The Case for the 399 BCE Dramatic Date of Plato’s Cratylus

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 0 CLASSICS
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.1086/721536
Colin C. Smith
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I here revive and support the hypothesis that Plato’s Cratylus is set in 399 BCE, on the day of Theaetetus and Euthyphro and before that of Sophist and Statesman. To revive it, I suggest that the cases for competing dramatic dates are weaker. To support it, I show that the connections between Cratylus and Euthyphro warrant reconsideration, and I address neglected dramatic details, the role of etymology in religious esotericism, and some missed connections between the philosophical concerns of the two dialogues. I conclude by suggesting ways in which this hypothesis yields promising new horizons to explore.
公元前399年柏拉图的《克拉提罗斯》的戏剧性日期的案例
我在这里重申并支持这样一种假设,即柏拉图的《克拉底路》设定在公元前399年,在泰阿泰德和欧绪波罗的日子,在诡辩家和政治家的日子之前。为了让它复活,我建议竞争戏剧性日期的情况较弱。为了支持这一点,我表明,克拉底路斯和欧绪弗洛之间的联系值得重新考虑,我谈到了被忽视的戏剧性细节、词源学在宗教密教中的作用,以及两次对话中哲学问题之间的一些缺失联系。最后,我提出了一些方法,让这一假设产生有希望探索的新视野。
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期刊介绍: Classical Philology has been an internationally respected journal for the study of the life, languages, and thought of the Ancient Greek and Roman world since 1906. CP covers a broad range of topics from a variety of interpretative points of view. CP welcomes both longer articles and short notes or discussions that make a significant contribution to the study of Greek and Roman antiquity. Any field of classical studies may be treated, separately or in relation to other disciplines, ancient or modern. In particular, we invite studies that illuminate aspects of the languages, literatures, history, art, philosophy, social life, and religion of ancient Greece and Rome. Innovative approaches and originality are encouraged as a necessary part of good scholarship.
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