The Dancing Sokrates and the Laughing Xenophon, or the Other Symposium

Huß, Bernhard

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“…9 The figures of the laughter-maker, the hired entertainers and even the wise man/philosopher have a similar pedigree in prose, poetry, and art. 8 As suggested by the studies of Huss (1999aHuss ( , 1999b, Andrisano (2003), andWohl (2004). In addition, they are given a particularly fourth-century, philosophical twist.…”

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“…Like many of his predecessors and contemporaries, Xenophon contests the merits of the drinking-party by examining its procedures and protocols. 45 On Callias' reputation see Huss (1999a) 70-2. 46 Moreover, as the conversations on speaking and silence and on the role of wine show, concerns with moderation and good order emphasised by Theognis are redeployed to facilitate this wider programme.…”

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How to be a good symposiast and other lessons from Xenophon'sSymposium

Hobden

2004

Proc. Camb. Philol. Soc.

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Xenophon's Symposium lies at a confluence between two trends in modern scholarship. On the one hand, its author and his writings have recently attracted a resurgence in interest and credibility. No longer is Xenophon regarded as merely a ‘literary dilettante’, a dull, unimaginative and ultimately incompetent philosopher, or a conservative gentleman of the British old school. He is rather a political radical, an innovator in literary form, and the defender of a ‘trendy and shocking philosopher’. In this vein, his Symposium has been rescued from condemnation as a poor imitation of Plato's dialogue of the same name. No modern reader of Xenophon's work would go so far as Eunapius in declaring its writer to be ‘the only man out of all the philosophers to adorn philosophy in word and deed’. Yet, as Huss's comprehensive commentary has shown, the Symposium is much more than the product of an amateur philosopher and writer. It is a work of considerable complexity which draws on a variety of literary influences beyond Plato's Symposium, mixing seriousness with jest in order to explore, among other issues, beauty and desire.

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2004

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“…En organisant l'oeuvre autour de cette opposition entre divertissement et sérieux, Xénophon reprend en réalité un topos de la littérature sympotique, le thème du spoudaiogeloion 42 . Mais en même temps cet équilibre entre jeu et sérieux caractérise la conduite du parfait kalos kagathos qu'incarnerait en déinitive Socrate, si l'on en croit l'ultime qualiicatif que lui adresse Lycon en guise de conclusion au dialogue 43 . L'ironie de l'auteur est palpable, si l'on reconnaît en ce personnage l'un des futurs accusateurs de Socrate 44 …”

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Socrate dans la maison de Callias : du bon usage de l’ambition

Pontier¹

2009

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The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon

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This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present and has been a favourite author of individuals as diverse as Machiavelli, Thomas Jefferson, and Leo Tolstoy. It also sets out the major problems and issues that are at stake in the study of his writings, while simultaneously pointing the way forward to newer methodologies, issues, and questions. Although Xenophon's historical, philosophical, and technical works are usually studied in isolation because they belong to different modern genres, the emphasis here is on themes that cut across his large and varied body of writings. This volume is accessible to students and general readers, including those previously unfamiliar with Xenophon, and will also be of interest to scholars in various fields.

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The Dancing Sokrates and the Laughing Xenophon, or the Other Symposium

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How to be a good symposiast and other lessons from Xenophon'sSymposium

How to be a good symposiast and other lessons from Xenophon'sSymposium

Socrate dans la maison de Callias : du bon usage de l’ambition

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