Paradoxical characters in Plato's Symposium

Autor: Vytautas Ališauskas
Jazyk: litevština
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Literatūra, Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2018, t. 60, nr. 3, p. 27-34
Literatūra (Vilnius), Vol 60, Iss 3 (2018)
ISSN: 1648-1143
0258-0802
Popis: This article discusses the identity of Glaucon as portrayed in Plato’s Symposium and the portrayal of Apollodorus in the dialogue. The author argues that Glaucon is to be considered in the Symposium the same person as the Glaucon portrayed in The Republic (Plato’s brother). This argument is based on the intertexutal link to Rep.V 474d–476d. Apollodorus, the main narrator of the Symposium, is depicted as a follower of the proto-cynic Antisthenes. It is suggested that Apolodorus’s character is written as a literary substitute for Antisthenes.
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