Porphyry's On the cave of the nymphs in its intellectual context /

Porphyry's On the cave of the nymphs in its intellectual context /

Neoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry's On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most significant allegorical interpretation hande...

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Main Author: Akçay, K. Nilüfer (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Series: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition; volume23.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820.

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Porphyry, > approximately 234-approximately 305. > Peri tou en Odysseia tōn nymphōn antrou.
Neoplatonism.
Allegory.

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