pp. 734–735

Book I Chapter 36 · PDF edition pp. 736–737

Book I Chapter 37 · PDF edition pp. 748–749

Book I Chapter 38 · PDF edition pp. 750–751

Book I Chapter 39 · PDF edition pp. 756–757

Book I Chapter 40 · PDF edition pp. 762–763

Book I Chapter 41 · PDF edition pp. 814–815

Book I Chapter 42 · PDF edition pp. 882–883

Book I Chapter 43 · PDF edition pp. 896–897

Book I Chapter 44 · PDF edition pp. 898–899

Book I Chapter 45 · PDF edition pp. 900–901

Book I Chapter 46 · PDF edition pp. 902–903

Book I Chapter 47 · PDF edition pp. 904–905

Book I Chapter 48 · PDF edition pp. 948–949

Book I Chapter 49 · PDF edition pp. 976–977

Book I Chapter 50 · PDF edition pp. 1580–1581

Book I Chapter 51 · PDF edition pp. 1618–1619

Book I Chapter 52 · PDF edition pp. 1626–1627

Book I Chapter 53 · PDF edition pp. 1656–1657

Book I Chapter 54 · PDF edition pp. 1662–1663

Book I Chapter 55 · PDF edition pp. 1670–1671

Book I Chapter 56 · PDF edition pp. 1680–1681

Book I Chapter 57 · PDF edition pp. 1684–1685

Book I Chapter 58 · PDF edition pp. 1686–1687

Book I Chapter 59 · PDF edition pp. 1690–1691

Book I Chapter 60 · PDF edition pp. 1700–1701

Ancient contents - Book I · PDF edition pp. 1714–1715

Ancient contents - Book II · PDF edition pp. 1728–1729

Ancient contents - Book III · PDF edition pp. 1738–1739

Ancient contents - Book IV · PDF edition pp. 1746–1747

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About This Reading Edition

Stobaeus gathered Greek philosophy and poetry for his son Septimius. Volume I presents the dedication testimony, On Arithmetic, Book I through chapter 60, and the ancient contents of all four books. This complete bilingual edition includes an introduction and 2,117 explanatory notes.

Historical Text and Translation

The Greek follows Curt Wachsmuth’s 1884 Volume I, checked against the supplied scan. Gaps, lost-chapter headings, and uncertain attributions remain visible. Chapter 2 includes a labeled proposed reconstruction. The appendix outlines Books I–IV; the full texts of Books II–IV are outside this volume. Reader pages preserve the companion PDF’s numbering.

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Diotimos Editions prepared this independent English translation directly from the Greek. Prose and verse retain their distinct forms, with mixed passages preserving their quoted verse. Every passage is paired with its Greek and identified by the edition’s reference number. All 2,117 notes remain linked to their passages, with continuous numbering across the introduction and text.

Rights

Stobaeus’s ancient Greek work and Wachsmuth’s 1884 printing are in the public domain. The independent English translation, introduction, and explanatory notes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions. The complete supplied edition is available as PDF, EPUB, Word, and Markdown. The PDF retains the fixed page locations used by the companion lexicon.