Information regarding Plato Scholarship

Online Texts#

Perseus library https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/

Pagination system#

Stephanus pagination#

The abbreviation "Plat. Phileb. 51c" follows the Stephanus pagination system, which is the standard reference system for citing Plato’s works.

Explanation of the Naming Convention:#

1. "Plat." → Abbreviation for Plato, the author.
2. "Phileb." → Abbreviation for Philebus, the title of the work.
3. "51c" → Stephanus number and letter:
   • "51" refers to the page number in the 1578 edition of Plato’s works by Henricus Stephanus (Henri Estienne).
   • "c" refers to the section within the page, as each page in the Stephanus edition is divided into a, b, c, d, e.

What is Stephanus Pagination?#

• It is the standard system for referencing Plato's dialogues, based on the 1578 edition of Plato’s complete works published by Henricus Stephanus in Geneva.
• All major editions and translations of Plato retain this numbering for consistency.