Recent scholarship has recognized some thematic connections related to ontocosmological issues be... more Recent scholarship has recognized some thematic connections related to ontocosmological issues between two late Platonic dialogues, such as Philebus and Timaeus, and has tried to explain them in different ways. The aim of this paper is to contribute to such a debate by analysing an ancient exegesis of Timaeus 35a1-b4, that of Plutarch of Chaeronea, which made use of the ontological sections of the Philebus (16c-17a and 23c-27c) in his treatise on the cosmogony of the Timaeus. More specifically, this analysis will show that the notions of 'limit' and 'unlimitedness' played a decisive role in the shaping of the "essence" of the world-soul according to Plutarch.
This article argues that Lyc. Al. 260 constitutes a case of oppositio in imitando. The first part... more This article argues that Lyc. Al. 260 constitutes a case of oppositio in imitando. The first part tries to demonstrate that Lycophron uses the Homeric hapax περκνός (Il. 24, 316) in Al. 260 for reasons both exegetic (interpretatio Homerica) and poetic, construing the line as an 'integrative allusion' to Il. 21, 252 and Il. 22, 139-142. The second part is focused both on the meaning of περκνός (and μόρφνος) in Il. 24 as this can be reconstructed from ancient sources and on a fragment from Porphyry's Quaestiones Homericae, which testifies to a discussion of the eagles mentioned in Il. 21 and Il. 24.
Recent scholarship has recognized some thematic connections related to ontocosmological issues be... more Recent scholarship has recognized some thematic connections related to ontocosmological issues between two late Platonic dialogues, such as Philebus and Timaeus, and has tried to explain them in different ways. The aim of this paper is to contribute to such a debate by analysing an ancient exegesis of Timaeus 35a1-b4, that of Plutarch of Chaeronea, which made use of the ontological sections of the Philebus (16c-17a and 23c-27c) in his treatise on the cosmogony of the Timaeus. More specifically, this analysis will show that the notions of 'limit' and 'unlimitedness' played a decisive role in the shaping of the "essence" of the world-soul according to Plutarch.
This article argues that Lyc. Al. 260 constitutes a case of oppositio in imitando. The first part... more This article argues that Lyc. Al. 260 constitutes a case of oppositio in imitando. The first part tries to demonstrate that Lycophron uses the Homeric hapax περκνός (Il. 24, 316) in Al. 260 for reasons both exegetic (interpretatio Homerica) and poetic, construing the line as an 'integrative allusion' to Il. 21, 252 and Il. 22, 139-142. The second part is focused both on the meaning of περκνός (and μόρφνος) in Il. 24 as this can be reconstructed from ancient sources and on a fragment from Porphyry's Quaestiones Homericae, which testifies to a discussion of the eagles mentioned in Il. 21 and Il. 24.
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