Bibliography

To avoid presenting a large and amorphous list, the bibliographical lists on this site divide the material into primary and secondary sources, and distinguish between material focusing on paradoxography itself and that dealing with related texts and contexts. 

The 'core' bibliography lists some of the primary and secondary works central to the study of paradoxography.

The paradoxographical primary texts comprise translations and critical editions of the corpus; the secondary texts include books, articles, etc. about paradoxography in general or about specific authors, passages, or topics.

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Giannini, Alexander (ed./tr.) (1966) Paradoxographorum Graecorum reliquiae (Milano: Istituto editoriale italiano).
Greek text with apparatus, cross-references, and parallel Latin translation.
Authors included (Entire or extensive texts): Antigonus, Apollonius, Ps.-Aristotle MA, Par. Flor., Par. Pal., Par. Vat., Phlegon ; (Fragmentary texts): Africanus, Agatharchides, Agathostenes, Alexander, Archelaus, Aristander, Aristocles, Bolus, Callimachus, Diophanes, Ephorus, Hieron, Isigonus, Lysimachus, Monimus, Myrsilus, Nicolaus, Nymphodorus, Ps.-Orpheus, Philon, Philostephanus, Polemon, Protagoras, Sotion, Strato, Theopompus, Trophilus.

Gómez Espelosín, Francisco (tr./ann.) (1996) Paradoxógrafos griegos: rarezas y maravillas (Madrid: Gredos).
Spanish translation, based largely on Giannini's edition, with introductory notes.
Authors included (Entire or extensive texts): Antigonus, Apollonius, Ps.-Aristotle MA, Par. Flor., Par. Pal., Par. Vat., Phlegon ; (Fragmentary texts): Africanus, Agatharchides, Agathostenes, Alexander, Archelaus, Aristander, Aristocles, Bolus, Callimachus, Diophanes, Ephorus, Hieron, Isigonus, Lysimachus, Monimus, Myrsilus, Nicolaus, Nymphodorus, Ps.-Orpheus, Philon, Philostephanus, Polemon, Protagoras, Sotion, Strato, Theopompus, Trophilus.

Keller, Otto (ed./ann.) (1877) Rerum Naturalium Scriptores Graeci Minores Vol. 1 (Leipzig: Teubner), https://archive.org/details/rerumnaturalium00kellgoog/page/n5/mode/2up.
Greek text with apparatus and critical annotations in Latin.
Authors included: Antigonus, Apollonius, Par. Vat., Phlegon: Thaumasia.
Phlegon: Macrobioi, Olympiades.

Schorn, Stefan, ed. (2022) IV. Biography and Antiquarian Literature, E. Paradoxography and Antiquities. Fasc. 2: Paradoxographers of Imperial Times and Undated Authors [Nos. 1667-1693], Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker (Leiden: Brill).
Authors included (Entire or extensive texts): Apollonius, Par. Flor., Par. Pal., Par. Vat., Phlegon: Thaumasia; (Fragmentary texts): Agathostenes, Alexander, Ambron, Aristocles, Damascius, Imbrasius, Monimus, Philon, Trophilus;
Anon. 1678 Collection of Marvels, Anon. 1682 Collection of Horror Stories;
Agathocles On Rivers, Anon. 1684 On Rivers, Anon. 1691 On Rivers, Asclepiades On Rivers, Demostratus On Rivers, Dionysodorus On Rivers, Nicanor On Rivers, Timagoras On Rivers, Zopyrus On Rivers; Dracon On Stones, Heracleitus On Stones.

Westermann, Anton (1839) Παραδοξογράφοι. Scriptores Rerum Mirabilium Graeci (Brunswick and London: George Westermann), https://archive.org/details/paradoxographoi00pselgoog/page/n8/mode/2up.
Authors included (Entire or extensive texts): Antigonus, Apollonius, Ps.-Aristotle MA, Par. Flor. (s. Sotion), Phlegon: Thaumasia, Psellus; (Fragmentary texts): Anthemius, Archelaus, Aristocles, Callimachus, Isigonus, Lysimachus, Monimus, Myrsilus, Nicolaus, Nymphodorus, Philon, Philostephanus, Polemon, Theopompus, Trophilus;
Phlegon: Macrobioi, Olympiades; Anon.: Gynaikes; Philadelphoi; Philetairoi.

Geus, Klaus, and Colin Guthrie King (2018) ‘Paradoxography’, in Paul Keyser and John Scarborough, eds, Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 431–44, https://www.academia.edu/37560141/.

Giannini, A. (1963) ‘Studi Sulla Paradossografia Greca. I: Da Omero a Caliimaco, Motivi e Forme Del Meraviglioso’, Rendiconti Dell’Istituto Lombardo, XCVII: 247–66.

Giannini, A. (1964) ‘Studi Sulla Paradossografia Greca. II: Da Callimaco All’età Imperiale: La Letteratura Paradossografica’, Acme, XVII: 99–138.

Kessler, Estella B. (2022) ‘Callimachus of Cyrene and the Wonders of the World: The Invention of Paradoxography for a Hellenistic Audience’, DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford, https://doi.org/10.5287/ora-nbdomywk8.

Lightfoot, Jessica (2021) ‘Reading Thauma: Paradoxography and the Textual Collection of Marvels’, in Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World, Cambridge Classical Studies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 42–79, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009003551.

Pajón Leyra, Irene (2009) ‘Paradoxografía Griega: Estudio de un Género Literario’, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/9415/.

Pajón Leyra, Irene (2011) Entre Ciencia y Maravilla: El Género Literario de La Paradoxografía Griega, Monografías de Filología Griega, 21 (Zaragoza: Zaragoza University Press), https://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88360/files/BOOK-2020-026.pdf.

Schepens, Guido, and Kris Delcroix (1996) ‘Ancient Paradoxography: Origin, Evolution, Production and Reception’, in O. Pecere and A. Stramaglia, eds, La Letteratura Di Consumo Nel Mondo Greco-Latino (Cassino: Università degli studi di Cassino), 373–460.

Wenskus, Otto, and Lorraine Daston (2000) ‘Paradoxographoi’, in Brill’s New Pauly, vols 9, 309–314 (Leiden: Brill).

Ziegler, K. (1949) ‘Paradoxographoi’, in Real-Encyclopädie Der Classischen Altertumswissenschaften, Bd. 18,3 1137–1166.