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A substantial volume (xxi + 763 pages), well printed and produced, with about fifty pages of bibliographical references, followed by about sixty pages of indices. (...) the bulk of the book is occupied by the Corpus Praesocraticorum Herculanense (85-592), in which individual Presocratics appear in alphabetical order, from Acusilaus Argivus to Zeno Eleates. (...) the appendix on Diogenes [of Oinoanda] is a praiseworthy section of the book. (pp. 397-398) Martin Ferguson Smith, Diogenes of Oinoanda: News and Notes XIV (2019-2021), in: Cronache Ercolanesi 52 (2022) 383-399.

A substantial volume (xxi + 763 pages), well printed and produced, with about fifty pages of bibliographical references, followed by about sixty pages of indices. (...) the bulk of the book is occupied by the Corpus Praesocraticorum Herculanense (85-592), in which individual Presocratics appear in alphabetical order, from Acusilaus Argivus to Zeno Eleates. (...) the appendix on Diogenes [of Oinoanda] is a praiseworthy section of the book. (pp. 397-398) Martin Ferguson Smith, Diogenes of Oinoanda: News and Notes XIV (2019-2021), in: Cronache Ercolanesi 52 (2022) 383-399. *** The eleventh volume of the Studia Praesocratica series presents a welcome challenge to scholars of early Greek philosophy to get to grips with the exciting and valuable material found in the Herculanean testimonia. These texts provide a resource that has often been overlooked even by those seeking relatively recently to present comprehensive collections of texts and evidence on the Presocratics, and Christian Vassallo has done a great service in producing this extensive collection of textual evidence, along with English translations and commentary. [...] The work is explicitly designed to be of value not just to papyrologists but to scholars of early Greek philosophy too. With this in mind, Vassallo presents the evidence separately for each individual Presocratic, with separate commentary sections aiming to put the evidence into its Epicurean context. He extends the coverage of his already monumental work by including a useful appendix on 'Diogenes of Oinoanda's Criticism of Presocratic Philosophy' (595-645). Any scholar of early Greek philosophy seeking to undertake a comprehensive survey of the textual evidence will be grateful to Vassallo for the work he has done and for how accessible he has rendered these texts. (p. 352) Jenny Bryan, in: Greece & Rome 69 (2022) 352-357. *** Christian Vassallo's monumental work The Presocratics at Herculaneum really fills the gaps of the Herculaneum papyri in the context of the legacy of the Presocratics. Eliminating this gap in historico-philosophical studies of antiquities will be extremely useful for specialists in the fields of early Greek philosophy and the Epicurean tradition. It will also contribute to further thorough research both on the papyrological sources concerning the Presocratics and on the reception of early Greek philosophy in antiquity. (p. 175) Vitalii Turenko: New edition of resocratic fragments: materials of Herculaneum papyri, in: Sententiae 41.2 (2022), 166-176.

A substantial volume (xxi + 763 pages), well printed and produced, with about fifty pages of bibliographical references, followed by about sixty pages of indices. (...) the bulk of the book is occupied by the Corpus Praesocraticorum Herculanense (85-592), in which individual Presocratics appear in alphabetical order, from Acusilaus Argivus to Zeno Eleates. (...) the appendix on Diogenes [of Oinoanda] is a praiseworthy section of the book. (pp. 397-398) Martin Ferguson Smith, Diogenes of Oinoanda: News and Notes XIV (2019-2021), in: Cronache Ercolanesi 52 (2022) 383-399. Christian Vassallo's monumental work The Presocratics at Herculaneum really fills the gaps of the Herculaneum papyri in the context of the legacy of the Presocratics. Eliminating this gap in historico-philosophical studies of antiquities will be extremely useful for specialists in the fields of early Greek philosophy and the Epicurean tradition. It will also contribute to further thorough research both on the papyrological sources concerning the Presocratics and on the reception of early Greek philosophy in antiquity. (p. 175) Vitalii Turenko: New edition of resocratic fragments: materials of Herculaneum papyri, in: Sententiae, 41.2 (2022), 166-176.

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Christian Vassallo, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.

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