Empedocles and the Muse of the Agathos Logos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9322286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Hardie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 209-246 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Philology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9475 • E-ISSN: 1086-3168 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ajp.2013.0017 |
| OpenAlex | W2000326382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article offers a new reading of the Muse in Empedocles’ Physica . I aim to show that she is integrated into the poet’s physiological conception of the cosmos and that she also plays a central role in the furtherance of his eschatological purposes. Empedocles, it will be suggested, first put the Muse at the service of the philosophical logos , and in taking that step, he embraced and transcended the conventions of Muse-invocation not only in epic-didactic poetry but in the lyric and elegiac traditions as well. On this reading, the “Muse of the agathos logos ” will emerge as a strikingly innovative creation, one that was to exercise a powerful and enduring influence on Greek and Roman conceptions of the goddess Muse in relation to the mind of the poet
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
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| Citations per year | 1,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |