Homer the Theologian: Neoplatonist Allegorical Reading and the Growth of the Epic Tradition

Robert Lamberton

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Homer the Theologian

Neoplatonist Allegorical Reading and the Growth of the Epic Tradition

Robert Lamberton

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Published/Copyright: 1989

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Volume 9 | Transformation of the Classical Heritage

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Here is the first survey of the surviving evidence for the growth, development, and influence of the Neoplatonist allegorical reading of the Iliad and Odyssey. Professor Lamberton argues that this tradition of reading was to create new demands on subsequent epic and thereby alter permanently the nature of European epic. The Neoplatonist reading was to be decisive in the birth of allegorical epic in late antiquity and forms the background for the next major extension of the epic tradition found in Dante.

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Lamberton Robert :

Robert Lamberton is Assistant Professor of Classics at Princeton University.

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Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Classical Studies Greek Greek Authors

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
I. THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
II. MIDDLE PLATONISM AND THE INTERACTION OF INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	44
III. PLOTINIAN NEOPLATONISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
IV. THE INTERACTION OF ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION AND DELIBERATE ALLEGORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
V. PROCLUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
VI. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEOPLATONISTS' HOMER TO THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
AFTERWORD. PRECONCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ALLEGORISTS IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	298
APPENDIX I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	306
APPENDIX II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	312
APPENDIX III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
APPENDIX IV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	318
WORKS CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PASSAGES CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	341
INDEX OF GREEK TERMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
GENERAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355

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