This article argues that the diptych of Plato's Timaeus and Critias is modelled on the rhapsodic structure of Greek epic, and especially the Hesiodic catalogues (Theogony-Catalogue of Women). By imitating Hesiodic rhapsody, Plato signals his ambition to create a new and philosophically better kind of ''song'', whose credentials can be traced in the Republic.
Plato’s Hesiod and the Will of Zeus. Philosophical Rhapsody in the Timaeus and the Critias / A. Capra - In: Plato and Hesiod / [a cura di] G.R. Boys-Stones, J. Haubold. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - ISBN 978-0-19-923634-3. - pp. 200-218 [10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236343.003.0011]
Plato’s Hesiod and the Will of Zeus. Philosophical Rhapsody in the Timaeus and the Critias
A. CapraPrimo
2010
Abstract
This article argues that the diptych of Plato's Timaeus and Critias is modelled on the rhapsodic structure of Greek epic, and especially the Hesiodic catalogues (Theogony-Catalogue of Women). By imitating Hesiodic rhapsody, Plato signals his ambition to create a new and philosophically better kind of ''song'', whose credentials can be traced in the Republic.
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