Bartninkas, Vilius, 1991-

Traditional and cosmic gods in later Plato and the early Academy / Vilius Bartninkas. - 1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge classical studies . - Cambridge classical studies. .

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Open Access.

This volume sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the early Academy.

Specialized.

9781009322638 No price No price No price

10.1017/9781009322638 doi


Plato.


Cosmology.

B398.C67 / B3 2023

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