Talk:Stobaeus

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Fastifex, please don’t revert. That Aetius links points to the wrong Aetius, and the right Aetius has no article yet.

Editions: Frobenius

There is another edition not yet listed in this section. Frobenius ( the father/grandfather, Ioannes, Johann Froben, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Froben ), I think published in 1521. On page 223 of Frobenius' edition there is an Aristotle quote which in English is, "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." If someone can confirm this, perhaps they can add Frobenius' edition to the article. Bob Enyart, Denver KGOV radio host (talk) 14:32, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

At Google Books there's a quote attributed to Stobaeus Flor., with a reference footnote: "Scriptores aliquot Gnomici ed. J. Frobenius (Basil. 1521)". This comes from a book in the Slavic Collection at Harvard titled Rozprawy (Dissertation) Wydziału Filologicznego (Philology Department), 1892. Bob Enyart, Denver KGOV radio host (talk) 15:00, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Subjective opinion

The beginning of the article claims that he was "...the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors...." Evidently, the English-speaking world does not share the opinion of the Wikipedia editor regarding the "valuable" writings of Stobaeus. There seem to be zero translations of his works. Tant pis.173.61.223.136 (talk) 19:04, 30 October 2018 (UTC)De Mikeal Tibbetts

I can't speak to other extracts, but there appear to be numerous English translations of his extracts of Epicetus. For instance, the Dover Thrift edition of Epicetus's Enchiridion contains them. The article just says there is no translation of all of his writings in one volume. Danski14^(talk) 22:24, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

One or two volumes?

This article says that his work was originally divided into two volumes. I found source saying: "His work, which was a sort of anthology, was originally a single one, but in course of time was divided into two, each having two subdivisions".

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898. from: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DS%3Aentry+group%3D18%3Aentry%3Dstobaeus-harpers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilgamesz84 (talk • contribs) 08:56, 6 April 2020 (UTC)