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Philoponus on Aristotle Categories 6-15 / translated by Michael Share.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Philoponus, John, active 6th century, author.
Contributor:
Share, Michael John, translator.
Series:
Bloomsbury Collections - Classical Studies & Archaeology 2019.
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Standardized Title:
Works. Selections. English
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aristotle. Categoriae--Early works to 1800.
Aristotle.
Categories (Philosohy)--Early works to 1800.
Categories (Philosohy).
Ancient Philosophy (Classical Studies).
Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy).
Neoplatonist Philosophy (Classical Studies).
Editions of Ancient Texts (Classical Studies).
Local Subjects:
Ancient Philosophy (Classical Studies).
Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy).
Neoplatonist Philosophy (Classical Studies).
Editions of Ancient Texts (Classical Studies).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages).
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
System Details:
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HTML
PDF
Summary:
"This volume completes, starting from chapter 6, the commentary by the young Philoponus on Aristotle's Categories, of which chapters 1-5 were previously published in this series (Philoponus: On Aristotle Categories 1-5 with Philoponus: A Treatise Concerning the Whole and the Parts). This ancient commentary was the first work in the Aristotelian syllabus after a general introduction to Aristotle by the same author. It is influenced by an extant short anonymous record of Philoponus' teacher Ammonius' lectures on the same work, but Philoponus' commentary is two and a half times as long as that anonymous record, and includes special contributions of Philoponus' own, for example in philology, Christian theology and in disagreements with Aristotle"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: Notum iter ad Thebas
Prisca Nomina
An Audience for the Thebaid
Suspense, Anticipation, and Surprise
Epic and Drama
Chapter 1: Beginning with the End
They call me Jocasta
The Thebaid's Prologue
Chapter 2: Portentous Beginnings
Argos and the Seeds of War
The Wedding Portents
The Necklace of Harmonia
Argia's Unease
Amphiaraus and the Flight of Birds
The Bacchant and the Necromancy
Chapter 3: Hypsipyle and the Army at Nemea
Hypsipyle's Lemnian Narrative
The Death and Funeral of Opheltes
Funeral Consolations
Chapter 4: Jocasta
Tisiphone's Fears
Jocasta and Polynices
Jocasta and Eteocles
Chronology and Suspense
Strategies of Elision
Jocasta's Hope and Death
Chapter 5: Iam Pater Est
The Curse
Anticipation
Outcome
Chapter 6: Portentous Ends
Amphiaraus
Tydeus
Hippomedon
Parthenopaeus
Capaneus
Adrastus
Menoeceus
Chapter 7: Hic imperat, ille minatur
The Anonymous Critic
Polynices
Eteocles
Chapter 8: Concluding the Thebaid
The Idalian Doves
The Edict of Creon
The Choices of Oryntus
Ubi incluta fama Antigone?
The Twin Flames
Choosing Theseus
Fidissime Phegeus
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9781350113152
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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