https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Porphyry and 'Neopythagorean' Exegesis in Cave of the Nymphs and Elsewhere https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:47621 Tue 24 Jan 2023 13:48:53 AEDT ]]> On hastily declaring platonic dialogues spurious: the case of Critias https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:48514 Critias that has come down to us is not a genuine dialogue of Plato. Authors do not consider the style of the Critias, which should be a factor in any complete study of authorship. It observes the widespread consensus that the style of the Timaeus and Critias are virtually inseparable. It surveys a wide range of stylistic studies that have tended to confirm this, before answering a possible objection that cites the similarity of style between the genuine Laws and Philip of Opus' Epinomis. Since the main argument used by Rashed and Auffret relies on an inconsistency between Timaeus and Critias consideration is given to the types of inconsistency found within Platonic dialogues and sequences of dialogues, particularly the hiatus-avoiding dialogues including Timaeus itself and Laws. Finally, alternative explanations of the alleged inconsistency are offered.]]> Mon 20 Mar 2023 16:39:30 AEDT ]]>