Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107012929)

Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created 'classics' out of some of Plato's richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of the Apology and re-imaginings of Socrates' defence, Plato's rich style and the criticisms it attracted and how Petronius and Apuleius threaded Plato into their richly comic texts. The scene for these case studies is set through a thorough examination of how the tradition constructed the relationship between Plato and Homer, of how Plato adapted poetic forms of imagery to his philosophical project in the Republic, to shared techniques of representation between poet and philosopher and to foreshadowings of later modes of criticism in Plato's Ion. This is a major contribution to Platonic studies, to the history of Platonic reception from the fourth century BC to the third century AD and to the literature of the Second Sophistic.

Author: Richard Hunter
ISBN-10: 1107012929
ISBN-13: 9781107012929
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2012
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 0.90d