The Framing of Socrates

The Literary Interpretation of Xenophon´s Memorabilia

Vivienne J. Gray (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

VI, 202 Seiten

1998
Franz Steiner Verlag
978-3-515-07313-4 (ISBN)

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Xenophon's Memorabilia is a principal source for the image of Socrates. Xenophon's argument about Socrates is here examined in its entirety for the first time in English as a product of his personal knowledge of Socrates, his use of rhetoric to persuade his audience, and of literary traditions which had already set in place the 'frame' for the acceptable image of the wise man. Xenophon innovates within these traditions to present a Socrates who innovated in the traditions of philosophy. The work is proven to have a unified and sustained rhetorical argument. It imitates the philosophical process that it attributes to Socrates. Xenophon's literary techniques and artistry, the nature of rhetoric and the literary traditions concerning the wise man are illuminated. Comparison with Plato is not a major focus, but the investigation increases awareness of the complexity of the 'Socratic problem'.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.1998
Reihe/Serie	Hermes-Einzelschriften
Sprache	deutsch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
Schlagworte	Altertumswissenschaften • Altphilologie • Geschichte • HC/Klassische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • Hermes Einzelschr. 079 • Interpretation • Socrates
ISBN-10	3-515-07313-2 / 3515073132
ISBN-13	978-3-515-07313-4 / 9783515073134
Zustand	Neuware