Texts

Texts

This is where the translated paradoxographical texts can be found. My translations are based primarily on Giannini’s 1964 critical edition of the texts, which include his cross-references to other related works. They are functional rather than elegant, and accuracy will be privileged over literary aesthetics. Existing public-domain translations such as that of Ps-Aristotle MA will be checked against Giannini for consistency but will be reproduced without amendment otherwise.

Cross-references

Two different sorts of cross-reference will be provided. Giannini provides footnotes referencing other texts dealing with the same material, whether they be earlier or contemporary sources or later authors drawing on the paradoxographical and other texts. Where open-access versions of the texts cross-referenced by Giannini exist, I will link to the relevant resources, further details of which can be found on the Related Authors & Texts page.

Secondly, there are cross-references for the places, people, animals, plants, etc mentioned in the text: these link to pages in the appropriate section of the site, accessible via the navigation links to the left and top, and within those to further external resources.