Dustin W Dixon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5645228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dustin W Dixon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dustin W |
| FAMILY NAME | Dixon |
| SIGNATURE | DIXON D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Grinnell College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Truth in the Late Foucault
The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient world and the early church. Each essay features a deep examination as to how the topics of truth and sexuality intersect with and focus on Foucault’s engagement with ancient philosophy and thought. Truth in the Late Foucault offers readings on Plato, Artemidorus, Cicero, Sophocles and the Stoics, and pays close atte…
The Spirit of Aristophanes
This book is a wide-ranging collection of essays that explores classical Greek tragedy and comedy, Roman comedy, mime, philosophy, Latin epic, Latin epigram and the ancient novel. The volume begins on the plays of Aristophanes. While scholarly criticism has tended to overlook Aristophanic comedy as a touchstone of literary merit, the first chapters locate several qualities of ancient literature in his plays, and other chapters trace their dynamic…
Spirit of Aristophanes
John J. Winkler. Rehearsals of Manhood
Impotent Tyranny in Cratinus’ Dionysalexandros
This note proposes new interpretations of Hera’s bribe offered in Cratinus’ Dionysalexandros. While Hera’s τυραννὶς ἀκίνητος is usually interpreted as an offer of permanent demagoguery in light of the play’s mockery of Pericles, I argue that τυραννíς also recalls contemporary debates about the Athenian empire and that ἀκίνητος puns on the obscene meaning of κινεῖν
Reconsidering Euripides' Bellerophon
No consensus has been reached about the reconstruction of Euripides' fragmentary tragedy Bellerophon , but two suggestions have not received the serious attention they deserve. The first is that Stheneboea is a character in the play, and the second that Euripides does not depict Bellerophon as an atheist or an impious hero. In this paper, I shall reconsider both of these suggestions. In fact, the addition of Stheneboea to the dramatis personae al…
Reconsidering Euripides' Bellerophon
No consensus has been reached about the reconstruction of Euripides' fragmentary tragedy Bellerophon , but two suggestions have not received the serious attention they deserve. The first is that Stheneboea is a character in the play, and the second that Euripides does not depict Bellerophon as an atheist or an impious hero. In this paper, I shall reconsider both of these suggestions. In fact, the addition of Stheneboea to the dramatis personae al…
Reconsidering Euripides' Bellerophon
No consensus has been reached about the reconstruction of Euripides' fragmentary tragedy Bellerophon , but two suggestions have not received the serious attention they deserve. The first is that Stheneboea is a character in the play, and the second that Euripides does not depict Bellerophon as an atheist or an impious hero. In this paper, I shall reconsider both of these suggestions. In fact, the addition of Stheneboea to the dramatis personae al…
Impotent Tyranny in Cratinus’ Dionysalexandros
This note proposes new interpretations of Hera’s bribe offered in Cratinus’ Dionysalexandros. While Hera’s τυραννὶς ἀκίνητος is usually interpreted as an offer of permanent demagoguery in light of the play’s mockery of Pericles, I argue that τυραννíς also recalls contemporary debates about the Athenian empire and that ἀκίνητος puns on the obscene meaning of κινεῖν
Truth in the Late Foucault
The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient world and the early church. Each essay features a deep examination as to how the topics of truth and sexuality intersect with and focus on Foucault’s engagement with ancient philosophy and thought. Truth in the Late Foucault offers readings on Plato, Artemidorus, Cicero, Sophocles and the Stoics, and pays close atte…
The Spirit of Aristophanes
This book is a wide-ranging collection of essays that explores classical Greek tragedy and comedy, Roman comedy, mime, philosophy, Latin epic, Latin epigram and the ancient novel. The volume begins on the plays of Aristophanes. While scholarly criticism has tended to overlook Aristophanic comedy as a touchstone of literary merit, the first chapters locate several qualities of ancient literature in his plays, and other chapters trace their dynamic…
Spirit of Aristophanes
John J. Winkler. Rehearsals of Manhood
Art (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Character (mathematics (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Drama (1 work)