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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordHaidēs names Hades, either the god or the realm of the dead according to context.
- In StobaeusThe Phaedo argument moves from the relation of living and dead to the continued existence of souls in Hades.
- In this edition“Hades” is retained instead of a term importing another religious tradition’s account.
- A place to beginThe reciprocal generation of living and dead supports a conclusion about souls.
- English renderings
- Hades; the realm of the dead
Meaning
Haidēs names Hades, either the god or the realm of the dead according to context. The heading gathers the philosophical explanations of that realm preserved here.
Use in the book
The Phaedo argument moves from the relation of living and dead to the continued existence of souls in Hades. A later excerpt associates the unseen soul with an unseen destination and uses wordplay between “unseen” and Hades. Porphyry instead explains presence in Hades through an image over which soul presides. These are arguments and interpretations within cited sources, not one geography affirmed by the anthology.
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Translation in this edition
“Hades” is retained instead of a term importing another religious tradition’s account. The ancient wordplay is identified as wordplay.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 328, 331–332, 429.