[5] Anthony Alcock supposes that it was compiled in Akhmim, a centre of Greek learning into the 6th century and also a late redoubt of Egyptian paganism.
[4] One of the anonymous sayings from the Vienna fragments that cannot be identified with any Greek text is this: It is better to do good to a dog and a lion than to feed a thankless person.
The disorderly person not only does not remain a friend but you will find that when you are doing him a favour, he is trying to rob your house and deliver you into the hands of your enemies.
[1] The most notable is Gregory of Nyssa's De anima et resurrectione, a piece of philosophical theology that includes references to Plato's Phaedrus.
[9] In modern times, and especially with the strong French and British influence during the colonial period, there was a resurgence of Coptic philosophical writing.