Chapter 1. Introduction The subject of this study is Plato’s incorporation of lyric poetry into the fabric of his own work. Although much has been written about Plato’s views on poetry, as revealed explicitly in the Republic and the Laws, few studies have been concerned with Plato’s own use of poetry. [1] The dialogues are replete with poetic allusion, by paraphrase and by quotation. This… Read more
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Chapter 4. Stesichorus’ Palinode in the Phaedrus Socrates’ reference to Stesichorus’ famous palinode in the Phaedrus has not been studied with respect to its context. Although scholars have focused upon the palinode with respect to the question of whether or not Stesichorus composed more than one “recantation,” few have analyzed its role within the dialogue. [1] It is curious that Plato has Socrates present… Read more
Acknowledgments I wish to express my gratitude to Gregory Nagy, the editor of this series, for his encouragement and for sharing with me his many insights on the role of lyric poetry during Plato’s time. I would also like to acknowledge my debt to Charles Segal and Ian Rutherford, each of whom offered me valuable comments and suggestions on a wide variety of topics. Albert Henrichs also greatly influenced my… Read more
Chapter 3. Callicles’ Quotation of Pindar in the Gorgias Perhaps the most discussed quotation from lyric poetry found in Plato is the reference by Callicles in the Gorgias to a Pindaric poem concerned with the labors of Herakles (fr. 169a Snell-Maehler). Although Callicles quotes only five lines from the poem, it is clear that these lines, like the reference to Simonides in the Protagoras, are familiar to Plato’s audience. As… Read more
Foreword Gregory Nagy, General Editor Building on the foundations of scholarship within the disciplines of philology, philosophy, history, and archeology, this series spans the continuum of Greek traditions extending from the second millennium B.C.E. to the present, not just the Archaic and Classical periods. The aim is to enhance perspectives by applying various disciplines to problems that have in the past been treated as the exclusive concern of a single… Read more
Online edition of Hellenic Studies 55, originally published in 2012 by the Center for Hellenic Studies. Copyright, Center for Hellenic Studies. Also available for purchase in print via Harvard University Press here. To download an e-book version of this book in epub format, click here. Read more
[[Originally printed 2011 in Archaic and Classical Choral Song: Performance, Politics and Dissemination (ed. L. Athanassaki and E. L. Bowie) 173-206. Berlin. The page-numbers of the printed version are embedded within brackets in this electronic version: for example, {173|174} marks where p. 173 stops and p. 174 begins.]] [1] Introduction Ode 13 of Bacchylides celebrated the victory of Pytheas of Aegina in the athletic… Read more
This is an electronic version of Chapter 1 of Aegina: Contexts for Choral Lyric Poetry. Myth, History, and Identity in the Fifth Century BC (ed. David Fearn; Oxford 2011) 41–78. The original pagination of the chapter will be indicated in this electronic version by way of braces (“{” and “}”). For example, “{41|42}” indicates where p. 41 of the printed chapter ends and p. 42 begins. Introduction The Aeginetan odes… Read more
