Marginalia Thucydidea

• Authors: Classen Carl Joachim
• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

In the first of two brief notes, an attempt is made to show that Protagoras draws on Homeric ideas when claiming that he does not know whether gods do or do not exist, and that Thucydides likewise draws on these Homeric ideas in the Melian dialogue. In a second note, Thucydides is shown to have influenced what authors such as Cicero later regarded as essential features of an ideal orator.

Keywords

EN

Homer’s gods; Protagoras; Thucydides; Cicero

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 19-22

Contributors

author

Classen Carl Joachim