Nota a Platone, Cratilo 427e5-7: ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις μέγιστον
| Autor: | Marco Donato |
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| Jazyk: | German<br />English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Italian |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
ancient dialogue
attic prose characterization double superlative plato platonic textual tradition polyptoton caratterizzazione dialogo antico doppio superlativo platone poliptoto prosa attica tradizione testuale platonica History of the Greco-Roman World DE1-100 Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature PA History of Law KJ2-1040 |
| Zdroj: | Erga-Logoi, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 47-62 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2280-9678 2282-3212 |
| DOI: | 10.7358/erga-2017-001-dona |
| Popis: | Recent editors of Plato’s Cratylus have corrected the form ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις μέγιστον, transmitted for the text of Cratylus’ remark at 427e5-7, in ἐν τοῖς μέγιστον, on the sole basis of the codex Marcianus Graecus 186. Not only this emendation is not necessary, but probably wrong, as it may reflect a scribal error in the Marcianus. The bombastic designation of the subject of enquiry as «greatest among the greatest» has a precise role in the stylistic characterisation of Cratylus’ speech and is in tune with the rest of the passage, rich in poetic quotations and allusions. The double superlative polyptoton is in fact a stylistic mark of elevated and poetic diction, as shown by parallels in Plato’s Symposium (195e7-8), in Gorgias and in Sophocles. |
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