Texts

Translated Texts

This is where the translated paradoxographical texts can be found. My translations are based in the first instance on older critical editions now in the public domain; I have, however, taken into account more recent scholarship in reaching a final decision on disputable aspects of the texts. The translations are functional rather than elegant, and accuracy is privileged over literary polish. 

Existing public-domain translations such as that of Ps-Aristotle MA will be reproduced largely as they stand, occasionally emended in line with textual decisions.

A note on texts included

The category of 'the marvellous' is a pretty wide one, and many works could be included under its umbrella. The texts included in this project reflect the list of authors and works provided in Ziegler's 1949 RE entry. The recent edited volume by Schorn includes a number of works on rivers and stones, of which only Ps.-Plutarch On Rivers is featured by Ziegler.