A Note on the Platonist Boethus: In Light of New Evidence from the Syriac Tradition

A Note on the Platonist Boethus: In Light of New Evidence from the Syriac TraditionPhilologusSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/BIKW6P2M/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.TianqinGeA Note on the Platonist Boethus: In Light of New Evidence from the Syriac Traditionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/BIKW6P2Mhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/BIKW6P2Mhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/BIKW6P2MPhilologus166:120221-12This article re-examines the identity and chronology of the lexicographer Boethus, by analyzing three pieces of evidence. It is argued that the lexicographer Boethus is a Middle Platonist flourishing in the late first or early second century, who believed in the transmigration of souls and was engaged in exegesis of Plato. In particular, this article draws attention to a testimony on Boethus from a newly discovered treatise preserved in Syriac, which is identified as Porphyry’s <i>On Principles and Matter</i>. Ge, Tianqin. “A Note on the Platonist Boethus: In Light of New Evidence from the Syriac Tradition.” Philologus 166:1 (2022): 1–12. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/phil-2022-0101. Tianqin Ge, A Note on the Platonist Boethus: In Light of New Evidence from the Syriac Tradition, Philologus 166:1 (2022): 1–12, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/phil-2022-0101.Greek philosophyIV-VII CEPorphyrytranslations from Greektranslations into Syriac