Proclus the Successor on poetics and the Homeric poems essays 5 and 6 of his Commentary on the Republic of Plato / Proclus ; text, translation, notes, and introduction by Robert Lamberton.

Author/creator Proclus
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAtlanta : Society of Biblical Literature,
Descriptionxlii, 322 p. ; 23 cm.
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Other author/creatorLamberton, Robert.
Included WorkProclus, approximately 410-485. In Platonis Rem publicam. Selections. English.
Included WorkProclus, approximately 410-485. Peri poiētikēs kai tōn hyp' autēn eidōn kai tēs aristēs harmonias kai rhythmou ta Platōni dokounta.
Included WorkProclus, approximately 410-485. Peri tōn en Politeia pros Homēron kai poiētikēn Platōni rhēthentōn.
Included WorkProclus, approximately 410-485. Peri tōn en Politeia pros Homēron kai poiētikēn Platōni rhēthentōn. English (Lamberton)
Included WorkProclus, approximately 410-485. Peri poiētikēs kai tōn hyp' autēn eidōn kai tēs aristēs harmonias kai rhythmou ta Platōni dokounta. English (Lamberton)
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Uniform titleIn Platonis Rem publicam. Selections. Greek
Variant title Proclus, Essays 5 and 6 of His "Commentary on the Republic of Plato."
SeriesSociety of Biblical Literature writings from the Greco-Roman world ; no. 34
Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 34. ^A524516
Contents Introduction -- Proclus: life and works -- The commentary on the Republic -- Proclus on poetics and allegory -- The defense of Homer -- The text -- Addendum 1 Table of contents on Proclus's commentary on the Republic -- Addendum 2 Wilhelm Kroll's preface to volume 1 of his edition of the Commentary -- Proclus, In Rempublicam 5 and 6: contents -- Text and translation -- Proclus, on the Republic, essay 5 -- Proclus, on the Republic, essay 6.
General note"Proclus's "Commentary on the Republic of Plato" contains in its fifth and sixth essays the only systematic analysis of the workings of the allegorical text to reach us from polytheist. In the context of defending Homer against the criticisms leveled by Socrates in the "Republic," Proclus, a late-antique polytheist thinker, provides not only a rich selection of interpretive material, but also an analysis of Homer's polysemous text whose influence can be observed in the work of the founder of modern semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce. This first modern translation into English, with Greek text facing and limited commentary, makes it possible to appreciate the importance of Proclus in the history of both hermeneutics and semiotics." --Cover, p. 4.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and indexes.
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LanguageGreek and English on facing pages.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012952535
ISBN9781589837119 (acid-free paper)
ISBN1589837118 (acid-free paper)

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