Thales, Testimonia, Part 3: Reception (R)

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EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY II

THALES

R Earliest Testimonies to His Fame Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Herodotus, and Democritus (R1)

R1 (< A1) Diog. Laert. 1.23

[. . . = R15] ὅθεν αὐτὸν καὶ Ξενοφάνης καὶ Ἡρόδοτος θαυμάζει. μαρτυρεῖ δ᾽ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἡράκλειτος καὶ Δημόκριτος.

Hippias

See THAL. D11b

Aristophanes

See DRAM. T13–T14

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THALES

THALES

R Earliest Testimonies to His Fame Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Herodotus, and Democritus (R1)

R1 (< A1) Diogenes Laertius

[. . .] That is why Xenophanes and Herodotus [cf. P2, P6, P7, P9] admire him. Heraclitus [cf. HER. D26] and Democritus [cf. THAL. P2] also bear witness to him.

Hippias

See THAL. D11b

Aristophanes

See DRAM. T13–T14

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DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.thales-reception.2016