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Ioannis Stobaei Florilegium
Joannes Stobaeus (ed. Augustus Meineke)
This text has not previously been translated into English.
Extensive searches in scholarly catalogs (including UNESCO Index Translationum, Loeb, and Brill) and Open Library returned no English translations of Joannes Stobaeus' Anthology (specifically the edition by Augustus Meineke). While partial translations of specific fragments are known to exist in classical scholarship (e.g., by Thomas Taylor), no complete English translation of the full work or this specific edition was found in the tool results. The work remains a significant gap in English classical translations.
Verified Mar 15, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, google books, open library · methodology
The Anthology of John Stobaeus collects the lost wisdom of ancient Greece in one place. Readers will find centuries of debate on the nature of marriage, the meaning of virtue, and the unavoidable struggles of human life.