Hero-cult in Plato’s <i>Phaedo</i>, <i>Republic</i> and the <i>Laws</i>

Plato’s <i>Phaedo</i> aims to restore the reputation of Socrates by transforming him from a political scapegoat of Athens to a hero of the city who had put him to death. As scholars have shown, the dialogue’s heroization of Socrates shares affinities with the religious tradition of the h...

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Autor principal: Petraki, Zacharoula
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
Materias:
Letras
Hero cult
Socrates
Hero
Phaedo
Republic
Laws
Olympic athletes
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/131533
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Hero cult
Socrates
Hero
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Republic
Laws
Olympic athletes
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Republic
Laws
Olympic athletes
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Hero-cult in Plato’s <i>Phaedo</i>, <i>Republic</i> and the <i>Laws</i>
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Republic
Laws
Olympic athletes
description Plato’s <i>Phaedo</i> aims to restore the reputation of Socrates by transforming him from a political scapegoat of Athens to a hero of the city who had put him to death. As scholars have shown, the dialogue’s heroization of Socrates shares affinities with the religious tradition of the hero cult (see White, 2000; Nagy, 2015). In this article I argue that the conceptualization of the philosopher as a cult hero is developed further in the <i>Republic</i> and the <i>Laws</i>. The Republic presents Socrates as the “<i>oikist</i>” of the ideal polis, who makes religious decisions under the authority of god Apollo. In the same vein, the distinguished classes of the philosopher-rulers in the <i>Republic</i> and of the auditors in the <i>Laws</i> are compared to another group also subsumed under the category of cult-heroes, the victorious Olympic athletes.
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title_short Hero-cult in Plato’s <i>Phaedo</i>, <i>Republic</i> and the <i>Laws</i>
title_full Hero-cult in Plato’s <i>Phaedo</i>, <i>Republic</i> and the <i>Laws</i>
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