On the Cave of the Nymphs in the Thirteenth Book of the Odyssey
Author: Porphyry
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 68
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Author: Porphyry
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: K. Nilüfer Akçay
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-07-01
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9004408274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNeoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most significant allegorical interpretation handed down to us from Antiquity. This monograph, exclusively dedicated to the analysis of On the Cave of Nymphs, demonstrates that Porphyry interprets Homer’s verse from Odyssey 13.102-112 to convey his philosophical thoughts, particularly on the material world, relationship between soul and body and the salvation of the soul through the doctrines of Plato and Plotinus. The Homeric cave of the nymphs with two gates is a station where the souls descend into genesis and ascend to the intelligible realm. Porphyry associates Odysseus’ long wanderings with the journey of the soul and its salvation from the irrational to rational through escape from all toils of the material world.
Author: Porphyry
Publisher: Philaletheians UK
Published: 2017-11-10
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Algis Uždavinys
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1933316691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing parallels with other traditions, the author emphasizes that Plotinus' philosophy was not a purely mental or rational exercise, but a complete way of life incorporating the spiritual virtues. He provides an introduction to his teachings and an informative commentary on the Enneads.
Author: Porphyry
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Published: 1823
Total Pages: 306
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Porphyry
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 3110195437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Homeric Questions of the philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in the history of Homeric criticism. Porphyry applies the dictum that 'the poet explains himself' to solve questions of interpretation in Homer. This new edition of the "Questions on the Iliad" eliminates much that was wrongly attributed to Porphyry in the old edition (1880). In the interest of the non-specialist, the new text has a facing translation in English. The commentary explains Porphyry's arguments and the editor's textual decisions.
Author: Porphyry
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Heraclitus
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1589831225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: G. R. Boys-Stones
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2003-03-20
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 0191528862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors. This volume provides a critical discussion of ancient definitions of allegory and metaphor as merely ornamental 'tropes'. They examine metaphor and allegory from a variety of perspectives and compare theory with ancient literary practice.
Author: Luc Brisson
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-07-10
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9004374981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNeoplatonic Demons and Angels is a collection of eleven studies which examine, in chronological order, the place reserved for angels and demons not only by the main Neoplatonic philosophers (Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus), but also in Gnosticism, the Chaldaean Oracles, Christian Neoplatonism, especially by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. This volume originates from a panel held at the 2014 ISNS meeting in Lisbon, but is supplemented by a number of invited papers.