Plato’s Republic (386c5-7 & 516d4-7) : An Ambiguous (?) Attitude of Plato on Three Homeric Lines

In Konstantinos Boudouris (ed.), Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy (2013). Charlottesville, Virginia, USA: Philosophy Documentation Center. pp. 127-131 (2018)
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The subject of my paper is the explanation of Plato’s attitude in Republic on three lines taken from Odyssey (11.489-91). In one case (386c5-7) Plato rejects these lines, because they should not be heard by children or free men, while in another case (516d4-7) he repeats them as a perfect example of illustrating philosopher’s feelings. My purpose is to show that this attitude is not ambiguous; it is compatible with Plato’s doctrines and a good example of the importance that the context plays whenever Plato interprets a poem.

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Thanassis Gkatzaras
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