The Life of Plato in Introductory Schemes: The Preface to Olympiodorusâ Commentary on the First Alcibiades (in Alc. 1.1â3.2)

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Chapter 3 The Life of Plato in Introductory Schemes: The Preface to Olympiodorusâ Commentary on the First Alcibiades (in Alc. 1.1â3.2)

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This chapter deals with the Life of Plato which precedes the Alcibiades commentary. It focuses on the function of this biography within the context of the isagogical questions, as a preparation to the commentaries on Plato which follow. The author analyses how Olympiodorus worked on older material, giving it philosophical consistency. She discusses possible didactic strategies, implications for Olympiodorusâ view on ethical development and intratextual links between the biography and the preserved commentaries. The hypothesis put forward is that Olympiodorus reveals how and why Platoâs biography, influenced by Neoplatonic theories about the grades of excellence, served a protreptic function in Late Antiquity.

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Olympiodorus of Alexandria

Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher

Series:Â Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 159

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004466708

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Print Publication Date:: 21 Jun 2021

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