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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordLexis can mean wording or verbal expression.
- In StobaeusPorphyry announces that he will set down Bardisanes’ account in its wording.
- In this edition“Verbatim” conveys the force of kata lexin, while remaining a claim made within the transmitted source.
- A place to beginPorphyry introduces the wording of Bardisanes’ account.
- English renderings
- wording; expression; verbatim formulation
Meaning
Lexis can mean wording or verbal expression. In the phrase kata lexin it concerns the words in which something is reported.
Use in the book
Porphyry announces that he will set down Bardisanes’ account in its wording. This marks a claim about the fidelity of the embedded quotation. Stobaeus preserves Porphyry’s statement within an excerpt; the first-person promise is not a declaration that Stobaeus himself interviewed Bardisanes.
Places to read
- I.3.56cPorphyry introduces the wording of Bardisanes’ account.
Translation in this edition
“Verbatim” conveys the force of kata lexin, while remaining a claim made within the transmitted source.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 67–68. Lexis, with epsilon, must be distinguished from lēxis, with eta, which belongs to the vocabulary of allotment or assigned portion.