A complementary observation to determine Phaedrus’ age in Plato’s Phaedrus
This paper deals with the problem of determining Phaedrus’ age in the eponymous dialogue. The vocatives ὦ νεανία and ὦ παῖ, in Pl. Phdr. 257c8 and 267c6, could suggest that Plato depicts him as a teenager. However, most scholars believe that Phaedrus is an adult and that the vocatives point at his...
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Universidade de Aveiro
2021-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/agora/article/view/24409 |