The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers · Chapter
Glauco explained
This chapter provides a brief account of Glauco, an Athenian philosopher, listing the nine dialogues attributed to him that are considered genuine, while noting that thirty-two others circulating under his name are spurious.
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This chapter provides a brief account of Glauco, an Athenian philosopher, listing the nine dialogues attributed to him that are considered genuine, while noting that thirty-two others circulating under his name are spurious.
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- Glauco
Glauco is an Athenian philosopher, the subject of this chapter, with nine genuine dialogues attributed to him.
Key passages
“Glauco was an Athenian; and there are nine dialogues of his extant, which are all contained in one volume: The Phidylus ; the Euripides ; the Amyntichias ; the Euthias ; the Lysithides ; the Aristophanes ; the Cephalus ; the Anaxiphemus ; the Menexenus . There are thirty-two others which go under his name, but they are spurious.”
Glauco, an Athenian, authored nine genuine dialogues collected in a single volume, while thirty-two additional works falsely attributed to him are considered inauthentic.
The chapter succinctly lists Glauco's authentic works and dismisses the spurious ones.