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
Additional fragments with possibly outdated references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