Textual history of Euclid's "Elements"

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RandyHelzerman
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Textual history of Euclid's "Elements"

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Has there been the kind of textual criticism, analysis, history etc--of the sort done for NT books--been done for Euclid's elements?

I've read various things, including, for example, that the current recension is from Hypatia of Alexandria, which I don't know how much or how little to give credence to.
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RandyHelzerman wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:03 am Has there been the kind of textual criticism, analysis, history etc--of the sort done for NT books--been done for Euclid's elements?

I've read various things, including, for example, that the current recension is from Hypatia of Alexandria, which I don't know how much or how little to give credence to.
See Hypatia. The standard recension is by Theon the father of Hypatia. Hypatia did collaborate with her father but the edition of the Elements is at least primarily the work of Theon.

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Re: Textual history of Euclid's "Elements"

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andrewcriddle wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:31 am See Hypatia
Thx. That was exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.
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