Stephanus numbers

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Stephanus numbers are the standard reference system used to cite passages in the works of Plato, based on the page and section divisions of a 16th-century edition by Henri Estienne (Stephanus).

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Latin Stephanus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf citation system
textual reference system
alsoKnownAs Stephanus page numbers
Stephanus pagination NERFINISHED
appliesTo Platonic dialogues NERFINISHED
complete works of Plato NERFINISHED
appliesToWork Plato’s Laws NERFINISHED
Plato’s Phaedo NERFINISHED
Plato’s Republic NERFINISHED
Plato’s Symposium NERFINISHED
Plato’s Timaeus NERFINISHED
Plato’s dialogues generally
basedOn page and section divisions of Henri Estienne’s edition of Plato
baseEditionLanguage Greek with Latin translation
baseEditionPublishedIn Geneva NERFINISHED
category classical text referencing system
scholarly apparatus for ancient texts
derivedFrom 1578 edition of Plato by Henri Estienne
hasComponent lettered section
line number (sometimes omitted)
page number
hasHistoricalContext Renaissance humanist scholarship
hasProperty based on a specific Renaissance printed edition
edition-independent reference system for Plato’s works
remains constant across modern editions
influencedBy pagination of Estienne’s Plato edition
introducedIn 16th century
namedAfter Henri Estienne NERFINISHED
notUsedFor works of Aristotle NERFINISHED
works of other Greek authors (except Plato)
originLanguage Greek
publisherOfBaseEdition Henri Estienne NERFINISHED
relatedTo Bekker numbers NERFINISHED
Diels–Kranz numbers NERFINISHED
Thesleff numbers
scope Greek text of Plato
translations of Plato
standardIn Platonic scholarship
classical philology
typicalFormat dialogue name plus Stephanus reference (e.g., Republic 514a–520a)
page number followed by letter (e.g., 514a)
usedBy commentators on Plato
editors of Plato
students of ancient philosophy
translators of Plato
usedFor citing passages in the works of Plato
usedIn commentaries on Platonic dialogues
critical apparatus of Plato editions
scholarly articles on Plato

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Stephanus pagination hasAlternativeName Stephanus numbers
Étienne hasEtymologicalRoot Stephanus numbers
this entity surface form: Latin Stephanus