Socrates and Gorgias at Delphi and Olympia
Phaedrus 235d6–236b4
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9666334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn A Morgan (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 375-386 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| 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/s0009838800043834 |
| OpenAlex | W2096438944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
It is a commonplace of modern criticism that every text is to be located within a complex network of cultural practices and material. Students of the ancient world may sometimes feel at a disadvantage; we simply do not have as much information as we would like in order to contextualize thoroughly. This has been especially true in the study of Platonic dialogues. The meagre remains of the writings of the sophists against whom Plato measured himself and of the art to which he refers (to mention only two areas) entail that analysis of Plato is often confined to the structure of his philosophy. Of course, the requirements of Plato's arguments must always be assigned primary importance; the relative lack of information about Plato's cultural context has not prevented detailed exposition of his method and achievements. Occasionally, however, a kindly fate allows us to set a dialogue, or part of it, in its appropriate material and ideological context and to create an interface between literary, philosophical, and archaeological evidence. Such evidence may not alter our evaluation of Plato's arguments on the analytic level, but it can enrich our appreciation of his literary artistry and recapture for us some of the resonance that his work would have had for a contemporary audience
Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Criticism · Epistemology · Exposition (narrative · Ideology · Literature · Order (exchange · Politics · Reflexive pronoun · SOCRATES · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2017 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |