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OverviewThis commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic commentary on Plato's Phaedrus to have survived in its entirety. Further interest comes from the recorded interventions by Syrianus' pupils - including those by Proclus, his eventual successor as head of the Athenian school, who went on to teach Hermias' father, Ammonius. The second of two volumes of Hermias' commentary, the chapters translated here begin with a discussion of how the discarnate soul is visualised as a winged chariot team whose charioteer may gain some glimpse of beauty itself, which can explain subsequent erotic longing. This volume provides a translation is accompanied by explanatory notes, an introduction detailing the significance and context of the treatise and a scholarly apparatus including multiple indexes, glossaries and a bibliography. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Share (University of Tasmania, Australia) , Dirk Baltzly (University of Tasmania, Australia)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350051928ISBN 10: 1350051926 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 03 November 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsConventions Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Phaedrus' Theological Centre of Gravity 2. Hermias’ Reading Strategies 3. Competing Theotaxonomies for the Phaedrus? Departures from Lucarini and Moreschini's Text Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Subject IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDirk Baltzly is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Discipline for Philosophy and Gender Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is co-editor of Pleasure and Power, Virtues and Vices: Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy (2001). Michael Share is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History & Classics, University of Tasmania, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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