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Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Standard editions both in the fields of ancient mathematics and astro­ nomy and more recherche standard editons in the fields of ancient philosophy have been listed, because the former are probably less familiar to historians of philosophy, and the latter to historians of mathematics. Moreover, very few mathematical and astronomical texts are available on the D version of the TLG, and in some cases only Arabic translations are extant. The ancient authors are to be found below under the name of their editor(s); the names of the authors concerned are listed as well, followed by references to these editions and to the more obvious secondary literature. The numbers after commentaries, texts with commentaries or notes, monographs, or papers refer to the location of my citations in the footnotes (abbreviated n, e.g. 5n4 means p. 5 note 4), in the complementary notes (abbreviated en, e.g. 180cn5 means p. 180 complementary note 5), and in the text Uust the page number), and so may serve as an Index nominum modernorum. Aelius Theon see Patillon and Bolognesi (1997) Alcinous see Whittaker and Louis (1990), Dillon (1993) Alexander of Aphrodisias see Hayduck (1891), Wallies (1883), Wallies (1891) Alexander of Lycopolis see Brinkmann (1895), Van der Horst and Mansfeld (1974), Villey (1985), Vander Horst (1996) Algra, K. A. ( 1996) 'Observations on Plato's Thrasymachus: the case for pleonexia', in Algra & al. (1996) 41-60 123cn11 Algra, K. A., Van der Horst, P. W. and Runia, D. T., eds. (1996) Polyhistor: Studies in the History and Historiography of Ancient Philosophy, Philos. Ant. 72 (Leiden/New York/Cologne) Allatius, L. 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