6 Heraclitus in the Opening Columns (III–VI (43−6)) and in Columns XI (51) and XX (60) of the Derveni Papyrus Vojtěch Hladký In the following exposition, I argue that in the opening columns of the Derveni papyrus, as well as in columns XI (51) and XX (60), the presence of Heraclitus is more pervasive than previously thought. To support this claim, I trace a thread of Heraclitean motifs throughout the papyrus and compare it with texts which were inruenced by Heraclitus but are owen neglected, especially certain passages from Clement’s Protrepticus and Pseudo-Heraclitus’ Epistles. 6.1 Ie Order of the World and Heraclitus’ Sun (Col. IV (44)) At the outset, we should outline the main ideas expressed in the text of the }rst columns of the Derveni papyrus. On the whole, col. I−VI (41−6) describe the progress of a ritual which consists mainly of prayers and a libation. In col. III (43), there appear the Erinyes and daimones worshipped by the magoi. In col. IV (44), the subject changes, and the writer quotes Heraclitus’ fragments where the Erinyes again play a role. Col. V (45) deals with oracular answers, dreams, and ‘the terrors in Hades’, while col. VI (46) returns to the previously mentioned ritual  is essay is a shortened version of a chapter in my forthcoming book on the Derveni papyrus. A more detailed discussion of several issues can be found there. I would like to thank Richard Janko for both the exciting discussions we had about the papyrus and the opportunity to consult his still- unpublished reconstruction of the opening columns. is work has been supported by Charles University Research Centre programme no. 204056: Nature and Culture: Historical, Cultural and Biological Concepts of Human Behaviour.  My starting point is Richard Janko’s Greek text of the papyrus, but I do not accept all of the sup- plements it contains and will comment on some contentious passages; I consider also the reconstruc- tion proposed by Valeria Piano. In footnotes to the translation of the columns given below, I mark the most important dixerences in their reconstructions; the version I endorse is listed }rst. For practical reasons, I follow the numbering of columns and lines as given in the editio princeps, though by now our knowledge of the papyrus has grown. According to the most recent reconstructions of both Richard Janko and Valeria Piano, there are several fragmentary columns which precede col. I (41). In the following, however, I do not refer to them because they do not oxer information signi}cant to the general interpretation attempted here.