flip This book belongs to THE LIBRARY of VICTORIA UNIVERSITY Toronto Canada 5, I THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY EDITED BY E.CAPPS,PH.D.,LL.D. T.E.PAGE,Lttt.D. W.H.D.KOUSE,Lttt.D. PLATO II PLATO WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY FOWLER H. N. OF W^TTERV RESERVE UXIVERSITY II THEAETETUS SOPHIST LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN NEW YORK: PUTNAM'S SONS G. P. MCMXXI PA 427 3 GT a I PREFACE The Greek text in this volume is based upon the Codex Clarkianus and the Codex Venetus. Devia- tions from the readings of these manuscripts are noted in the margin at the foot of the page. In mostinstancesdisagreementbetweenthesetwomanu- scripts, and occasionally readings found in inferior manuscripts or in ancient quotations, as well as emendations offered by modern scholars, are noted, even when they have not affected the text chosen. The following abbreviations are employed : B=Codex Clarkianusor Bodleianus,writtena.d. 895. T=Codex Venetus,Append, class. 4, cod. 1 : twelfth century. W =Codex Vindobonensis 54, Suppl. graec. 7. D=Codex Venetus 185. G=Codex Venetus, Append, class 4, cod. 54. btw=later hands ofBT\V. The brief introductions aim merely at supplying such information as may aid the reader to appreciate these particular dialogues. Harold N. Fowler. V