Parmenides, Testimonia, Part 1: Person (P)

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P Chronology (P1–P4)

P1 (< A1) Diog. Laert. 9.23 (Apollod. FGrHist 244 F341)

ἤκμαζε δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἐνάτην καὶ ἑξηκοστὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα.

P2 (cf. A11) Eus. Chron.

a Hier. Chron., p. 111.21–22

[ad Ol. 81 = 456/52] Empedocles et Parmenides physici philosophi notissimi habentur.

b Chron. Pasch., p. 306.3

[ad Ol. 80.3 = 458/7] Ἐμπεδοκλῆς καὶ Παρμενίδης φυσικοὶ φιλόσοφοι ἐγνωρίζοντο.

P Chronology (P1–P4)

P1 (< A1) Diogenes Laertius

He was in his maturity during the 69th Olympiad [= 504/500].

P2 (cf. A11) Eusebius, Chronicle

a Jerome, Chronicle

[Ol. 81 = 456/52] Empedocles and Parmenides, natural philosopher, are considered very well known.

b Chronicon Paschale

[Ol. 80.3 = 458/7] Empedocles and Parmenides, natural philosophers, were well known.

DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.parmenides-person.2016