Diels–Kranz numbering

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Diels–Kranz numbering is a standard scholarly reference system used to organize and cite the surviving fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers.

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Diels–Kranz numbering canonical 3
Diels–Kranz numbers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf citation system
classification scheme
scholarly reference system
appliesTo Presocratic philosophers
early Greek philosophers
basedOn Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker
component author number
fragment number
section number
distinguishes testimonia
verbatim fragments
field Presocratic studies
ancient philosophy
classical philology
hasAbbreviation DK
hasAlternativeName DK numbering
Diels–Kranz system
linked to: Diels–Kranz
hasCanonicalStatusIn study of Presocratic fragments
influences later collections of Presocratic fragments
introducedInWorkBy Hermann Diels
isStandardFor referencing Presocratic fragments in modern scholarship
languageContext ancient Greek texts
laterRevisedBy Walther Kranz
namedAfter Hermann Diels
Walther Kranz
notationIncludes letters A B C to mark types of material
organizes fragments by philosopher
testimonia by philosopher
scope Greek philosophical texts before Socrates
typicalCitationFormat philosopher name followed by DK number
usedFor citing fragments of early Greek philosophers
citing testimonia of early Greek philosophers
organizing fragments of early Greek philosophers
organizing testimonia of early Greek philosophers
usedIn critical editions of Presocratic texts
scholarly literature on early Greek philosophy

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DK hasAlternativeDescription Diels–Kranz numbering
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linked to: Diels–Kranz numbering