Title: Proclus the Successor on poetics and the Homeric poems : essays 5 and 6 of his Commentary on the Republic of Plato /
Authors: Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Lamberton, Robert; Lamberton, Robert,; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.; Proclus, approximately 410-485.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Proclus,; Homer Poetry.; Proclus,; Homer Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800.; Plato Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800.; Greek poetry, Hellenistic.; Epic poetry, Greek.; Classical literature; Philosophy, Ancient.; Neoplatonism.; Hermeneutics.; Semiotics.; Greek poetry, Hellenistic History and criticism.; Epic poetry, Greek History and criticism.; Classical literature History and criticism
Abstract: "Proclus's "Commentary on the Republic of Plato" contains in its fifth and sixth essays the only systematic analysis of the workings of the allegorical text to reach us from polytheist antiquity. In the context of defending Homer against the criticisms leveled by Socrates in the "Republic," Proclus, a late-antique polytheist thinker, provides not only a rich selection of interpretive material, but also an analysis of Homer's polysemous text whose influence can be observed in the work of the founder of modern semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce. This first modern translation into English, with Greek text facing and limited commentary, makes it possible to appreciate the importance of Proclus in the history of both hermeneutics and semiotics." --Cover, p.4.