Meaning of Stephanus number | Babel Free

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A standard reference number for a section of a given Platonic dialogue, referring to a page in the 1578 translation of Plato’s dialogues by Henricus Stephanus.

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“1974: Plato [aut.] and Desmond Lee [tr.], The Republic, Translator’s Introduction, page 56 (2ⁿᵈ ed. (revised); Penguin Classics; →ISBN The Republic is traditionally divided into ten books. But this division, as has often been pointed out, was dictated rather by the technicalities of book-production in the ancient world, the amount that would go on to a papyrus roll, than by the sequence of the argument. The division into parts and sections in this translation attempts to represent⟳ the structure⟳ of the argument more nearly. The traditional division into books and the Stephanus numbers and letters (see⟳ p. 5) are given in the margin for purpose of reference.”

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