Apollonius Dyscolus’ classification of adverbs of place in DE ADVERBIIS 201, 1-8

Abstract This paper argues that in De Adverbiis 201, 1-8 Apollonius is neither postulating, nor defending a sequential ranking of the three forms of adverbs of place to the effect that the notion referred by place-where is anterior to the notion referred by place-whence, and the notion referred by place-whence is anterior to the notion referred by place-whither. His point is that place-where is equally primitive in respect to both place-whence and place-whither because an analysis of place-whence and place-whither discloses place-where but not the other way round.