On the History of Allegorism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9375113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordan Tate (0009-0004-6399-2622, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-114 |
| Publication date | 1934-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800010077 |
| OpenAlex | W2099201730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
I have shown in an earlier article that from the second half of the fifth century onwards the desire to defend Homer and Hesiod against accusations of immorality was certainly not the main motive which actuated the allegorical interpreters of the early poets. That desire, no doubt, existed; but the part which it played was wholly a subordinate one. In the present article I propose first to consider allegorism in its earlier stages, and to state my case for holding that the practice of allegorical interpretation cannot have originated in this desire of Homeric partisans to exculpate the poet. My view is that the function of allegorism was originally not negative or defensive but rather (as with Anaxagoras, Metrodorus, etc., in later times) positive or exegetical
Art · Epistemology · Hesiod · Immorality · Interpretation (philosophy · Interpreter · Linguistics · Literature · Morality · Poetry · State (computer science · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2022 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |