Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page i OXFORD STUDIES IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page ii page-isblank Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page iii OXFORD STUDIES IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY EDITOR: VICTOR CASTON VOLUME L   3 Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page iv 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. 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Contributors are asked to observe the ‘Notes for Contributors to Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy’, printed at the end of this volume. Up-to-date contact details, the latest version of Notes for Con- tributors,andpublicationschedulescanbecheckedontheOxford StudiesinAncientPhilosophywebsite: www.oup.co.uk/philosophy/series/osap Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page vi page-isblank Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page vii EDITORIAL WiththisvolumeofOxfordStudiesinAncientPhilosophy,thebaton has passed again and a new editorship begun. The first thing I wouldliketodoiswarmlythanktheoutgoingeditor,BradInwood, formakingthetransitionassmoothasitcouldbeandforallhishelp andencouragement.Throughouttheprocess,hehasbeenthevery modelofgoodjudgement,taste,andremarkableefficiency,inevery wayanidealtoaspiretowards.IfIamabletoreplicateevensome ofhisvirtues,Iwillbewellsatisfied. I would also like to thank the Advisory Board for their con- tinuingsupportandadviceandtowelcomeseveralnewmembers. In addition to Brad Inwood, who as outgoing editor will join the Board,therewillbethreenewmembers:RachelBarney(University ofToronto),RiccardoChiaradonna(UniversitàdegliStudiRoma Tre),andAlanCode(StanfordUniversity).Ilookforwardtowork- ingtogetherwiththeBoardinthecomingyearstomaintainthehigh standardsthathavebecomethehallmarkoftheseries. Lessvisible,butnolessessential,arethecontributionsofpeople who work behind the scenes, above all our anonymous readers, who are the true unsung heroes of this endeavour. In my career, Ihaverarelyseenreportsofthiskind:expert,rigorous,andtough- minded,asonemightexpect,yetalsoremarkablyconstructiveand aimed at improving the submission, whether for our pages or for thoseultimatelyinanotherseries.Itisaprivilegetoworkwithcol- leagueswithsuchastrongsenseofprofessionalism. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude for the generous support, moral as well as material, provided by the Departments ofPhilosophyandClassicalStudiesattheUniversityofMichigan, andbyPeterMomtchiloffandhisstaffatOxfordUniversityPress, whohavealwaysworkedtoachievethehigheststandardsinthepro- ductionofourvolumes. Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page viii page-isblank Created on 1 March 2016 at 9.58 hours page ix CONTENTS Parmenides’LikelyStory  THOMAS KJELLER JOHANSEN The Moral and Literary Character of Hippias in Plato’s HippiasMajor  FRANCO V. TRIVIGNO WhythePhilosopherKingsWillBelievetheNobleLie  CATHERINE ROWETT AristotleonTruth-Bearers  DAVID CHARLES AND MICHAIL PERAMATZIS TheStoicArgumentfromoikeiōsis  JACOB KLEIN Alexander against Galen on Motion: A Mere Logical Debate?  ORNA HARARI Rational Assent and Self-Reversion: A Neoplatonist ResponsetotheStoics  URSULA COOPE Common Sense and Extra Powers: A Discussion of AnnaMarmodoro,AristotleonPerceivingObjects  KLAUS CORCILIUS IndexLocorum 