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The Bow and the Lyre A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
Seth Benardete
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First paperback edition, 2008
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Benardete, Seth. The bow and the lyre : a Platonic reading of the Odyssey / Seth Benardete. p. cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN–10 0–8476–8367–2 (cl. : alk. paper) ISBN–13 978–0–8476–8367–3 (cl. : alk. paper) ISBN–10: 0–7425–6596–3 (alk. paper) ISBN–13: 978–0–7425–6596–8 (alk. paper) eISBN–10: 0–7425–6597–1 eISBN–13: 978–0–7425–6597–5 1. Homer. Odyssey. 2. Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature. 3. Epic poetry, Greek—History and criticism. 4. Philosophy, Ancient, in literature. 5. Plato. I. Title. PA4037.B42 1997 96-32657 883Ј.01—dc20 CIP Printed in the United States of America