Socrates among the Corybantes
Subtitle: being, reality, and the gods
By: Carl Levenson
Publisher: Spring Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Woodstock, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Plato.; Corybantes
Description: "In Plato's dialogues, we find many references to Corybantic rites - rites of initiation performed in honor of the goddess Rhea. But in the dialogue titled the Euthydemus, there is more than a mere reference to the rites to be found. Within the context of Socratic dialectic the ancient rites of the Corybantes are acted out - although veiled and distorted. This is what Carl Levenson argues in his new book Socrates Among the Corybantes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references