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Homer the theologian: Neoplatonist allegorical reading and the growth of the epic tradition
Robert Lamberton-
Frontmatter
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PREFACE (page vii)
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xiii)
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xv)
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I THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY (page 1)
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II MIDDLE PLATONISM AND THE INTERACTION OF INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS (page 44)
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III PLOTINIAN NEOPLATONISM (page 83)
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IV THE INTERACTION OF ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION AND DELIBERATE ALLEGORY (page 144)
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V PROCLUS (page 162)
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VI THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEOPLATONISTS' HOMER TO THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES (page 233)
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AFTERWORD PRECONCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ALLEGORISTS IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE (page 298)
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APPENDIX 1 An Interpretation of the Modest Chariclea from the Lips of Philip the Philosopher. (page 306)
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APPENDIX 2 Proclus's Commentary on the Timaeus of Plato, 1.341.25-343.15. (page 312)
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APPENDIX 3 A Sampling of Proclus's Use of Homer. (page 315)
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APPENDIX 4 The History of the Allegory of the Cave of the Nymphs. (page 319)
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WORKS CITED: ANCIENT AND MEDIVAL AUTHORS (page 325)
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MODERN AUTHORS (page 330)
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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PASSAGE CITED (page 341)
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INDEX OF GREEK TERMS (page 353)
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GENERAL INDEX (page 355)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JHS | 108 (1988): 244-245 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/632680 |
CR | 38.2 (1998): 288-290 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3065594 |
MNE | 44.Fasc 1/2. (1991): 209-211 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4432024 |
CL | 40.4 (Autumn 1988): 394-395 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1771195 |
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Published: c1986
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520054370 (hardcover)
- 9780520909205 (ebook)
- 9780520066076 (paper)