Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers 4.20 = T 115a Radt
M = reading of the whole MS tradition
m = reading of part of the MS tradition
P = reading on a papyrus
m = reading of part of the MS tradition
P = reading on a papyrus
ἔλεγεν οὖν τὸν μὲν Ὅμηρον ἐπικὸν εἶναι Σοφοκλέα, τὸν δὲ Σοφοκλέα Ὅμηρον τραγικόν τὸν δὲ Σοφοκλέα Ὅμηρον τραγικόν Bernhardy, Cobet: Ὅμηρον δὲ Σοφοκλέα τραγικόν M.
And so he (Polemon) called Homer the epic Sophocles and Sophocles the tragic Homer.
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