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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ILLUSTRATIONS xi
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
- ABBREVIATIONS xvii
- INTRODUCTION 1
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PART I: Competitive Wisdom and Popular Culture
- CHAPTER 1. Aesop and the Contestation of Delphic Authority 53
- CHAPTER 2. Sophia before/beyond Philosophy 95
- CHAPTER 3. Aesop as Sage: Political Counsel and Discursive Practice 125
- CHAPTER 4. Reading the Life: The Progress of a Sage and the Anthropology of Sophia 159
- CHAPTER 5. The Aesopic Parody of High Wisdom 202
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PART II: Aesop and the Invention of Greek Prose
- CHAPTER 6. Aesop at the Invention of Philosophy 241
- CHAPTER 7. The Battle over Prose: Fable in Sophistic Education and Xenophon’s Memorabilia 265
- CHAPTER 8. Sophistic Fable in Plato: Parody, Appropriation, and Transcendence 301
- CHAPTER 9. Aesop in Plato’s Sōkratikoi Logoi: Analogy, Elenchos, and Disavowal 325
- CHAPTER 10. Historiē and Logopoiïa: Two Sides of Herodotean Prose 361
- CHAPTER 11. Herodotus and Aesop: Some Soundings 398
- Bibliography 433
- Index Locorum 463
- General Index 478
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ILLUSTRATIONS xi
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
- ABBREVIATIONS xvii
- INTRODUCTION 1
-
PART I: Competitive Wisdom and Popular Culture
- CHAPTER 1. Aesop and the Contestation of Delphic Authority 53
- CHAPTER 2. Sophia before/beyond Philosophy 95
- CHAPTER 3. Aesop as Sage: Political Counsel and Discursive Practice 125
- CHAPTER 4. Reading the Life: The Progress of a Sage and the Anthropology of Sophia 159
- CHAPTER 5. The Aesopic Parody of High Wisdom 202
-
PART II: Aesop and the Invention of Greek Prose
- CHAPTER 6. Aesop at the Invention of Philosophy 241
- CHAPTER 7. The Battle over Prose: Fable in Sophistic Education and Xenophon’s Memorabilia 265
- CHAPTER 8. Sophistic Fable in Plato: Parody, Appropriation, and Transcendence 301
- CHAPTER 9. Aesop in Plato’s Sōkratikoi Logoi: Analogy, Elenchos, and Disavowal 325
- CHAPTER 10. Historiē and Logopoiïa: Two Sides of Herodotean Prose 361
- CHAPTER 11. Herodotus and Aesop: Some Soundings 398
- Bibliography 433
- Index Locorum 463
- General Index 478