Did Homer Nod Off? Aristotle and Homeric Problem-Solving

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. I. Philosophy and Philosophical Perspectives in Aristotle’s Fragments
5. What is Philosophy in the Protrepticus? 11
6. Aristotle’s Philosophêmata 49
7. On the Role of the Platonic Interlocutor in Aristotle’s Dialogue On Philosophy 67
8. Aristotle on Wine and Intoxication 83
9. II. Philosophical Problems in Light of Aristotle’s Fragments
10. The Lost On Philosophy and Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy 93
11. Athenaeus’ Deipnosophistae 7 and Aristotle’s Lost Zoïka or On Fish 109
12. In Dialogue about Harmony 141
13. The Spurious Fragments of a Supposed Aristotelian Argument from Design 163
14. Aristotle’s Lost Dialogue On Good Birth and Kingship as the Best Regime 201
15. Did Homer Nod Off? Aristotle and Homeric Problem-Solving 221
16. Bibliography 263
17. Index of Passages 277
18. Index of Names 297