The Shelves · Philosophy
On Piety
Περὶ εὐσεβείας
Known · Probablein Alexandria?Conjecturedvery likely class
I · The entry, in his form
In the table of Philosophy
Conjecturedvery likely classTheophrastus of Eresus
On Piety
Περὶ εὐσεβείας
Opening words not preserved.
Length: not counted
Above, his entry form, filled from what we know. Below, ours.
II · Does it survive? Where to read it
Survives in fragments
Reconstructed from long paraphrases in Porphyry's On Abstinence book 2.
Was it in Alexandria?
Known · ProbableProbably held in the Library.
In the cupboard: no source names the Alexandrian copy, but its scholars' use of it makes one very likely.
Read it today
- Thomas Taylor, Select Works of Porphyry (1823), including On Abstinence · a translation · link checked 31 Oct 2026
III · In the show
The show has not yet spoken of this work.
IV · Sources and the living entry
Ancient references (2)
- Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.5-32
- Diogenes Laertius 5.37
Modern scholarship
- W. W. Fortenbaugh et al. (eds), Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, 2 vols (Leiden: Brill, 1992).
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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΥΣΕΒΕΙΑΣ
Beside it in the cupboard
- Aristotle, On Philosophyc. 350 BCE · Survives in fragments
- Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Peripatetics, The library of Aristotle and Theophrastuscollected c. 340–287 BCE · Survives in large part
- Demetrius of Phalerum (attributed), Sayings of the Seven Sagesc. 300 BCE · Survives in large part
- Pseudo-Zoroaster (Greek pseudepigrapha), The 'two million lines' of Zoroaster, as indexed by Hermippuscatalogued c. 240–200 BCE · Lost