158:
295:
492:
397:
177:
is probably by a pseudonymous author of the 1st or 2nd century. The work professes to be an interpretation of an allegorical picture of a tablet on which the whole of human life with its dangers and temptations was symbolically represented, and which is said to have been dedicated by someone in the
182:
at Athens or Thebes. The author introduces some youths contemplating the tablet, and an old man who steps among them undertakes to explain its meaning. It is intended to show that only the proper development of our mind and the possession of real virtues can make us truly happy. The author develops
411:
315:
191:, and shows that true education consists not in mere erudition, but rather in the formation of character. Parallels are often drawn between this work and
536:
247:
157:
508:
58:, attributed to Cebes still survives, but it is believed to be a composition by a pseudonymous author of the 1st or 2nd century AD.
310:
541:
238:(1893), and many others. An English translation and commentary by John T. Fitzgerald and L. Michael White was published in 1983.
406:
377:, but there is no evidence that Cebes of Cyzicus was a real person. Cf. Bracht Branham, Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé, (2000),
551:
84:, in which he is represented as an earnest seeker after virtue and truth, keen in argument and cautious in decision.
197:
546:
230:
162:
460:
373:
497:
139:
348:
225:
513:
71:
502:
476:
464:
109:
104:
93:
213:
470:
454:
338:
235:
234:. Separate editions have been issued by CS Jerram (with introduction and notes, 1878),
221:
217:
43:
39:
23:
530:
426:
401:
306:
301:
188:
345:
the first half of the second century seems the best conjecture." Donald R. Dudley,
482:
269:
192:
166:
472:
Cebes' tablet, with introduction, notes, vocabulary, and grammatical questions
88:
says he was a member of
Socrates' inner circle, and a frequent visitor to the
367:
184:
67:
142:. The two former are lost, and most scholars deny the authenticity of the
501:
85:
47:
520:
400: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
334:
89:
456:
The Greek
Pilgrim's progress. Generally known as the Picture, by Kebes
342:
209:
179:
76:
300:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
156:
98:
81:
274:
The people of Plato: a prosopography of Plato and other
Socratics
134:
379:
The Cynics: The Cynic
Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy
503:"Socrates, with predecessors and followers: Cebes"
337:
editor gives reason for thinking that it is later than
228:
in 1640). It has often been printed together with the
439:
Cebetis Tabula quanam aetate conscripta esse videatur
412:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
146:on the ground of material and verbal anachronisms.
484:The Table of Cebes, or, The Picture of Human Life
523:of the Tablet of Cebes by John Opsopaus, Ph.D.
516:(Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
8:
319:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
475:. Greek, by Richard Parsons, 1904, at the
288:
286:
284:
282:
161:Title page with the Tablet of Cebes, by
96:. He is also mentioned by Plato in the
391:
389:
387:
341:, and as we know it to be earlier than
265:
263:
259:
216:(the latter version published with the
16:Early 4th-century BC Greek philosopher
248:List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
208:has been widely translated both into
66:Cebes was a disciple of Socrates and
7:
487:. Translated by Thomas Scott, 1754.
74:. He is one of the speakers in the
14:
537:4th-century BC Greek philosophers
509:Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
490:
395:
293:
512:. Vol. 1:2. Translated by
132:, are attributed to him by the
1:
347:A History of Cynicism - From
46:remembered as a disciple of
431:History of Greek Philosophy
370:(iv. 156 D) in a fictional
568:
437:(1818–1822); C Prachter,
50:. One work, known as the
27:
231:Enchiridion of Epictetus
163:Hans Holbein the Younger
542:Ancient Greek ethicists
409:, ed. (1870). "Cebes".
351:to the 6th Century A.D.
