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Aristophanes' Hiccups and Pausanius's Sophistry in Plato's Symposium

Hooper, Anthony

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Anthony Hooper



Abstract

This paper concerns the episode of Aristophanes’ hiccups in Plato’s Symposium. The sequence is typically understood to be, not merely a comic aside, but rather a means by which Aristophanes offers commentary on the claims of other speakers in the dialogue. But where scholars have focused on the significance of this passage concerning Eryximachus’ account of Eros, in this paper I argue that the hiccups episode also serves as a critique of Pausanias’ speech. Particularly, I suggest that the hiccups episode serves as a critique of the sophistic elements of Pausanias’ account of Eros.

Citation

Hooper, A. (2022). Aristophanes' Hiccups and Pausanius's Sophistry in Plato's Symposium. Arethusa, 55(2), 101-119. https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2022.0005

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 14, 2016
Online Publication Date Nov 16, 2022
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Dec 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jan 27, 2017
Journal Arethusa
Print ISSN 0004-0975
Electronic ISSN 1080-6504
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 55
Issue 2
Pages 101-119
DOI https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2022.0005

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Copyright © 2017 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first will appear in a forthcoming issue of Arethusa.




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