The volumes published in the series Beiträge zur Altertumskunde comprise monographs, collective volumes, editions, translations and commentaries on various topics from the fields of Greek and Latin Philology, Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Philosophy as well as Classical Reception Studies. The series thus offers indispensable research tools for a wide range of disciplines related to Ancient Studies.
Apart from both of his monographs on Sextus and his indices to Sextus and Diogenes Laertius, Karel Janácek (1906-1996) published fifty articles on Sextus and related topics. These are methodically strict lexical and stylistic studies which have shed new light on Sextus' work. In addition Janácek also took a close look at the works of Diogenes Laertius, Hippolytus of Rome and Philo of Alexandria and how they are connected with Sextus. The results of these studies form the foundation of present scholarship on Sextus.
Karel Janácek , Universität Olomouc (1946-1961) und Karls-Universität Prag (1961-1973); Filip Karfik und Jan Janda, Karls-Universität Prag
"On ne peut enfin que remercier Janda et Karfík d'avoir mis à notre disposition ce recueil fort utile, qui rend honneur à l'activité scientifique du grand chercheur tchèque, et qui relancera, j'en suis certain, le débat sur Sextus Empiricus, Diogène Laërce et la tradition néo-pyrrhonienne."
Tiziano Dorandi in: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2008/06/14484.html
