Plato in Dia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23719293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Trapp (0000-0002-7586-3340, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Pages | 213-239 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Dio Chrysostom (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199243594.003.0010 |
| OpenAlex | W4388379138 |
| ISBN | 9780199243594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Plato’s name is not often mentioned in the surviving corpus of Dio’s work, occurring only five times in the seventy-six genuine pieces; even if three further thinly veiled allusions are added, that only yields a total of eight. Yet appreciation of his influence is essential to a proper understanding of Dio. Ancient and Byzantine critics give a prominent place to the relationship between the two authors, but consider it in almost purely stylistic terms. As will emerge, this is too restrictive; the reality is more complicated and more interesting. Plato is indeed acknowledged and imitated by Dio as a model of good prose style (in several distinct registers), but the imitation and appropriation extend also to elements of structure and characterization; and besides his stylistic importance
Appropriation · Art · Byzantine architecture · Epistemology · Imitation · Literature · Style (visual arts) · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |