# List of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues

Some 250 known manuscripts of Plato survive. The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues.

## Medieval minuscules

There are 51 Byzantine manuscripts in Greek minuscule that constitute the main basis for the text of Plato's works.
* Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 — 895 AD; first six tetralogies, designated B.
* Codex Parisinus graecus 1807 — circa 900 AD; last two tetralogies and the apocrypha, designated A
* Codex Venetus Marcianus graecus IV, 1, designated T
* Codex Vindobonensis 54, supplementum phil. Gr. 7, designated W

## Papyri

| Name | Date | Content | Institution |
| Papyrus 2993 | 300 BC-200 BC | Sophist 223-224 | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
| P.Oxy.XXXIII 2662 | 100 BC-100 AD | Meno 92E-93B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| Papyrus 3051 | 1-200 AD | Politicus 257B, 261D-262C | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
| Papyrus 187 | 1-250 AD | Laches 181a8-182a4 | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
| Papyrus 2048 | 100-300 AD | Phaedrus | Digitised Manuscripts, British Library |
| P.Oxy.LII 3667 | 200-300 AD | Alcibiades II 142 B-143 C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XV 1808 | 100-200 AD | Republic viii | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3678 | 200-300 AD | Philebus18 E-19 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5087 | 200-300 AD | Laches 180 E, 182 B-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3682 | 100-200 AD | Theaetetus 209 A-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5078 | 200-400 AD | Alcibiades I 105 C-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5086 | 200-300 AD | Laches 179 C-D, 180 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XXXIII 2663 | 100-200 AD | Cratylus 405C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3677 | 100-200 AD | Phaedrus 267 C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XV 1809 | 100-200 AD | Phaedo | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3676 | 100-200 AD | Phaedo 107 D-110 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5079 | 150-200 AD | Alcibiades I 109 A-B, 109 B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XLIV 3157 | 100-200 AD | Republic x | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3668 | 100-200 AD | Epistle 2. 310 E-311 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5090 | 100-200 AD | Politicus 270 D-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3672 | 200-300 AD | Laws 6. 751 A-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3681 | 100-300 AD | Theaetetus 198 D-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3666 | 100-200 AD | Alcibiades I 113 B and 132 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5088 | 100-200 AD | Meno 72 E, 73 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5089 | 100-200 AD | Politicus 257 B-C, 257 D-258 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XLVII 3326 | 100-200 AD | Republic 8. 545C-546A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XLIX 3509 | 200-300 AD | Republic i 330 a2 - b4 | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5084 | 100-200 AD | Crito 43 B, 45 B-E, 45 E-46 A, 46 C-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3671 | 150-200 AD | Laches 179 B-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3670 | 100-300 AD | Hippias Major 291 D-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XXXVI 2751 | 150-250 AD | Republic III | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3680 | 100-200 AD | Theaetetus 190 E-191 A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XVII 2102 | 150-200 AD | Phaedrus | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.XV 1809 | 100-200 AD | Phaedo | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5091 | 100-300 AD | Politicus 299 E, 300 A-B, 300 C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5092 | 100-200 AD | Politicus 305 D-306 B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3674 | 100-200 AD | Laws 9. 854 C-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3673 | 150-250 AD | Laws 6. 771 A-D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3675 | 100-200 AD | Laws 9. 865 A-C | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3669 | 100-200 AD | Gorgias 491 B, 495 C-E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5081 | 100-300 AD | Charmides 166C, 167A | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5085 | 200-300 AD | Euthedemus 286 D, 286 E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LII 3679 | 200-300 AD | Republic 5. 472 E-473 D | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5082 | 200-300 AD | Charmides 172 C-D, 173 A-B | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
| P.Oxy.LXXVI 5083 | 200-350 AD | Cratylus 423 E | Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford |
Additional fragments with possibly outdated references
* Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 23 — Laws, fragment
* Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 228 — Laches, fragment
* Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 — Phaedo, fragment

## Versions

* Nag Hammadi library – Republic 588A–589B, Coptic version

## Tetralogies

The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes. The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters.
* 1st tetralogy
** Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo
* 2nd tetralogy
** Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman
* 3rd tetralogy
** Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus
* 4th tetralogy
** Alcibiades I, Alcibiades II, Hipparchus, Lovers
* 5th tetralogy
** Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis
* 6th tetralogy
** Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno
* 7th tetralogy
** Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus
* 8th tetralogy
** Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias
* 9th tetralogy
** Minos, Laws, Epinomis, Letters