R Drew Griffith R Drew Griffith
Biographic Data
| ID | 5087617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Drew Griffith R Drew Griffith |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Drew Griffith R Drew |
| FAMILY NAME | Griffith |
| SIGNATURE | GRIFFITH R D G R D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Socrates' Dying Words (Plato Phaedo 118a) as an Aesopic Fable
John Burnet once interpreted the dying Socrates’ claim that he owes a rooster to Asclepius as meaning that he hopes to wake from death like one healed by incubation in the Asklepeion at Epidaurus. This article endorses Burnet's reading, and argues that Socrates’ words constitute an Aesopic fable
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Socrates' Dying Words (Plato Phaedo 118a) as an Aesopic Fable
John Burnet once interpreted the dying Socrates’ claim that he owes a rooster to Asclepius as meaning that he hopes to wake from death like one healed by incubation in the Asklepeion at Epidaurus. This article endorses Burnet's reading, and argues that Socrates’ words constitute an Aesopic fable
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