Philo’s Literary Use of the Apologoi
Philo’s great regard for—and extensive use of—Homer, “’the poet’ … in virtue of his preeminence” (Abr. 10.) has been widely noted in scholarship.¹ Indeed, David Lincicum counts seventy-three instances in Philo’s extant corpus in which Philo either alludes to or directly quotes the Homeric poems. Aca...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Pages: 89-113 |
| Summary: | Philo’s great regard for—and extensive use of—Homer, “’the poet’ … in virtue of his preeminence” (Abr. 10.) has been widely noted in scholarship.¹ Indeed, David Lincicum counts seventy-three instances in Philo’s extant corpus in which Philo either alludes to or directly quotes the Homeric poems. Academic attitudes toward the significance of this usage, however, have in some cases tended toward the dismissive. Erkki Koskenniemi, for example, suggests that “Philo quotes Homer often, spontaneously and eagerly,” but that, in general, “the only reason for quoting seems to be that Philo liked to quote Homer.”³ Just so Robert Lamberton, despite... |
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| ISSN: | 1052-4533 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The studia Philonica annual
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