Plato and myth: studies on the use and status of Platonic myths

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Through the contributions of specialists in the field, this volume addresses the still open question of the role and status of myth in Plato’s dialogues and thereby speaks to the broader problem of the relation between philosophy and ...

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Why is the Timaeus called an Eikôs Muthos and an Eikôs Logos?Luc Brisson
The pragmatics of "Myth" in Plato's Dialogues: the story of Prometheus in the Protagoras.Claude Calame
The Platonic art of myth-making: myth as informative Phantasma.Catherine Collobert
Spectacles from Hades. On Plato's myths and allegories in the Republic.Pierre Destrée
Myth and interpretation.Monique Dixsaut
The Delphic oracle on Socrates' wisdom: a myth?Louis-André Dorion
Whip scars on the naked soul: myth and Elenchos in Plato's Gorgias.Radcliffe G. Edmonds
The freedom of Platonic myth.G. R. F. Ferrari
Combating oblivion: the myth of Er as both philosophy's challenge and inspiration.Francisco J. Gonzalez
Myth, image and likeness in Plato's Timaeus.Elsa Grasso
Why two epochs of human history? On the myth of the Statesman.Christoph Horn
Choice of lire and self-transformation in the myth of Er.Annie Larivée
The myth of Theuth in the Phaedrus.Christopher Moore
Theriomorphism and the composite soul in Plato.Kathryn Morgan
Plato's exoteric myths.Glenn W. Most
The rivers of Tartarus: Plato's geography of dying and coming-back-to-life.Elizabeth Pender
The status of the myth of the Gorgias, or: taking Plato seriously.Christopher Rowe
Literal and deeper meanings in Platonic myths.Harold Tarrant
Myth and truth in Plato's Phaedrus.Franco Trabattoni
Religion and morality. elements of Plato's anthropology in the myth of Prometheus (PROTAGORAS, 320D-322D).Gerd Van Riel

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The Platonic art of myth-making: myth as informative Phantasma.Catherine Collobert - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Combating oblivion: the myth of Er as both philosophy's challenge and inspiration.Francisco J. Gonzalez - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
The pragmatics of "Myth" in Plato's Dialogues: the story of Prometheus in the Protagoras.Claude Calame - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
The status of the myth of the Gorgias, or: taking Plato seriously.Christopher Rowe - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Spectacles from Hades. On Plato's myths and allegories in the Republic.Pierre Destrée - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Myth, image and likeness in Plato's Timaeus.Elsa Grasso - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Myth and truth in Plato's Phaedrus.Franco Trabattoni - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill. pp. 305-321.
Whip scars on the naked soul: myth and Elenchos in Plato's Gorgias.Radcliffe G. Edmonds - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
The freedom of Platonic myth.G. R. F. Ferrari - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Myth and interpretation.Monique Dixsaut - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
The myth of Theuth in the Phaedrus.Christopher Moore - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Religion and morality. elements of Plato's anthropology in the myth of Prometheus (PROTAGORAS, 320D-322D).Gerd Van Riel - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Choice of lire and self-transformation in the myth of Er.Annie Larivée - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
Why two epochs of human history? On the myth of the Statesman.Christoph Horn - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.
The Delphic oracle on Socrates' wisdom: a myth?Louis-André Dorion - 2012 - In Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée & Francisco J. Gonzalez (eds.), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Brill.

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