Socrates' Dying Words (Plato Phaedo 118a) as an Aesopic Fable
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3937729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Drew Griffith (corresponding author), R Drew Griffith R Drew Griffith |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1/2 |
| Pages | 89 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7834/phoenix.71.1-2.0089 |
| OpenAlex | W2775516144 |
| Language | EN |
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
Art · Epistemology · Fable · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Reading (process) · SOCRATES · Chemistry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |