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ACHILLES – SÓKRATOV VZOR?

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Wollner U.
Filozofia (Philosophy)
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2017
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vol. 72
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issue 2
103 – 113
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After disproving Meletus, Socrates begins the next part of his defence in the court by explaining his activities. He explains to a hypothetical opponent what he considers to be really shameful (αἰσχρόν). To illustrate his speech, he uses the analogy of demi-gods who fell in the Trojan War. He focuses on the son of the goddess Thetis, i.e. Achilles, the most famous fighter in Homer’s Iliad. According to Socrates’ interpretation Achilles preferred to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus rather than undergo something shameful (αἰσχρόν) although he knew that he would die. Did Plato’s Socrates aim to arouse anger or outrage of his judges by being like Thetis’ son willing to die for a rightful cause? What was the real purpose of his comparison with Achilles? The aim of this paper is to examine the reason why Socrates drew a parallel between his own and Achilles’ pursuance.
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THE DAWN OF ACHILLEUS. LIGHT-SYMBOLICS IN THE 'ILIAS' AND IN STATIUS' 'ACHILLEIS'

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Kozak D.
Antik Tanulmanyok (Studia Antiqua)
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2008
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vol. 52
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issue 2
197-214
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All three descriptions of dawn in Statius' 'Achilleis' (1. 242-245; 1. 819-820; 2. 1-4) are tightly connected to the 'metamorphoses' of Achilles in the poem. These passages also recall the dawn opening 'Ilias' 19, and the Homeric system of metaphors and symbols comparing the hero's return to battle to the arrival of light and dawn. A particularly complex connection between Achilles' exposure and sunrise is established in the third Statian passage under discussion, which can also be interpreted as a possible prediction of Achilles' future as epic and elegiac hero. The 'genitor coruscae lucis' mentioned in this passage can be identified as Iuppiter/Dispiter; as a consequence, the description sheds some light on the god's role in the 'Achilleis' as well.
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