G.R. Boys-Stones and J.H. Haubold (dir.), Plato and Hesiod

G. R. Boys-Stones and J. H. Haubold (dir.), Plato and Hesiod. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ix, 362 p.

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• ISBN 9780199236343.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

It hardly needs repeating that Plato defined philosophy partly by contrast with the work of the poets. What is extraordinary is how little systematic exploration there has been of his relationship with specific poets other than Homer. This neglect extends even to Hesiod, though Hesiod is of central importance for the didactic tradition quite generally, and is a major source of imagery at crucial moments of Plato's thought. This volume, which presents fifteen articles by specialists on the area, will be the first ever book-length study dedicated to the subject. It covers a wide variety of thematic angles, brings new and sometimes surprising light to a large range of Platonic dialogues, and represents a major contribution to the study of the reception of archaic poetry in Athens.

• A multifaceted account of Plato's hitherto neglected engagement with Hesiod
• Sheds new light on the interpretation of a number of Platonic dialogues
• By focusing on Hesiod as the object of reception contributes to the literature on the reception of archaic literature in Classical antiquity

Table des matières:

Introduction
I. Plato and Hesiod
1: J. H. Haubold: Shepherd, Farmer, Poet, Sophist: Hesiod on his own reception
2: G. R.Boys-Stones: Hesiod and Plato's History of Philosophy
3: G. W. Most: Plato's Hesiod: An Acquired Taste?
4: Naoko Yamagata: Hesiod in Plato: Second Fiddle to Homer?
5: Hugo Koning: Plato's Hesiod: Not Plato's Alone
6: Barbara Graziosi: Hesiod in Classical Athens: Rhapsodes, Orators, and Platonic Discourse
7: Andrew L. Ford: Plato's Two Hesiods
II. Individual Dialogues
8: Vered Lev Kenaan: The Seductions of Hesiod: Pandora's Presence in Plato's Symposium
9: Helen Van Noorden: Hesiod's Races and Your Own': Socrates' 'Hesiodic' Project
10: Andrea Capra: Plato's Hesiod and the Will of Zeus: Philosophical Rhapsody in the Timaeus and the Critias
11: E. E. Pender: Chaos Corrected: Hesiod in Plato's Creation Myth
12: David Sedley: Hesiod's Theogony and Plato's Timaeus
13: Mario Regali: Hesiod in the Timaeus: The Demiurge Addresses the Gods
14: Dimitri El Murr: Hesiod, Plato, and the Golden Age: Hesiodic Motifs in the Myth of the Politicus
15: Christopher Rowe: On Grey-Haired Babies: Plato, Hesiod, and Visions of the Past (and Future)