Prodicus the Sophist

Texts, Translations, and Commentary
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-960787-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

The past fifty years have witnessed the flourishing of scholarship in virtually every area of ancient Greek philosophy, but the sophists have for the most part been neglected. This is certainly true of Prodicus of Ceos: of the four most well-known sophists--Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, and Antiphon--he has received the least attention. Robert Mayhew provides a reassessment of his life and thought, and especially his views on language, religion, and ethics. This volume consists of ninety texts with facing translations--far more than have appeared in any previous edition--and provides the first commentary on the extant evidence for Prodicus' life and thought. The texts are drawn from the best available editions; the translations are new, and faithful to the original. Mayhew's commentary is designed to serve the needs of a wide range of readers: both scholars of ancient philosophy, and advanced students curious about this intriguing figure who appears in over a dozen Platonic dialogues.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and advanced students of ancient philosophy and classics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayhew, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Acknowledgements

- Abbreviations

- Introduction

- TEXT and TRANSLATION

- I: Life and character

- II: Language

- III: Natural philosophy, cosmology, and religion

- IV: Ethics

- COMMENTARY

- I: Life and character

- II: Language

- III: Natural philosophy, cosmology, and religion

- IV: Ethics

- Appendices

- Sources

- Bibliography

- Indices

Über Autor(innen)

Mayhew, Robert
Robert Mayhew is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University (New Jersey). His other books include a new edition of the Aristotelian Problemata for the Loeb Classical Library, Plato Laws 10 (in the Clarendon Plato series), and The Female in Aristotle's Biology.