Silloi

Silloi
Author: Dee L. Clayman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3110220806

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Early Skepticism and its founder, Pyrrho of Elis, were introduced to the world by the poet and philosopher Timon of Phlius. This is the first book-length study of Timons work in English, and includes a new reconstruction of his most influential poem Silloi . All of the extant fragments are translated and discussed as literature rather than as source material for the history of philosophy. The book concludes with a definition of "skeptical aesthetics" that demonstrates the importance of Timon and early Skepticism to the most influential Hellenistic poets: Callimachus, Theocritus and.


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Pages: 273
Authors: Dee L. Clayman
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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