316:Encyclopædia Britannica
38:. 430 – 350 BC) was an
461:Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie
198:The Pilgrim's Progress
170:
362:A philosopher called
160:
116:Three dialogues, the
165:, 1521. Metalcut by
212:languages and into
552:Pupils of Socrates
514:Hicks, Robert Drew
498:Laërtius, Diogenes
333:is uncertain. The
226:Claudius Salmasius
171:
70:, and a friend of
435:De Cebetis Tabula
329:"The date of the
140:Diogenes Laërtius
72:Simmias of Thebes
42:philosopher from
559:
517:
505:
494:
493:
477:Internet Archive
465:Internet Archive
459:. Translated by
442:
423:
417:
416:
399:
398:
393:
382:
366:is mentioned by
364:Cebes of Cyzicus
360:
354:
327:
321:
320:
299:
297:
296:
290:
277:
267:
29:
567:
566:
562:
561:
560:
558:
557:
556:
547:Ancient Thebans
527:
526:
496:
491:
463:, 1910, at the
451:
446:
445:
424:
420:
405:
396:
394:
385:
372:Banquet of the
361:
357:
328:
324:
309:, ed. (1911). "
305:
294:
292:
291:
280:
268:
261:
256:
244:
224:translation by
175:Tablet of Cebes
155:
152:Tablet of Cebes
92:, Theodote, in
64:
20:Cebes of Thebes
17:
12:
11:
5:
565:
563:
555:
554:
549:
544:
539:
529:
528:
525:
524:
518:
488:
480:
468:
450:
449:External links
447:
444:
443:
418:
407:Smith, William
383:
355:
339:Dio Chrysostom
322:
307:Chisholm, Hugh
278:
258:
257:
255:
252:
251:
250:
243:
240:
236:Karl Praechter
154:
148:
63:
60:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
564:
553:
550:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
534:
532:
522:
519:
515:
511:
510:
504:
499:
489:
486:
485:
481:
478:
474:
473:
469:
466:
462:
458:
457:
453:
452:
448:
440:
436:
433:; F Klopfer,
432:
428:
427:Eduard Zeller
422:
419:
414:
413:
408:
403:
402:public domain
392:
390:
388:
384:
380:
376:
375:
369:
365:
359:
356:
352:
350:
344:
340:
336:
332:
326:
323:
318:
317:
312:
308:
303:
302:public domain
289:
287:
285:
283:
279:
275:
271:
266:
264:
260:
253:
249:
246:
245:
241:
239:
237:
233:
232:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
202:
200:
199:
194:
190:
189:pre-existence
186:
181:
176:
168:
164:
159:
153:
149:
147:
145:
141:
137:
136:
131:
127:
123:
119:
114:
112:
111:
107:
106:
101:
100:
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
78:
73:
69:
61:
59:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
40:Ancient Greek
37:
33:
28:Κέβης Θηβαῖος
25:
21:
507:
483:
471:
455:
438:
434:
430:
421:
410:
378:
371:
363:
358:
346:
330:
325:
314:
273:
229:
205:
203:
196:
174:
172:
151:
143:
133:
129:
125:
121:
117:
115:
108:
103:
97:
75:
65:
55:
51:
35:
34:.: Κέβητος;
31:
19:
18:
270:Debra Nails
193:John Bunyan
167:Jacob Faber
54:(Πίναξ) or
531:Categories
521:An edition
381:. page 411
353:, page 198
276:, page 82.
272:, (2002),
254:References
187:theory of
178:temple of
124:, and the
122:Phrynichus
368:Athenaeus
220:text and
68:Philolaus
500:(1925).
349:Diogenes
242:See also
210:European
185:Platonic
86:Xenophon
48:Socrates
441:(1885).
404::
335:Teubner
304::
118:Hebdome
105:Epistle
90:hetaera
495:
374:Cynics
343:Lucian
298:
214:Arabic
206:Tabula
180:Cronus
144:Tabula
130:Tabula
120:, the
94:Athens
77:Phaedo
56:Tabula
44:Thebes
331:Pinax
311:Cebes
222:Latin
218:Greek
126:Pinax
99:Crito
82:Plato
52:Pinax
24:Greek
425:See
204:The
183:the
173:The
150:The
138:and
135:Suda
110:XIII
102:and
62:Life
429:'s
313:".
195:'s
128:or
80:of
32:gen
533::
506:.
386:^
281:^
262:^
201:.
113:.
30:,
26::
479:.
467:.
415:.
169:.
36:c
22:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
