Satyr-Play in the Statesman and the Unity of Plato’s Trilogy

At Statesman (Plt.) 291a–c and 303c–d, Plato compares the so-called statesmen of all existing constitutions to a motley crew of lions, centaurs, satyrs, and other beasts, and the entire section of the Statesman devoted to law and constitutions (291c–303c) to a satyr-play of sorts. This paper argues...

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主要作者: Murr, Dimitri El (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Brill 2023
In: Phronesis
Year: 2023, 卷: 68, 發布: 2, Pages: 127-166
Further subjects:B Statesman
B Socrates
B Theaetetus
B Plato
B Sophist
B Tragedy
B satyr-play
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總結:At Statesman (Plt.) 291a–c and 303c–d, Plato compares the so-called statesmen of all existing constitutions to a motley crew of lions, centaurs, satyrs, and other beasts, and the entire section of the Statesman devoted to law and constitutions (291c–303c) to a satyr-play of sorts. This paper argues that these thought-provoking images are best understood as literary devices which, in addition to other dramatic elements in the Theaetetus and Sophist, help to bolster the unity of the Theaetetus-Sophist-Statesman trilogy and its apologetic agenda concerning Socrates.
ISSN:1568-5284
Contains:Enthalten in: Phronesis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685284-bja10069