Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)

The expression ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης used by Aristophanes in Birds has been interpreted in different ways. However, the fact that the comediographer compares the action of invoking the souls of the dead to Odysseus, ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς, suggests that book 11 of the Odyssey was the model that inspired the...

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Main Author: Francesc Casadesús Bordoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2020-08-01
Series:Plato
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Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/8665