Epictetus
Simplicius' Commentary on the Handbook
Academic study
Simplicius' Commentary on the Handbook
Σιμπλικίου ἐξήγησις εἰς τὸ τοῦ Ἐπικτήτου Ἐγχειρίδιον
A chapter-by-chapter commentary on the Handbook from a Neoplatonist perspective, probably written after the closure of the Academy at Athens (529). It transmits biographical reports—Epictetus' secluded life and the adoption of a child—and mentions Arrian's Life of Epictetus.
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Authorship note
A work by Simplicius of Cilicia, a sixth-century Neoplatonist, not by Epictetus. It is recorded as the main ancient source on his life and the fullest reading of his work.
Editions and translations
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English
Epictetus
Simplicius: On Epictetus' Handbook, 2 vols. (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
The Conscious LibrarySimplicius: On Epictetus' Handbook, 2 vols. (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
Duckworth / Cornell University Press, 2002
Translation: Tad Brennan y Charles Brittain
Other works by Epictetus
- Discourses (as reported by Arrian) · 108
- Discourses, Book I · 108
- Discourses, Book II · 108
- Discourses, Book III · 108
- Discourses, Book IV · 108
- Handbook (Enchiridion) · 130
- Fragments
- Discourses, Books V–VIII (lost) · 108
- Conversations (lost)
- Life and Death of Epictetus (by Arrian, lost)
- Debate of the Emperor Hadrian and the Philosopher Epictetus
- Christian paraphrases of the Handbook
Sources
- Simplicio. Comentario al Manual de Epicteto. Trad. inglesa de Tad Brennan y Charles Brittain, Simplicius: On Epictetus' Handbook, 2 vols. Londres: Duckworth / Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002.
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