‘Who is Plato’s Soldier Er? A note on Ἠρὸς τοῦ Ἀρμενίου, τὸ γένος Παμφύλου (Rep. 614b3-4)’, Classical Philology 115/3 (2020): 566-577
(2020) Classical Philology — Vol. 115, n° 3, p. 566-577 (2020)
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- This note offers a new suggestion on the meaning of the name of Er. After showing in detail why the solutions offered in the literature so far are not satisfying, I argue that we should “hear” the name of Er, which only appears in Plato’s text in the genitive form Ἠρός, as a pun with the typically Homeric word ἥρως that describes a “courageous soldier” (as Er is presented), especially Odysseus, whom Er/Ἠρός is meant to replace in this Platonic Nekuia.
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Destrée, P. (2020). ‘Who is Plato’s Soldier Er? A note on Ἠρὸς τοῦ Ἀρμενίου, τὸ γένος Παμφύλου (Rep. 614b3-4)’, Classical Philology 115/3 (2020): 566-577. Classical Philology, 115(3), 566-577. https://doi.org/10.1086/709164 (Original work published 2020)