TY  - BOOK
AU  - Proclus,
AU  - Lamberton,Robert
TI  - Proclus the Successor on poetics and the Homeric poems: essays 5 and 6 of his Commentary on the Republic of Plato 
T2  - Society of Biblical Literature writings from the Greco-Roman world
SN  - 9781589837898
AV  - PA4400 .A2 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Atlanta
PB  - Society of Biblical Literature
KW  - Proclus,
KW  - Homer
KW  - Greek poetry, Hellenistic
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Neoplatonism
KW  - Hermeneutics
KW  - Semiotics
N1  - "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; Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and indexes; Introduction --; Proclus: life and works --; The commentary on the Republic --; Proclus on poetics and allegory --; The defense of Homer --; The text --; Addendum 1; Table of contents of Proclus's commentary on the Republic --; Addendum 2; Wilhelm Kroll's preface to volume 1 of his edition of the Commentary --; Proclus, In Rempublicam 5 and 6: contents --; Text and translation --; Proclus, on the Republic, essay 5 --; Proclus, on the Republic, essay 6
ER  -