Abbreviations
In general, names of ancient authors and titles of ancient works are spelled out in full. A small number of standard abbreviations used throughout the volume are listed below. Other abbreviations should be clear from the surrounding context.
| DK | Diels, H. 1951. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. 6th ed. by W. Kranz. Berlin: Weidmann. |
| KRS | Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven, and M. Schofield, 1983. The Presocratic Philosophers, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| LM | Laks, A. and G. Most, 2016. Early Greek Philosophy. 9 volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. |
| LSJ | Liddell, H.G. and Scott, R. 1968. A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., revised by H.S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Il. | Homer, Iliad |
| Od. | Homer, Odyssey |