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

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
Subjects:
Socrates
Odysseus
Aristophanes
Plato
Hades
souls
Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/8665
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spelling doaj-04a9f0f7fde84b4d86d2db966d3817902020-11-25T03:56:19ZengCoimbra University PressPlato2079-75672183-41052020-08-012010.14195/2183-4105_20_13Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)Francesc Casadesús Bordoy 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 scene. Many platonic passages from Protagoras, Republic, Gorgias, Phaedo and Apology explain which could have been the cause of the aristophanic parody: Socrates’ propensity to mention Odysseus in his descriptions of what is awaiting for the souls in Hades after the death. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/8665SocratesOdysseusAristophanesPlatoHadessouls
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Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)
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Odysseus
Aristophanes
Plato
Hades
souls
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title Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)
title_short Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)
title_full Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)
title_fullStr Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)
title_full_unstemmed Sócrates, como Odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης …ὥσπερ Οὑδυσσεύς)
title_sort sócrates, como odiseo, invocador de las almas de los muertos (ψυχαγωγεῖ σωκράτης …ὥσπερ οὑδυσσεύς)
publisher Coimbra University Press
series Plato
issn 2079-7567
2183-4105
publishDate 2020-08-01
description 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 scene. Many platonic passages from Protagoras, Republic, Gorgias, Phaedo and Apology explain which could have been the cause of the aristophanic parody: Socrates’ propensity to mention Odysseus in his descriptions of what is awaiting for the souls in Hades after the death.
topic Socrates
Odysseus
Aristophanes
Plato
Hades
souls
url https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/8665
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