Measuring the End: Heraclitus and Diogenes of Babylon on the Great Year and Ekpyrosis

This paper first examines surviving testimonies on the doctrine of the Great Year in Heraclitus and attempts to demonstrate the reliability of Aëtius’ version handed down by the mss., according to which the Great Year is equal to 18,000 solar years. On the basis of such evidence it is also possib…