Dión z Prúsy alebo o tom, či bol Sókratés naozaj Homérovým žiakom (Dion of Prusa or if Socrates was really Pupil oh Homer)

Abstract

This paper analyses two speeches about Socrates by Dion of Prusa On Socrates (Or. 54) and Socrates and Homer (Or. 55). The main Dionʼs argument is that Socrates was in fact a follower and a pupil of Homer. We argue for the historical veracity of such a view and substantiate Dionʼs argumentation by further evidence which can be found in the texts of other Socratics, mainly in Plato and Xenophon. Subsequently, we formulate the hypothesis, that the main source behind Dionʼs view about Socrates might be also Antisthenes, who was well established author of Homeric declamations in antiquity. We offer first Slovak translation of the Dionʼs speeches.

Keywords

• Homer
• Dion
• Socrates
• epic tradition
• allegorical interpretation
• Plato
• Aristophanes
• Xenophon