The aim of the first section of this paper is to investigate the concept of physical beauty in Xenophon’s Symposium. Leaving aside the important section on the beauty contest between Socrates and Critobulos in chapter 5, the analysis will be focused on two main passages: the opening scene of the Symposium (1.8-10) and the praise of to kallos pronounced by Critobulus (5.10-19). The second section of the paper examines the role played by the concept of beauty – that is, physical beauty – in the theory of eros expounded by Socrates in chapter 8. In particular, the aim is to investigate the possible relation between the beauty of bodies and the highest form of eros in the light of the fundamental axiological distinction between Pandemos eros and Ouranos eros.
Beauty, Ouranos Eros, Pandemos Eros: an interpretation of Xenophon’s Symposium
Francesca Pentassuglio
2013-01-01
Abstract
The aim of the first section of this paper is to investigate the concept of physical beauty in Xenophon’s Symposium. Leaving aside the important section on the beauty contest between Socrates and Critobulos in chapter 5, the analysis will be focused on two main passages: the opening scene of the Symposium (1.8-10) and the praise of to kallos pronounced by Critobulus (5.10-19). The second section of the paper examines the role played by the concept of beauty – that is, physical beauty – in the theory of eros expounded by Socrates in chapter 8. In particular, the aim is to investigate the possible relation between the beauty of bodies and the highest form of eros in the light of the fundamental axiological distinction between Pandemos eros and Ouranos eros.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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