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Part IV. The Reception of Plato’s Symposium13. Plato’s Symposium and the Traditions of Ancient Fiction, Richard Hunter

13. Plato’s Symposium and the Traditions of Ancient Fiction Richard Hunter Among the most striking products of the literature of the Roman empire are large-scale fictional narratives in prose, or occasionally a mixture of prose and verse. Such “novels”—the validity of the term is much debated but its usefulness seems undeniable—appear in both Greek and Latin, and cover a remarkable range of tone, style and milieu. Read more

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14. Some Notable Afterimages of Plato’s Symposium, J. H. Lesher

14. Some Notable Afterimages of Plato’s Symposium [1] J. H. Lesher From the fourth century BCE down to the present day Plato’s Symposium has provided a stimulus to reflection on the nature of love. [2] Among the earliest known responses to the dialogue are portions of Xenophon’s Symposium, Petronius’ Satyrica, Plutarch’s Dialogue on Love, Tacitus’ Dialogue… Read more

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16. Platonic Selves in Shelley and Stevens, David K. O’Connor

16. Platonic Selves in Shelley and Stevens David K. O’Connor Ralph Waldo Emerson, who certainly knew a thing or two about essays, said in “History” that the best of them describe to their readers our “unattained but attainable self” (1983:239). Our reading shows us how the self we have so far attained is estranged from the self we can be. The self we are is… Read more

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Contributors

The Contributors Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Luc Brisson is Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Jeffrey Carnes is Associate Professor of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at Syracuse University. Gabriela Carone is an independent scholar. Diskin Clay is R. J. R. Nabisco Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University. … Read more

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Epilogue: The Medallions and Other Magic Gardens

Epilogue: The Medallions and Other Magic Gardens Barely visible beneath a century’s accumulation of grime, a limpid lake beckons the viewer, its grassy shores flanked by stands of stately trees, its waters reflecting the clouds that grace a moody sky. On the opposite wall is its pendent, the depiction of a small farmhouse shaded by a grove and accessed by a road winding its way through verdant… Read more

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Illustrations

Illustrations   Figure 1. Mapping utopia. Map of the wanderings of Odysseus.   Figure 2. Blueprint of the ideal polis. Reconstruction: The Shield of Achilles.   Figure 3. A landscape “of unusual, even startling interest.” Red-figure pelikē: Odysseus, Elpenor, and Hermes in the Underworld.   Figure 4. Alone in the realm of Nature. Attic black-figure amphora: the suicide of Ajax.  … Read more

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Bibliography

Bibliography Agrest, D. I. 1991. Architecture from Without: Theoretical Framings for a Critical Practice. Cambridge, MA. Alberti, L. B. 1965. The Ten Books of Architecture (1485). Reprint from the Leoni Edition of 1755, ed. J. Rykwert. London. Alden, M. 2000. Homer Beside Himself: Para-Narratives in the Iliad. Oxford. Anderson, M. L. 1987. Pompeian Frescoes… Read more

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Diagrams and Illustrations

Diagrams and Illustrations [Due to copyright restrictions, some of the images included in the print version of this book are not available for reproduction online. Where possible, those unavailable images have been replaced by open source images or links to relevant citation information.] Chapter Eight Figure 1. Seating arrangement of the guests at Agathon’s symposion Figure 2. Historical incidents in the aftermath of… Read more