Clearchus of Soli: Text, Translation, and Discussion

623 Pages·2022·7.414 MB·English

by  Tiziano Dorandi, Stephen White

CLEARCHUS OF SOLI

This book showcases a figure whose life and work bridge Classical
and Hellenistic Greece. It comprises Tiziano Dorandi’s comprehensive
new edition of the Clearchus ‘fragments’, accompanied by a richly
annotated English translation from Stephen White, as well as nine new
studies examining key aspects of Clearchus’ thought.
Clearchus, from Soli on the island of Cyprus, was an Aristotelian
philosopher and cultural historian active in the later fourth and early
third centuries BCE. A versatile thinker and prolific author, he wrote
on a wide range of subjects. Although none of his works survive, he is
cited extensively by later authors. Topics addressed in this volume
include his accounts of souls during sleep, educational traditions,
forms of love, luxurious living, sage maxims and other traditional
sayings, aquatic wildlife, lunar phenomena, and his relation to Plato
and Platonism.
Clearchus of Soli will interest both students and scholars of ancient
Greek history, philosophy and science, and especially anyone interest-
ed in Aristotle and his circle, Hellenistic literature and culture, or
Greek cultural history generally.

Robert Mayhew is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at
Seton Hall University.
David C. Mirhady is Professor in the Department of Humanities
at Simon Fraser University.
Tiziano Dorandi is Director of Research at the Centre Jean Pépin,
Centre National de la Recherche CNRS/ENS/PSL Villejuif/Paris.
Stephen White is Professor in the Department of Classics at the
University of Texas at Austin.
Rutgers University Studies
in Classical Humanities

Editorial Board: Tiziano Dorandi Stefan Schorn
William Fortenbaugh Eckart Schütrumpf
Oliver Hellmann Stephen White
Robert Mayhew Arnaud Zucker

On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius Didymus I
Theophrastus of Eresus: On His Life and Work II
Theophrastean Studies: On Natural Science, Physics and
Metaphysics, Ethics, Religion and Rhetoric III
Cicero’s Knowledge of the Peripatos IV
Theophrastus: His Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific
Writings V
Peripatetic Rhetoric after Aristotle VI
The Passionate Intellect: Essays on the Transformation of Classical
Traditions Presented to Professor I.G. Kidd VII
Theophrastus: Reappraising the Sources VIII
Demetrius of Phalerum: Text, Translation, and Discussion IX
Dicaearchus of Messana: Text, Translation, and Discussion X
Eudemus of Rhodes XI
Lyco of Troas and Hieronymus of Rhodes: Text, Translation, and
Discussion XII
Aristo of Ceos: Text, Translation, and Discussion XIII
Heraclides of Pontus: Text and Translation XIV
Heraclides of Pontus: Discussion XV
Strato of Lampsacus: Text, Translation, and Discussion XVI
Aristoxenus of Tarentum: Discussion XVII
Praxiphanes of Mytilene and Chamaeleon of Heraclea: Text,
Translation, and Discussion XVIII
Phaenias of Eresus: Text, Translation, and Discussion XIX
Arius Didymus: Text, Translation, and Discussion XX
Clearchus of Soli: Text, Translation, and Discussion XXI
CLEARCHUS OF SOLI

Text, Translation, and Discussion

Edited by
Robert Mayhew and David C. Mirhady

Text and Translation by
Tiziano Dorandi and Stephen White
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003147510

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To Wolfram Ax
Scholar, Friend
1944–2020

Contents

Preface ix

Contributors x

1. Clearchus of Soli
The Sources, Text, and Translation 1
Tiziano Dorandi and Stephen White

2. Clearchus, a Platonist? 311
Richard Schorlemmer

3. Two Concepts of Sleep
Clearchus of Soli and Strato of Lampsacus 339
Francesco Verde

4. Clearchus’ Περὶ παιδείας 363
Wolfram Ax†

Appendix: Some Notes on Clearchus’ Περὶ παιδείας 385
Gertjan Verhasselt

5. Clearchus on Love 391
Stephen White

6. Clearchus, On Lives 435
William Fortenbaugh

7. Clearchus and Paremiology 479
Arnaud Zucker
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8. The Seven Sages and the Inscription of Ai Khanoum 517
Gertjan Verhasselt

9. Clearchus and Peripatetic Research
on Aquatic Animals 553
Oliver Hellmann

10. Clearchus on the Face in the Moon 581
Robert Mayhew

Index of Ancient Names 609
Preface

Clearchus of Soli, on the north coast of Cyprus, was active at the
end of the fourth century and the beginning of the third century BC
and identified as a member of Aristotle’s School, the Peripatos. With
this volume Project Theophrastus turns its attention to him, having
published volumes on a number of other Peripatetics, besides Aristotle
and Theophrastus. In each case the goal has been to present new edi-
tions of the source texts, generally in Greek and Latin, together with a
facing translation, as well as discussion essays (rather than a commen-
tary). That goal has been accomplished for the following Peripatetics
in the series Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
(RUSCH): Demetrius of Phalerum, Dicaearchus of Messana, Lyco of
Troas, Hieronymus of Rhodes, Aristo of Ceos, Heraclides of Pontus,
Strato of Lampsacus, Praxiphanes of Mytilene, Chamaeleon of Hera-
clea, and Phaenias of Eresus.
The present volume has had an extraordinarily long gestation. The
contributors met in Vancouver in 2013; indeed, several had met at an
earlier Clearchus conference in Cyprus. Various administrative and
teaching responsibilities, others’ and my own, have delayed publica-
tion, and I personally offer my apologies to the contributors, whose
thorough scholarship has awaited publication for so long. The volume
is dedicated to our colleague and friend Wolfram Ax, who attended the
conference, but passed away before publication of this volume.
DCM

In addition to hosting the conference in Vancouver, David Mirhady
did much of the initial editorial work. But for personal reasons, in the
end he had to pass the baton to me to carry over the finish line.
I am grateful to Oliver Hellmann and Steve White for help with
formatting, to Gertjan Verhasselt for preparing for publication the
draft of Wolfram Ax’s paper, and to Tiziano Dorandi and Steve White,
with whom I regularly consulted during the last stages of this project.
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