DIPARTIMENTO DI FILOSOFIA

Crantor of Preliminary Questions to be Settled for a Reassessment of the Sources on his Thought and Place in the Old

Organizing Committee Pia DE SIMONE Kilian J. FLEISCHER Marialuisa GATTI Christian VASSALLO For information [email protected] Image Caption: PHerc 1021, Cr. 4, Col. 16.

International Workshop

www.unicatt.it 9-10 January 2020 Sala Negri da Oleggio Largo A. Gemelli, 1 - Milano 9 January 10 January h. 14.30-15.15 h. 9.15-10.15 Greetings Session 3. ’s Ethical Side (I) Roberto RADICE, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Chair: Irmgard MÄNNLEIN-ROBERT, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Introduction Tübingen Marialuisa GATTI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Pia DE SIMONE, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Pupil of and friend of , Crantor Opening Remarks Crantor’s On Grief as a Source for ’s Tusculanae, Book 3 of Soli (ca. 335–275 BC) was a prominent figure in the Pia DE SIMONE, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore early history of ’s Academy. Concerned not only Towards a New Collection of the Testimonia Respondent with , but also with literature and poetry, he to Crantor of Soli: Problems and Perspectives Gretchen REYDAMS-SCHILS, University of Notre Dame, USA is generally known for being the author of the first Com- h. 15.15-17.15 Discussion mentary on Plato’s Timaeus and of a treatise On Grief, Session 1. Crantor as the Last of the Old Academics h. 10.15-11.15 an immensely popular early example of the genre of Chair: Jaap MANSFELD, Utrecht University Session 4. Crantor’s Ethical Side (II) letters. Through these and other writings Kilian J. FLEISCHER, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Chair: Elisabetta CATTANEI, Università degli Studi di Genova Crantor’s Life in the New Forthcoming Edition he gave a relevant contribution to the development of Harold TARRANT, University of Newcastle, Australia of Philodemus’ Index Academicorum mathematics, cosmology, and in the history of the Crantor as the Author of Plato’s Alcibiades II Old Academy. Of all this material only testimonia have Andrea BEGHINI, Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici, Respondent Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino been preserved from references to him in the works of Towards a Reappraisal of Crantor’s Role in the History Christoph HELMIG, Universität zu Köln various ancient Greek and Roman writers, from Cicero of the Hellenistic Academy Discussion to . As a first step for a new comprehensive and Respondent h. 11.15-11.50 Coffee Break commented edition of all these testimonia, each panel Tiziano DORANDI, Centre J. Pépin, CNRS / École Normale h. 11.50-12.50 of this International Workshop will attempt to systema- Supérieure, Paris Session 5. Crantor as an Interpreter of Platonic Myths tically reassess them, focusing in particular on: Crantor’s Discussion Chair: Christoph HORN, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität biography and historical place in the Old Academy, h. 17.15-18.00 Coffee break Bonn his fundamental role in the commentary tradition on h. 18.00-19.00 Christian VASSALLO, Università della Calabria, Cosenza Proclus on Crantor on Plato’s : Plato’s Timaeus, his importance in the Graeco-Roman Session 2. Crantor as the First of the Platonic Exegetical Patterns between History of Philosophy Commentators consolatory tradition, his tricky hermeneutic approach and Philosophy of History to Platonic myths. Chair: Gretchen REYDAMS-SCHILS, University of Notre Dame, USA Respondent University of Newcastle, Australia Harold TARRANT, Victor GYSEMBERGH, Centre Léon Robin, CNRS / Crantor and the Earliest Phase of the Platonic Sorbonne Université, Paris Commentary Tradition Discussion Respondent h. 12.50-13.15 Dirk BALTZLY, University of Tasmania, Australia Closing Remarks Discussion